Own the Program Vision: Clearly define and articulate the long-term vision and goals/deliverables for the program, aligning them with the overall mission support strategy and follow-on field support plan. Tell a compelling story for audiences of all levels including senior executives and commanders. Establish the program’s vision, strategy, outcome-driven integrated roadmap, and product/project/program backlog; including (1) sensor integration efforts, (2) resilient gateway routing solutions, (3) tactical data management, and (4) DevSecOps/cybersecurity/cloud support.
Facilitate and Communicate: Drive the narrative in both verbal and written communication. Facilitate meetings with team members and stakeholders, communicating effectively at the senior, most executive levels, using methods your audience will participate in. Communicate the program vision, strategy, integrated roadmap, and backlog to different audiences with a tailored message they will understand to ensure deliverables meet performance measures, on time, and within scope.
Decision Making and Problem Solving: Make timely and informed decisions on program supported features, scope, and priorities based on input from stakeholders, expert analysis, and feedback. Identify pain points and opportunities for the team and be proactive in actioning towards resolutions.
Work Prioritization: Lead and influence a balanced cross-functional team in daily activities to execute against a vision. Maintain and prioritize the program backlog, ensuring that it reflects the highest mission value and is aligned with the program vision.
User Story Creation: Document and package detailed operational requirements and experiences. Write clear and detailed user stories with acceptance criteria to communicate product/project requirements to the development team. Champion user-centered design philosophy within the internal product/project team and externally with customers. Collect requirements and manage the requirements traceability matrix for each project within the program.
Strategic Stakeholder Communication: Act as a bridge between stakeholders and the development team, ensuring that stakeholders' needs and expectations are understood and incorporated into the program backlog. Communicate sophisticated ideas, anticipating potential objections, and persuading others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
Other Important Areas of Responsibility include
Release/Deployment Planning ● Acceptance Testing ● Feedback Handling ● Risk Management ● Team Resource Management ● Lean Project Management ● Team Collaboration ● Quality Management