[Hiring] Agile Product Owner @Leidos

Role Description

NISC IV is seeking an experienced Agile Product Owner to provide strategic product leadership in support of a high-visibility Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) modernization program. This position serves as the primary point of accountability for product vision, backlog strategy, release planning, and delivery outcomes for a complex enterprise application supporting critical FAA business operations.

The Agile Product Owner operates with a high degree of independence and serves as the authoritative leader for product direction across the program. Working closely with FAA leadership, associate managers, business analysts, software engineers, quality assurance professionals, DevOps engineers, architects, and customer stakeholders, this position drives product strategy and delivery decisions that directly impact contractual performance, customer satisfaction, operational readiness, cost, schedule, scope, quality, and overall program success.

As a recognized subject matter expert in Agile product management and enterprise software delivery, this individual influences organizational processes, establishes product management standards, leads complex cross-functional initiatives, and provides strategic guidance to both program leadership and customer executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience serving as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, Scrum Master or similar product leadership role supporting complex enterprise software development efforts.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead product strategy and make complex decisions affecting cost, schedule, scope, quality, operational readiness, customer satisfaction, and business outcomes.
• Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams without direct supervisory authority.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems affecting multiple functional disciplines while balancing competing customer, technical, contractual, and organizational priorities.
• Experience communicating and presenting recommendations to executive leadership, senior customer stakeholders, and program management regarding matters of significant organizational importance.
• Demonstrated success influencing stakeholders, building consensus, resolving conflicts, and driving organizational decision-making.
• Advanced knowledge of Agile software development methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, backlog management, release planning, iterative development, and continuous process improvement.
• Experience establishing or improving product management processes, delivery standards, governance practices, and organizational procedures.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, negotiation, leadership, and executive presentation skills.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government public trust.

Requirements

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), or equivalent Agile product management certification.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Agilist, or similar professional certification.
• Experience supporting the Federal Aviation Administration or other Federal Government agencies.
• Experience supporting enterprise modernization initiatives, cloud migration efforts, legacy system replacement, or mission-critical operational systems.
• Experience working within a government contracting environment.
• Knowledge of enterprise software architecture, DevOps practices, software quality assurance, systems integration, configuration management, and release management.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: $116,350.00 - $210,325.00.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

Company Description

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.