Lead the product vision, roadmap, and value delivery for the HERMES Digital Ecosystem, ensuring strong alignment with enterprise digital engineering strategy and customer mission outcomes.
Translate stakeholder needs—programs, engineering functions, enterprise digital engineering initiatives—into clear, prioritized product requirements.
Manage the feature backlog, define acceptance criteria, and ensure agile teams deliver incrementally and predictably.
Evaluate new technologies, tools, integrations, and capabilities to continuously evolve the HERMES platform.
Partner with architecture, cybersecurity, PLM/ERP/MES integration teams, and program teams to ensure interoperability and scalability.
Lead a cross-functional team of engineers (software, systems, MBSE, data, integration) through planning, execution, delivery, and continuous improvement.
Work closely with the Digital Ecosystem & Architecture development team and the Chief Architect to define system architecture, interface definitions, toolchain integrations, and deployment patterns.
Ensure engineering rigor and alignment with technical standards while maintaining the agility required for rapid prototyping and iterative releases.
Manage risk, coordinate dependencies, and drive issue resolution across the HERMES portfolio.
Directly manage and mentor engineering staff, including career growth, skills development, and performance management.
Build a team culture focused on innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
Lead workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, and development of roles critical to digital engineering and ecosystem integration.
Promote cross-disciplinary thinking and close partnership with DE/MBSE practitioners, data engineers, and software teams.
Serve as primary point of contact for product updates, roadmap alignment, and cross-organizational coordination.
Provide clear, structured communication to senior leadership, program teams, and technical stakeholders.
Drive adoption of HERMES tools and practices across the organization through training, demos, documentation, and user engagement.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 12+ years in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
7+ years of engineering experience with increasing responsibility; 3+ years in technical leaders or product ownership roles
Strong understanding of digital engineering, MBSE, toolchains, and model-based practices
Experience operating in agile environments and managing product backlogs
Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams and manage direct reports
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Active DoD Top Secret clearance
Must be a US Citizen

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

digital engineeringMBSEtoolchainsagile methodologiesproduct backlog managementacceptance criteria definitionrisk managementinteroperabilityscalabilitycontinuous improvement

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementteam culture buildingcollaborationaccountabilityinnovationmentoringcareer developmentcross-disciplinary thinking

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeDoD Top Secret clearance