Product Owner
Mission Technologies, a division of HII
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Product Owner
Mission Technologies, a division of HII
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Columbia • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $124,303 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
Cyber SecurityGo
About the role
- Own the Product Vision: Define, own, and evangelize the product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with both customer mission needs and our company's strategic goals.
- Drive the Backlog: Develop, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog with detailed user stories, epics, and clear acceptance criteria. Your work will provide the engineering team with the clarity needed to build the right solution.
- Engage the User: Act as the primary interface with DoD cyber stakeholders. Conduct in-depth discovery to deeply understand the workflows, data challenges, and desired outcomes of cyber analysts, threat hunters, and mission commanders.
- Engage Product Owners (POs): Conduct regular engagements with other POs within the company Customer Experience Group (CEG). Gather and assess insights from other POs to correlate customer feedback on our products to help guide new feature development.
- Translate Mission to Code: Convert high-level mission requirements into actionable, technical product requirements. You will be comfortable discussing data ingestion patterns, query optimization, analytics integrations, and API specifications with the development team.
- Validate software: Thoroughly validate software changes against user stories, design documents, and acceptance criteria defined by POs. Ensure all developed features meet functional and non-functional requirements.
- Communicate Value: Articulate the platform's technical capabilities and their direct impact on mission outcomes to diverse audiences, from hands-on operators to senior military leadership.
- Support Go-to-Market Strategy: Collaborate with business development and marketing teams to shape product messaging, support proposals, and develop compelling demonstrations that resonate with the unique culture and requirements of the DoD.
- Measure Success: Define and analyze key metrics to measure product performance, user adoption, and mission impact, using the insights to guide future product iterations.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Security Clearance: A current Secret level U.S. Government security clearance is required; U.S. citizenship required.
- 9+ years in DoD cyber, agile development, and/or big data with a B.A. in Business, a technical field, or related; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
- 5+ years of experience in a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Technical Program Manager role within an Agile software development environment.
- Demonstrated understanding of modern data architectures, including concepts like data lakes, data warehousing, and big data technologies.
- Professional experience within the cybersecurity domain (e.g., Security Operations Center (SOC), Cyber Threat Intelligence, Network Defense, Incident Response).
- Proven ability to work effectively with DoD or other Federal Government customers, with an understanding of their operational environment and procurement processes.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a talent for making complex technical subjects accessible to varied audiences.
- Excellent organizational and attention to detail skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%, sometimes on short notice CONUS and OCONUS.
- Ability to work on customer site 1-2 days a week in Columbia, MD. Flexibility is essential to adapt to schedule changes as needed.
Benefits
- 100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision and dental plans.
- 10% 401k benefit.
- Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays.
- Education/training allowances.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Agile developmentProduct OwnerProduct ManagerTechnical Program ManagerData architecturesData lakesData warehousingBig data technologiesAPI specificationsUser stories
Soft skills
Communication skillsOrganizational skillsAttention to detailTeamworkIndependenceFlexibilityStakeholder engagementAnalytical skillsCustomer feedback assessmentMission impact articulation
Certifications
Secret level U.S. Government security clearance
