Deputy Task Order Manager

Description

Leidos is looking for an Agile Product Owner (PO) to join our team responsible for the integration, operations, and sustainment of various operational and in-development systems. This position will manage a team made up of devops, systems engineers, systems administrators, and testers tasked to deliver the next generation of Aeronautical Intelligence technologies to our customer. A successful candidate will have experience with Agile methodologies and the various tools necessary to run agile teams, as well as the ability to participate and lead daily scrums and other technical discussions as needed. The effort will harness GOTS, COTS and Custom technologies to deliver advanced production and dissemination capabilities using desktop, web and cloud technologies. This Product Owner will oversee several small "sustainment systems" meaning the day-to-day workload will mainly consist of keeping software versioning updated, DevOps CI/CD pipelines running, and systems at 100% operational status.

Deputy Program Manager (DPM) duties will absorb the remainder of your time as you help lead a large team and interact with other Product Owners and Leads to coordinate across the program. This will include ensuring program principles are followed across Configuration Management, Cyber Security, Quality Assurance, and general Development best practices. The DPM may assist in Basis of Estimates, Request for Proposals, and participate as a contributing member of the Program Management Office.

Primary Responsibilities

• Drive product delivery through keen understanding of the customer, mission, and product requirements

• Develop the team roadmap and support the team as needed to deliver on commitments

• Plan, prioritize, define, document and track the completion of epics, features, stories, and bugs

• Proven ability to write technical tasks with business value for the customer

• Create and track milestones related to customer schedules

• Communicate with other Product owners and scrum masters, program leadership, customers, and development teams

• Support agile meetings such as daily scrum, retrospectives, and program increment planning

• Coordinate Program initiatives amongst Department Leads

• Assist in Program level management responsibilities including BOEs, RFPs, Contract Deliverables, etc...

Basic Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance with the ability to obtain a Polygraph.

• Requires BS degree and 5+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 3+ years of prior relevant experience; OR 4 years of direct experience in lieu of degree

• Defines and manages the team roadmap

• Develops and proposes new ideas regarding technical solutions and processes, driving continuous improvement across all aspects of the TO.

• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills

• Agile Development knowledge and experience

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail

• Capacity to work well in groups and the ability to lead a team

• Communicates regularly with key internal and external stakeholders often regarding critical/high priority issues

• Strong briefing skills and experience presenting to senior customer management

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Agile Certification

• 2+ years experience as a Scrum Master

• Certified Product Owner

• Certified Scrum Master

• PMP Certification

• Understanding of AWS/Cloud technologies

• Proven experience managing multiple baselines across multiple environments

• Experience with collaboration tools including Jira/Confluence and Rocketchat

• Experience with ArcGIS or geospatial technologies

• Experience with Aeronautical data and systems

• Experience supporting the NGA customer

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) 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.