Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems.
 
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Riverside Research is seeking a Proxy Product Owner to support the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. This position will support the customer by facilitating and prioritizing value of multiple software products.  The Proxy Product Owner will assist in creating continuity between external agencies (stakeholders) and Product Owner.  The Proxy Product Owner will support the product teams and users by creating the product vision, roadmap, use cases, user stories, and user acceptance criteria as appropriate for integration with external partner organizations. They will assist in helping plan, execute, and participate in product reviews, backlog prioritization, product planning, retrospectives, daily stand ups, testing activities, and application user forums to evaluate performance towards successfully addressing user and mission needs. They will assist Product Teams in identifying industry standard, community accepted processes for requirements management, software development, software testing and certification, operational acceptance, risk, security, and configuration management.  Candidates must be proficient in standard office software applications and capable of devising practical and sustainable solutions.

• Engage with directly with product stakeholders, possess a deep understanding of product requirements
• Assist stakeholders and product development teams in determining if delivered product solutions are meeting their requirements; facilitate necessary documentation for government engagement with product development teams
• Communicate government defined product visions to the product development teams and production stakeholders
• Develop use cases and user stories as requested
• Develop and maintain product backlogs
• Other duties as assigned  

• Top Secret clearance with SCI adjudication
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, information technology, physics, mathematics, or related fields.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience
• Experience with Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) stakeholders
• Experience with working in agile software development environments
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, responsible team player able to work independently with minimal daily direction; effective/efficient written/verbal communication skills in fast paced, collaborative environment

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience using JIRA and Confluence
• Professional certifications in Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scrum Master, and/or Certified Agile Leadership (CAL)
• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, information technology, physics, mathematics, or related fields

$100,000- $130,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

 
Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring.  Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.
Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran’s status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.