PRODUCT OWNER 4
Location:
Newport News, Virginia, United States
Date: Feb 27, 2026
Req ID: 45587
Team: T55 SOLUTIONS DEV
Entity: Newport News Shipbuilding
US Citizenship Required for this Position: Yes
Full-Time
Shift: 1st
Relocation: No relocation assistance available
Virtual/Telework Opportunity: Yes - Occasional or hybrid telework available
Travel Requirement: No
Clearance Required: No - Clearance Not Required to Start
Meet HII's Newport News Shipbuilding
With more than 25,000 employees - including third-, fourth- and even fifth-generation shipbuilders - HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. We're the sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. Our diverse and innovative team of professionals ranges from skilled trades to project managers, engineers and software developers to solution architects, technical subject matter experts, and system users. Anchored in our rich, 135-year history, we collaborate together at the forefront of technology, manufacturing, and integration of the most powerful and survivable naval ships in the world. Want to be part of the team? Apply today! We look forward to meeting you.
The Role
Responsible for the success of the product by maximizing the output of the development team within a scrum framework. Responsible for ordering backlog, clearly expressing the product backlog items, ordering the items to best achieve goals and optimize the value of the work the team performs. Lead collaboration, facilitate sprint activities, and create and communicate requirements artifacts that translate business needs into executable requirements. Work closely with business stakeholders,
product/project managers, and technical teams to understand, analyze, refine, prioritize, and communicate needs to ensure full understanding of project scope, objectives, and requirements. Develop and adapt the product vision, writing new user stories, and specify acceptance of each user story. Bring members of the User Community together to share knowledge, identify enhancements, manage toolset or training improvements, discuss issues, and drive toward process standardization.
Ensure the health and quality of specific processes and resulting products across the value stream.
This individual will focus on the data warehouse and Cognos reporting processes throughout NNS for all programs. He/she should possess a deep understanding of data warehouse and Cognos. He/she will support the on-going process evaluations, standardization efforts, and software integration / enhancements in support of both the Data Warehouse and Cognos reporting processes to ensure tools & processes are integrated vertically and horizontally across the organization. Performs functional analysis, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. This person must possess the necessary verbal and written communication skills to successfully interface with various organizations throughout the company (and various job levels within those organizations), gain agreement on standard approaches / tool usage, and present information verbally and in written / slide form.
Primary responsibility: Business Intelligence Sustaining Improvement Team (SIT) and facilitation of processes improvements
Job function includes:
· Mentor other SIT leads, IT, Data Warehouse and Cognos business users.
· Evaluates effects of needed solution on current/future processes and systems to ensure efficient integration with a focus toward improvements in Quality, Safety, Cost, and Schedule.
· Drives collaboration and cooperation to improve processes; negotiates and / or brokers with groups to create solutions that support company initiatives.
· Makes prudent decisions and takes effective action amid complex and rapidly changing conditions; helps in leading organizational change, improving team performance, and driving sustainable improvements.
· Track code development and implementation items from internal and external development
· Works to define, prioritize, and resolve system issues
· Cross Collaborates with other SIT leads & SIT members to gain requirements for the BI SIT AOR.
Must Have
Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of relevant exempt experience; Master?s Degree and 7 years of relevant professional experience; Ph.D. and 4 years of experience.
One of the following may be used as an equivalent to Bachelor's Degree :
NNS Apprentice School graduate
Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate
Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience
Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience
High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant exempt experience
High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience
Nice to Have
Skill set required:
· Strategic thinking
· Analytical and problem solving skills
· Overall understanding of the technologies used in reporting
· Extensive knowledge of Sustaining Improvement Teams
· Ability to work independently in dynamic environment
· Ability to work with cross functional teams across the organization for a common goal
· Strong communication skills, presentation and leadership skills (verbal and written)
· Works effectively with people (all levels of employees including executives) with solid interpersonal skills
· Ability / desire to standardize and improve processes and integrate with toolsets
· Extensive knowledge of Data Warehouse
· Extensive knowledge of Cognos
· Working knowledge of SAP S4
· General understanding of the multitude of tools that feed the data warehouse
Key Competencies of a Product Owner on the Process Standardization and Integration team:
· Facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change, encourages others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing, risks, problems, and opportunities.
· Acts as a change agent to help assure successful process integration
· Acts swiftly and persistently to remove barriers and implement improvements
· Works continually to improve detailed understanding of processes and system functionality within the data warehouse.
· Leads regular meetings on processes; facilitates diverse department groups; and provides structured methodology and technical expertise to develop, collect, consolidate, document, and administer the integration of selected processes and tools.
· Coordinates the development / changes for associated training courses.
· Develops and manages documentation and appropriate procedures through the established QA procedure circuit as applicable.
· Point of contact for user community questions and issues related to the data warehouse and Cognos.
Why HII
We build the world's most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. HII's diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of America's top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people's safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you'll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Working at HII is more than a job - it's an opportunity to build a future. We offer comprehensive benefits including: medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices, on-site health centers, tele-medicine, wellness resources, employee assistance programs, savings plan options (401K), financial education and planning tools, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships, and more. Some benefits may vary depending on your specific division or work location.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.
Do You Need Assistance?
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to buildyourcareer@hii-co.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
Additionally, you may also call 1-844-849-8463 for assistance. Press #2 for Newport News Shipbuilding.
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