Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for a Agile Program Manager/Product Owner. In this role you 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. SSC/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.

This is a full-time role at Peterson SFB in Colorado Springs, CO, with the ability to work remotely up to 80% for anyone local- subject to change per the customer's discretion.

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Develop strategies and plans to enable agile software development.
• Negotiates requirements with Government (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 to Government leadership.
• Coordinates with 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 demonstrations.
• 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 proactively identifying 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.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Clearance:  Must be able to obtain and maintain and Top Secret security clearance 

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent 

Years’ experience: 5 or more years of Program Management experience in DoD 

Preferred Qualifications:

Certifications:  PMP Certified (highly preferred), DoD PM level II certification, Agile certification (PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, etc), or Scrum Master certification

Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline

Experience:

• Experience with Jira/Confluence is highly desired

Additional Information:

Location: Peterson SFB in Colorado Springs, CO

Hybrid: This role will be performed on-site at Peterson SFB with the ability to work remotely approx. 20%- subject to change per the customer's discretion 

Travel: Travel may be required up to 10%, CONUS and OCONUS 

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Odyssey Systems is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.

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