Sr Principal Agile Product Owner (26-432) Space AHT

Relocation assistance: not available. Position requires an active Secret security clearance and involves approximately 10% travel.

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, employees work on revolutionary systems that impact lives worldwide. The company’s pioneering spirit has driven advancements from the first trans‑Atlantic flight to stealth bombers and moon landings. The Sr. Principal Agile Product Owner (26‑432) supports the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders through the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program, enabling systematic planning, monitoring, and control of ballistic missile defense operations. The role is based in Huntsville, AL, is on‑site only, and requires leading the C2BMC Analysis scrum team within the Regional Applications Analysis (RA‑An) team to deliver high‑value analysis capabilities for warfighter‑focused missions.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a multi‑site analysis team by ensuring priorities, needs, and expected outcomes are clearly understood and communicated to the team and stakeholders.
• Actively participate in all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Grooming) and champion continuous improvement.
• Author, refine, and prioritize features and user stories to ensure feasibility, clarity, and readiness for iteration and sprint planning.
• Balance stakeholder priorities, team capacity, constraints, and dependencies to maximize value delivered each sprint and program increment.
• Deliver clear and concise progress status updates to Regional Applications (RA) leadership and Program Leadership.
• Support C2BMC Control Account Managers (CAMs) with Earned Value Management System (EVMS) baseline, performance management, and reporting for analysis efforts.
• Support proposal development with Bills of Estimate (BOEs) and engineering estimates for analysis tasks, partnering with engineering, program management, and business management.
• As needed, perform hands‑on analysis tasks such as reviewing scenario assessments, developing and refining briefs, and coordinating findings and actions across integrated product teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Product Owner, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, with 8 years of experience; OR a Master’s degree in a related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; OR 12 years of relevant work experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree.
• Current, active in‑scope Government‑issued Secret security clearance at time of application (required to start).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to work independently in a highly dynamic environment.
• Proven leadership experience on a technical team in a related field such as software development, systems engineering, integration, or test.
• Experience in Agile software development methodologies and Agile Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Reviews, Retrospectives, Backlog Grooming).
• Demonstrated understanding of how to develop, prioritize, and status features and user stories on an Agile team.
• Ability to prioritize, execute, and delegate tasks effectively in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within cross‑functional, collaborative teams.
• 5+ years of related experience (may have a post‑secondary degree or training in a related discipline).
• Willingness to travel occasionally (including to Colorado Springs, CO) to support team, customer, and program needs.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise as a Product Owner in an Agile environment, including translating