Program Manager / Product Owner

Program Manager/Product Owner
Program Manager, Senior
Peterson Space Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado

HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.

HX5 is currently recruiting for a Program Manager/Product Owner to join the team at Peterson Space Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

HX5 is looking for a Program Manager/Product Owner with emphasis on Software Development who will be responsible for leading planning & execution of diverse $35M+ annual software portfolio, providing program management/product owner support to Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) Agile software development, operations, integration, and sustainment planning. AFLCMC/SZQR is currently overseeing a large Agile software development effort, focusing on improving performance across three value streams - cyber, operations, and enabling infrastructure. Odyssey team members have crucial roles as product owners, software and cyber engineers, testers, logistics, and configuration managers, all focusing on improving UEWR software capabilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop strategies and plans to enable agile software development.
• Negotiates requirements with SZQR and stakeholders. Prioritizes requirements for their specific Agile analysis/development team.
• Attends and participates in contractor Agile events, such as, but not limited to: Daily scrums, program increment/sprint planning, sprint reviews/demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Coordinates events, such as Configuration Control Boards, Integrated Team Teams, Joint Configuration Control Boards, ensuring key stakeholders are in attendance to make decisions.
• Communicates expectations with the contractor Agile team, while communicating Agile team performance and progress with SZQR leadership.
• Coordinates with the SZQR government personnel to accept the work of the contractor Agile team.
• Develop and coordinate on design documents, requirements documents, contracts documents, enabling concepts, concepts of operations, system training plans, risk reduction strategies and recommendations, training material, test requirements, work specifications, and other technical documentation as requested to execute prototyping activities in support of Government demonstration.
• Perform design studies and analysis, performance-based design reviews, high level detailed specification and scope preparation, configuration, management and documentation control, fabrication, assembly and simulation, and modeling.
• Develop and perform technical insertions and risk reduction strategies, studies and recommendations to mitigate identified risk conditions.
• Makes recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts.
• Develop, plan, and implement strategies and analysis for emergency/urgent depot level modifications, technology demonstrations, prototyping, and system test and evaluation activities.
• Prepare briefings, reports, informational analyses in support of SZQR systems.
• Coordinate and lead resolution of system issues, deficiencies, software bugs, etc. with prime contractors, depot contractors other support contractors.
• Develop and maintain technical requirements documents and architecture documentation to execute UEWR programs, upgrades, system modifications and enhancements.
• Provide expertise, to include pro-activelyidentifying and resolving potential risks, to program managers at technical interchange meetings, design reviews, program conferences, technical order in-process reviews, VTCs, telecoms, working groups and informational meetings to facilitate informed decisions.
• Provide relevant input to acquisition planning activities, upgrades and modifications and studies and interface with contractor logistics support personnel and product support integrators.
• Travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations upon government direction.

Salary: The salary range for this position is $103,538 - $145,464

Education and Experience:
Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field and twelve (12) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline; to include five (5) years of DoD.
• Master's or Doctorate Degree in a related field and ten (10) years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline; to include five (5) years of DoD.
• OR, fifteen (15) years of directly related experience as described in the PWS labor category performance requirements, to include 8 years of DoD.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week and offers a flexible work schedule Monday through Friday during core business hours. This position offers hybrid flexibility approximately 20% (1 day a week) - Subject to change per the customer's discretion.

Other Position Requirements:

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Must be able to travel, up to 10% including air travel.

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Identity Protection
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter/Transit Spending Accounts
• Group Legal Coverage Options
• Pet Insurance

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, pleasecall (850) 362-6551.

CJ