Engagement Operations Product Owner (IFMC)

Mission Driven Research

$110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts including planning, evaluation, selection, and resource management.
  • Ability to oversee and verify software development work against acceptance criteria.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
  • U.S. citizenship required.
  • Bachelor's degree (or advanced) in engineering, sciences, or mathematics from an accredited institution, ABET preferred.
  • Minimum of 10 years of Government/DoD experience relevant to role.

Responsibilities

  • Prioritize and validate development software for the Engagement team.
  • Review and comprehend Systems Engineering concepts and designs to guide the development team.
  • Collaborate with Program management to set priorities for capabilities and defects during product sprints.
  • Provide technical briefings and advisement to leadership regarding project status.
  • Analyze competing capabilities, performance, risks, and mission impacts for the IFMC.

Benefits

  • Ability to work within a high-stakes Department of Defense environment.
  • Focus on cutting-edge Engagement Operations and advanced defense systems.
  • Opportunity to work directly with Agile development teams and influence product direction.
  • Potential for career advancement in a critical area of national defense.
  • Work with a collaborative team focused on mission success.
Full Job Description
The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Engagement Operations Team Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Acquisition Executive Fires (PEO Fires) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office. The PO will be responsible for the Prioritization and validation of the development software for the Engagement team. The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs, and algorithms and providing guidance to the development team. The product owner will work with Program management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects of the team for each product increment and sprint. The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on the status and recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts on the IFMC mission.

Basic Qualifications:

The candidate must have a basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts including engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, and sensor resource management. The candidate must have the ability to provide oversight to an EO SW development team and verify the team's work based on agreed-upon acceptance criteria, including attending code reviews. The candidate must be able to work directly with the Agile software developers.

The candidate must:
  • Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset
  • Be a US citizen
  • Have a bachelor's degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics
  • Have a minimum of 10 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above

Other Qualifications:

An additional plus is knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS and familiarity with current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services. Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team is a plus.

Security Requirements:

Candidate must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.

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