Product Manager

Alright, let's talk about this role. It's a Principal Product Manager position with Leidos Defense, specifically within their Defense Sensors Business Area. You'd be based in Oklahoma City, OK, but you're not going to be sitting still.

The Work

You'll be part of the team building advanced Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C UAS) and Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M SHORAD) solutions. The goal is to create a complete system; sensors, command and control, effectors; to protect against aerial threats.

Your main job is to define what that system becomes. You'll take the vision for sensor fusion and decision making tools and turn it into a real product roadmap. That means working closely with engineering leads for radar, cyber, and other components to find opportunities where their work can come together into something greater.

• Craft the product vision and roadmap, aligning existing Leidos tech with defense needs in air defense.
• Translate high level operational requirements into specific features and stories for software teams.
• Write user stories that clearly tie technical work to business value.
• Groom and prioritize the backlog to keep everyone focused on the strategy.
• Establish an architecture that can deploy to cloud or edge hardware, using automation.
• You're in the team ceremonies; standups, demos, retros; working directly with leads to inspect and adapt.
• Lead planning sessions that break down roadmap items into actionable epics.
• A big part of this involves Artificial Intelligence and Automation; you'll leverage advanced methods to develop intelligent systems that learn and make decisions.
• You'll employ DevOps practices to bridge development and operations.
• Oversee solution architecture, designing technical answers to specific problems that end in working prototypes.
• Review new proposals that could impact your product's direction.

The Essentials

We need someone who's been in the arena for a while. The baseline is a Bachelor's degree with 12 to 15 years of relevant experience in software development or military command and control. If you have a Master's degree, we're looking at 10 to 13 years of that same kind of experience.

• You must currently hold an active Secret security clearance. This isn't something we can sponsor later; you need it day one.
• The ability to travel up to 10% of the time is required. That could be quarterly trips or visits to customer sites worldwide, including potential OCONUS travel. You might go to our teams in Lawton or Huntsville as well.
• A proven ability to understand complex needs, set clear requirements, and build solutions that actually satisfy them is non negotiable.

The Specific Skills & Environment

The environment here is highly collaborative; forward thinking isn't just a buzzword here because innovation drives everything we do. You should be fluent in Agile and DevSecOps concepts from practice, not just theory. Experience with machine learning or AI is important; preference goes toward those who've worked on command and control decision aids. We use Atlassian and Git products daily; Jira, Confluence, Gitlab; so hands on experience there is key. And you should be familiar with software practices tied to the Risk Management Framework: CI/CD pipelines, static code analysis aiming for good unit test coverage, and DISA STIGs are all part of the landscape here. One more thing: you must be a U.S. Citizen.

A Few Pluses

• Experience with modern defense software from major JADC2 portfolios like ABMS (Advanced Battle Management System), Overmatch, or Project Convergence would give you a strong head start. Hands on familiarity with Integrated Air & Missile Defense interface docs, especially MIL STD 6016 (Link 16) or Universal Command & Control interfaces, is definitely preferred.

The Details & How To Apply

The schedule isn't explicitly listed as "9 to 5," but given the nature of the work and collaboration required, it’s understood this is a full time commitment based in Oklahoma City, OK. The original posting didn't list specific salary figures or benefits details like insurance plans or PTO structure; those would be discussed as part of the offer process. If this sounds like your kind of challenge, share your resume with us today through our application portal. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating diverse teams operating sustainably; we do business guided by our Mission, Vision, and Values. Everything rests on doing right by our customers, our people, and our community. Your greatest work really could be ahead here.Please note: This rewritten description uses only details extracted from the provided raw job posting.