Product Owner

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Leidos’ Defense Sensors Business Area is seeking Product Owner to join our team in Lawton Oklahoma and Huntsville Alabama developing state of the art Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and Mobile Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) aligned solutions. This role will report to the Program Manager responsible for full kill chain C-UAS sensing, decision aids, and effectors. As a product owner you will help radar, command and control, effector, and cyber product owners identify opportunities to collaborate in creating a system of systems to protect the United States and its allies from aerial attacks from any foe. This role will lead a diverse team of engineering leaders & professionals and requires deep product development and leadership knowledge across multiple business areas. Occasional travel to customer sites worldwide or to engage directly with our team in Lawton Oklahoma or Huntsville Alabama is required (10% or quarterly).

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Leidos Defense Sensor provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the product vision and roadmap for AirShield and Advanced Multi-layered Mobile Force Protection C-UAS programs, leveraging existing Leidos products aligned to Defense Sensors customer needs

• Lead highly technical projects (advanced analytics, machine learning, intelligent automation) through all lifecycle phases

• Translate business and operational requirements into product features and requirements for software teams

• Write user stories that define agile pieces of technical work with maximum business value

• Groom and prioritize stories and features based on business value, customer feedback, and market demand, aligned to product strategy

• Lead Product Increment planning, translating roadmap items into epics

• Participate in standups, scrums, demos, and retros; negotiate with team leads to inspect and adapt

• Guide decisions on systems integration, engineering coordination, architecture, and technical risk

• Design and oversee solution architecture, culminating in prototype systems that meet customer needs

• Apply AI/automation, DevOps, Systems Engineering, MBSE, and Digital Engineering practices

• Coach and delegate to lower-level staff; influence project and team leaders; communicate with internal teams, clients, and external parties (subcontractors, vendors)

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 6-10 years of relevant experience

• Expert knowledge of, and ability to apply, advanced principles and concepts in the professional family

• Demonstrated experience leading technical projects end to end

• Experience with advanced analytics, machine learning, or intelligent automation

• Experience in Systems Engineering and Hardware/Software Integration

• Experience coaching, reviewing, and delegating work to junior staff

• Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical, client, and vendor audiences -

• Ability to influence stakeholders and leaders on technical approach

• Willing to work 100% remote

• Must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern defense software in one or more JADC2 portfolios (ABMS, Overmatch, Convergence)

• Hands on experience with Integrated Air and Missile Defense interface control documents such as MILSTD 6016

(Link-16), Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI), Open Mission Network Interface (OMNI), U.S. Army Composite Tracker and Classifier (CTC)

• Experience unifying teams across a portfolio where individual product strategies do not naturally align.

• Project Management Professional certification

• Scrum Product Owner certification

• Master’s degree in business administration or computer science

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Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.