Principal Agile Product Owner- (onsite)

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Date Posted:

2023-11-09

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA541: 22110 Pacific Blvd, Dulles 22110 Pacific Boulevard Building CC3, Sterling, VA, 20166-6913 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At Collins Aerospace, we’re working side-by-side with our customers and partners to dream, design and deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry. By reaching across the markets, we serve and drawing on our vast portfolio of expertise, we are making the most powerful concepts in aerospace a reality every day. As the industry faces new challenges and embraces new technologies, Collins is collaborating and innovating with our customers to bring big ideas to life. And together, we're redefining the future of aerospace.

We are seeking a Principal Agile Product Owner to work onsite in Sterling, VA.

Note: This position is contingent on a contract award.

As an Agile Product Owner, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of our products and services. You will be responsible for ensuring successful completion of SW development resulting in product that has completed Software Integration Testing and is ready to proceed to formal validation. You will collaborate with cross-functional team, working with Product Management, Architecture, Software, and other stakeholders to define, prioritize, and validate completion of the product vision.

Responsibilities to Anticipate:

  • Product Ownership: Act as the primary point of contact for the product, responsible for defining, prioritizing, and maintaining the Software product backlog.

  • Vision and Strategy: Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.

  • Prioritization: Prioritize features and user stories based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility, ensuring the team works on high-priority items.

  • Requirements Gathering: Elicit and document product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to provide a clear understanding for development teams.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders, including business leaders, customers, and development teams, to ensure everyone is aligned with the product vision.

  • Agile Framework: Implement and champion the principles of the Agile process ensuring agile methodologies are followed.

  • Release Planning: Participate in release planning, including prioritization of features, sprint planning, and coordination of cross-team dependencies.

  • Metrics and Analysis: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of the product and identify areas for improvement.

  • Product Delivery: Work closely with development teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality products on time.

Qualifications/Experience Needed:

  • Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.

  • U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

  • Must have the ability to obtain a TS SCI clearance.

  • Typically requires a minimum of 8+ years of related work experience with 5+ years working in an elevated Agile role (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, etc).

  • Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an agile environment.

  • Understanding of SW fundamentals and SW development lifecycle.

  • Experience with Requirements derivation and testing.

  • Demonstrated understanding of agile methodologies and the SAFe framework.

  • Exposure to JIRA.

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

  • Ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions.

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

  • Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with agile management tools (e.g., JIRA)

  • SAFe Product Owner certification

  • Experience with DOORS Next Gen

  • Experience modeling in CAMEO

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

Mission Systems:

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. By joining our team, you’ll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customer succeeds today while anticipating their needs for tomorrow. Are you up for the challenge? Join our mission today. 

#reempowerprogram

This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program.  The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey.  Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience.  Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.

Minimum Program Qualifications
To qualify for the Raytheon Technologies, Re-Empower Program, candidates should:

  • Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application.

  • Have prior experience in functional area of interest.

  • Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position.

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE:

Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Regardless of your role type, collaboration and innovation are critical to our business and all employees will have access to digital tools so they can work with colleagues around the world – and access to Collins sites when their work requires in-person meetings. 

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again.  

                                                                                                                

Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day. 

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