Job Description

The Classified Automation & Deployment team develops tools and services that enable Space application teams to package, automate, and deploy applications across classified and unclassified environments at scale. Our solutions streamline operations by reducing repetitive, time-consuming operational and maintenance activities through automation.
As the Product Owner, you will define and own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for this mission-critical capability. You will partner with stakeholders to translate business and operational needs into prioritized development work, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that provide measurable value to our customers.

What You'll Do
• Provide vision and serve as a champion of stakeholder perspectives to the team in the form of clearly written requirements and working in collaboration with the team to size the work with clear acceptance criteria
• Serve as the voice of the product, translating strategic goals into business requirements, facilitating product design, and championing product launches
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including Space executives, application development teams, Program leadership, and classified system admins to define, prioritize, and deliver product enhancements and solutions to optimize the team's capabilities
• Align product with company strategy and Business Area priorities
• Establish, prioritize, and maintain the product roadmap and its backlog in collaboration with the Scrum Master and development team
• Lead product release planning with technical and business stakeholders and set expectations for delivery of new capabilities
• Gather and manage the requirements for product bug fixes, features, and larger-scale initiatives from concept to release
• Manage, maintain, and groom the Product Backlog, including prioritization of features and stories for Planning Increments and Sprint Planning
• Create the Acceptance Criteria for each feature and story assigned to the team and sign-off on completed work
• Represent the voice of the customer during PI Planning, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Demos
• Act as a communicator, coordinator, and advocate for product priorities

Basic Qualifications
• Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum of a DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven success as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or in a similar role supporting technical products.
• Working knowledge of Agile software development practices, including Scrum, SAFe, or comparable methodologies.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or Red Hat OpenShift) and automation platforms such as RunDeck, Ansible, or equivalent tools.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with software engineering teams to translate business needs into technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Proven ability to manage product backlogs, prioritize features, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% as business needs require.

Desired skills
• Background supporting enterprise automation, DevSecOps, infrastructure, platform engineering, or cloud-native products.
• Familiarity with GitOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and Helm chart packaging.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage customer feedback, operational metrics, and data to drive product roadmap prioritization.
• Proven success planning and coordinating product releases, feature rollouts, user training, and organizational adoption.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment without direct authority.
• Knowledge of modern software architecture, DevOps, and software engineering best practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present product vision, roadmap updates, and technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and lead initiatives with minimal direction.

Ability to work remotely

Full-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.

Work Schedule Information

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

National Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $113,900 - $200,905. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.

Premium Pay Statement

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $131,000 - $227,125. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.