Leidos is seeking a Product Owner to support the maritime autonomy team to help in developing unmanned and autonomous ships for the US Government. As a Product Owner, you’ll directly support agile software development in achieving specific program objectives in support of our nation’s defense. The ideal candidate will possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, be a strong team player, and can establish solid working relationships with peers and technical staff members within the program.
Primary Responsibilities.
- Defining and Communicating the vision: Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives.
- Managing the product backlog: Responsible for managing the product backlog—the development team’s project to-do list. This includes creating the list of backlog items and prioritizing them on the overall strategy and business objectives, mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
- Prioritizing needs: Responsible for prioritizing needs based on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders.
- Overseeing development stages: Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint.
- Acting as primary liaison: This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams.
- Evaluating product progress at each iteration: Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration.
- Support release planning: Lead product release plans and set expectations for the delivery of new functionalities. Oversee the release process to ensure quality standards are met and stakeholders are informed
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university plus 8-12 years of relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor's degree in fields such as computer science, software engineering, or systems engineering
- Experience performing implementation of engineering methods and practices
- Experience with Atlassian tool suite
- Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel)
- Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations
- Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams
- Desire to work with end users to determine product validity and areas for improvement
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
- Full time onsite support in Arlington VA.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certification
- Previous experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role in agile environments.
- Experience with Department of Defense customers
- Experience with people leadership and managing direct reports.
- Active Secret Security Clearance preferred
At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”
If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.
Original Posting:September 5, 2025For U.S. Positions: 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 only and 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.
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