EO Product Owner

About the role

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 prioritization and validation of development software for the Engagement Operations team. Responsibilities 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 to set priorities for capabilities and defects for each product increment and sprint. The role involves technical briefings and advisement to leadership on status, recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts on the IFMC mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences, or mathematics.
• Minimum of 7 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above.
• Must be a US citizen and able to obtain a Secret security clearance or higher.
• Basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts including engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction, and sensor resource management.
• 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.
• Able to work directly with Agile software developers.

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS.
• Familiarity with current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services.
• Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team.

Benefits

• Medical, disability, and life insurance coverages beginning on day one of employment.
• PTO policy based on total years of experience, available for use immediately at hire (subject to company needs).
• Eligibility for 401K contributions and company matching beginning on day one.
• Pet Insurance through Spot, Flexible Spending Account, and Tuition and Professional Development Funds available from day one.
• Charitable donations program where employees can nominate a non-profit of choice to receive donations on a yearly and quarterly basis.