RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
DescriptionWhat You'll Get to Do:
The Northrop Grumman Threat and Advanced Simulations Development (TASD) Contract is seeking an Agile Business Owner to join our team of qualified and diverse leaders at Schriever Space FoNrce Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado. TASD supports a wide range of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) directorates with multiple products & capabilities. The Business Owner role has primary business and technical responsibility for governance, compliance, and return on investment (ROI) for solutions and value delivery by the Agile Release Train (ART). This role may require travel of at least 10%. Roles and responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
- Lead the ART by example – model Lean-Agile leadership behaviors and sponsor relentless improvement
- Engage in Lean Portfolio Management – influence ART strategy and investment planning.
- Provide relevant elements of the business context in the defined Program Increment (PI) planning agenda
- Participate in key activities, including the presentation of vision, draft plan review, assigning business value to team PI objectives, and approving final plans
- Monitor and watch for significant external commitments and dependencies, ensuring communication and status across TASD and external groups are accomplished
- Actively circulate during increment planning and execution, communicating business priorities to the teams, and maintaining agreement and alignment among the stakeholders regarding the key objectives of the train
- Participate and coordinate management reviews and problem-solving meetings to review and adjust scope, resolve problems and compromise as necessary
- Oversee and manage Release Train Earned Value Management activities that include budget, funding, and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) sized to budget and funding
- Serve as Epic Owner to guide major enterprise initiatives
- Collaborate and ensure customer mission vision (roadmaps) are understood and reflected in the TASD Portfolio Backlog
- Actively address impediments, especially those that escalate beyond the authority of the key stakeholders on the release train
- Understand and help ensure that business objectives are understood and agreed to by key stakeholders of the release train, including the Release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Manager,(PM), and Chief Engineer
- Participate in Release Management, focusing on scope, quality, deployment options, release, and market considerations
Basic Qualifications:
- 10 Years with BS; 8 Years with Masters; 7 Years with PhD
- Active U.S. Government Secret clearance at time of application
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communications skills
- Experience leveraging project management tools to present project data like status, risk and deliverables to key stakeholders
- Full cycle experience working with Agile Release Trains
- AGILE (SAFe) certification
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Primary Level Salary Range: $175,500.00 - $263,300.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
