Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Suitability:
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
Business Process Analysis
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Agile Methodology, Business, Process Improvements
Certifications:
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Product Owner to join our team to support an essential modernization program for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Federal Student Aid. As a member of our Agile team, you will support several complex and high-volume customer systems. The ideal candidate would have experience using SAFe Agile to capture user stories and lead scrum team including backlog management and sprint planning.
Responsibilities:
- Experience in communicating and working with stakeholders to translate the business vision into actionable requirements
- Excellent requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, and validation skills
- Experience coordinating and facilitating meetings with clear agendas and in keeping participants on-track
- Ability to create business and technical process and data flow diagrams
- Ability to create clearly defined requirements as Epics and Features
- Ability to create clearly defined user stories
- Manage and lead the product development process
- Keeping customers and stakeholders informed of the status of the product.
- Act as the main point of contact between SAFe Agile teams
- Manage and prioritize backlog items and optimizing the value of the product(s)
- Assisting the scrum/product development team to meet the objectives of each sprint.
- Adjusting and improving each iteration of the product before release.
- Identifying areas of improvement.
- Ability to coordinate across business and technical resources to get needed information on a timely basis
- As a member of a scrum team, actively participates in daily scrum meeting to support requirements clarification and raise impediments impacting delivery
- Participates in Program Quarterly Incrementation Planning sessions to assess work and establish development goals.
Required Skills/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems, or related field
- Minimum of three years of experience capturing and writing User Stories
- Minimum of three years of experience in a system engineering or software application environment
- Previous product owner work experience
- U.S. Citizen with existing or the ability to pass a Public Trust background investigation.
Desired Skills/Experience:
- Experience working in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or Agile/Iterative software development methodology including Scrum environment
- Working knowledge of product development architecture
- Proficiency in the use of analytic tools
- Ability to prioritize effectively
- Excellent knowledge of user-centered design principles
- Ability to work with large teams
- Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to integrate information from multiple sources
- Experience with Jira
- Experience with Confluence
- Ability to communicate complex technical topics to management and non-technical audiences
- Ability to work independently and interact regularly with government and non-government stakeholders at multiple levels of authority
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure
- Interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude.
- Critical thinking, problem solving skills, written, and oral communication skills.
The likely salary range for this position is $72,100 - $97,548. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
None
Telecommuting Options:
Remote
Work Location:
Any Location / Remote
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
