Software Product Owner (Agile SAFe)

About the role

Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Product Owner with strong Agile expertise to join our team. The Product Owner will define and prioritize product features, maintain the team backlog, align with business and technical stakeholders, and ensure delivery of high-value, customer-focused solutions in a scaled Agile environment.

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.
• Ensure transparency into progress, risks, and dependencies across the team and stakeholders.
• Analyze customer needs, market trends, and business objectives to support product roadmap decisions.
• Promote Agile SAFe practices to continuously improve team performance and outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of experience (6+ years with a Master’s).
• 2+ 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 has 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.

Pay

Pay Range: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Leidos offers competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.