Product Owner

Description: The Classified Automation & Deployment team develops tools and services that enable Space application teams to package, automate, and deploy applications across classified and unclassified environments at scale. Our solutions streamline operations by reducing repetitive, time-consuming operational and maintenance activities through automation.

As the Product Owner, you will define and own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for this mission-critical capability. You will partner with stakeholders to translate business and operational needs into prioritized development work, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that provide measurable value to our customers.

Who We Are

Lockheed Martin Space's Classified Automation & Deployment team accelerates the delivery of applications to both classified and unclassified environments. We combine OpenShift, RunDeck, and custom scripting to provide a secure, repeatable, and scalable deployment capability that enables the company's space missions.

Why you will love working with us

We are the accelerator that will allow Lockheed Martin Space to deploy applications and application packages at scale, which is a critical element of Space's ability to meet current and future goals. We also automate critical repetitive functions in classified environments, making their work more efficient and effective. Being part of the team is being a critical part of Space's future success.

What You'll Do

-Provide vision and serve as a champion of stakeholder perspectives to the team in the form of clearly written requirements and working in collaboration with the team to size the work with clear acceptance criteria

-Serve as the voice of the product, translating strategic goals into business requirements, facilitating product design, and championing product launches

-Collaborate with key stakeholders, including Space executives, application development teams, Program leadership, and classified system admins to define, prioritize, and deliver product enhancements and solutions to optimize the team's capabilities

-Align product with company strategy and Business Area priorities

-Establish, prioritize, and maintain the product roadmap and its backlog in collaboration with the Scrum Master and development team

-Lead product release planning with technical and business stakeholders and set expectations for delivery of new capabilities

-Gather and manage the requirements for product bug fixes, features, and larger-scale initiatives from concept to release

-Manage, maintain, and groom the Product Backlog, including prioritization of features and stories for Planning Increments and Sprint Planning

-Create the Acceptance Criteria for each feature and story assigned to the team and sign-off on completed work

-Represent the voice of the customer during PI Planning, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Demos

-Act as a communicator, coordinator, and advocate for product priorities

Basic Qualifications:

-Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum of a DoD Secret Security Clearance.

-Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

-Proven success as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or in a similar role supporting technical products.

-Working knowledge of Agile software development practices, including Scrum, SAFe, or comparable methodologies.

-Minimum of three (3) years of experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or Red Hat OpenShift) and automation platforms such as RunDeck, Ansible, or equivalent tools.

-Demonstrated ability to partner with software engineering teams to translate business needs into technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

-Proven ability to manage product backlogs, prioritize features, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.

-Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% as business needs require.

Desired Skills:

-Background supporting enterprise automation, DevSecOps, infrastructure, platform engineering, or cloud-native products.

-Familiarity with GitOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and Helm chart packaging.

-Demonstrated ability to leverage customer feedback, operational metrics, and data to drive product roadmap prioritization.

-Proven success planning and coordinating product releases, feature rollouts, user training, and organizational adoption.

-Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment without direct authority.

-Knowledge of modern software architecture, DevOps, and software engineering best practices.

-Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present product vision, roadmap updates, and technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

-Ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and lead initiatives with minimal direction.

Security Clearance Statement: This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Clearance Level: Secret

Other Important Information You Should Know

Expression of Interest: By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Ability to Work Remotely: Full-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site. Employees may travel to a Lockheed Martin office for periodic meetings.

Work Schedules: Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

Schedule for this Position: 9x80 every other Friday off

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $131,000 - $227,125. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $113,900 - $200,905. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.

(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

The application window will close in 90 days; applicants are encouraged to apply within 5 - 30 days of the requisition posting date in order to receive optimal consideration.

At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work.

With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility. Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We place an emphasis on empowering our employees by fostering an inclusive environment built upon integrity and corporate responsibility.

If this sounds like a culture you connect with, you're invited to apply for this role. Or, if you are unsure whether your experience aligns with the requirements of this position, we encourage you to search on Lockheed Martin Jobs , and apply for roles that align with your qualifications.

Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Business Unit: ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SERVICES

Relocation Available: No

Career Area: Information Technology

Type: Full-Time

Shift: First