Senior Software Product Owner (Agile SAFe)

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the customer voice for the Agile team, ensuring alignment to business goals and program objectives.
• Define, maintain, and prioritize the team backlog (features, user stories, enablers).
• Develop and clearly communicate acceptance criteria for user stories and features.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager to refine features and ensure readiness for Program Increment (PI) planning.
• Contribute to PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Backlog Refinement, Iteration Reviews, and System Demos.
• Work with stakeholders and the System Architect to ensure backlog items meet Definition of Ready.
• Support the team in delivering high-quality increments that meet Definition of Done.
• Make real-time scope, priority, and trade-off decisions to maximize business value.
• Analyze customer needs, market trends, and business objectives to support product roadmap decisions.
• Promote Agile SAFe practices to continuously improve team performance and outcomes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 12+ years of experience or 10+ with Master’s
• 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an Agile environment
• Experience writing user stories, features, defining acceptance criteria, and guiding cross-functional Agile teams
• Experience decomposing large feature sets into smaller subsets for team execution
• Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder engagement skills in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Currently living in Huntsville, AL or willing to relocate
• Currently holds or as the ability to obtain a Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a large-scale Agile SAFe environment
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification