QTEC Aerospace is seeking a LEAD PRODUCT OWNER to join our team of professionals in Huntsville, AL. The qualified applicant will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.
Job
Summary
QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals.The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support to Missile Defense programs. The chosen candidate will coordinate priorities with the Team Product Owners. Together, they align backlog priorities with stakeholder and customer needs. The candidate will also support in developing and deploying CI/CD pipelines, automating software deliveries, and maintaining Software development pipelines.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:
Setting a strategic vision for the whole product
Advises top management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications; managerial/leadership experience or necessary skills
Develop and communicate the overarching product vision across the product teams
Coordinate and prioritize requests from multiple stakeholders across different products
Work with teams to identify modernization and continuous improvement opportunities for their products and services
Create and manage a single, prioritized backlog to be delivered by all of the teams
Decide which metrics the Product Owner Team will monitor
Assess customer product feedback and adjust the common backlog accordingly
Leverage the continuous delivery pipeline to release value incrementally
Collaborate with Scrum teams as well as Management
Accountable for the efficient delivery of product increments according to the PI Plan
Meet with Management, the customer, and other key stakeholders on a regular basis
Allowing Leadership and other stakeholders to express their preferences to the PO Team, negotiate priorities, alter budgets, or realign teams to maximize the delivery of value.
Assist in the application administration of multiple environments, software deployment, troubleshooting, and automation in a DevSecOps environment for a critical customer program
Minimum Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree with 14 years of experience or Masters degree with 12 years of experience or equivalent professional experience
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Experience leading and managing software development, working as a Product Owner, or developing software/systems
Strong communication skills, able to tailor the message to different audiences
Experience using tools and techniques for project planning and leading complete SDLC efforts
Experience with Agile practices such as daily Scrum and PI Planning
Good working knowledge of MS Office products
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, and prepare and brief presentations to the customer as needed
Self-motivated and customer-oriented with the poise and flexibility required to work in a highly dynamic environment
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Working knowledge of Ballistic Missile Defense concepts, defense communications systems, and the BMDS in general
Software Development/Testing experience
Led strategy and management of Product portfolios
Experience working as a Product Owner in Agile software delivery teams
Proficiency in producing, organizing, and sharing knowledge articles and tracking work items using Atlassian Confluence and Jira
Experience working with the leading DevOps practices and tooling (Hashicorp Tools, Gitlab, CI/CD, Jenkins, SonarQube, Ansible Tower, and NexusPro)
Security Clearance
Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.
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