Software Product Line Lead

Requisition  Eligible?:
Yes

ERP amount: $50 LMRecognition

Relocation:
Possible Type:
Exempt

Shift: 1

Clearance Prior to Start:
None Final Clearance:
Secret Pay Transparency: $ - $Experience Level: Experienced Professional FT/PT/Casual:
Full Time Department : RMS Core Business Unit: RMS Core Standard

Job Description WHAT WE’RE DOING  Lockheed Martin’s Rotary & Mission Systems division is building the next‑generation, AI‑ready, cloud‑native, mission platform.  This is a software‑first product line that operates like a high‑growth commercial tech platform — delivering new capabilities, licensing, and ongoing support at commercial‑grade velocity — while meeting the security and reliability standards required for mission‑critical Defense workloads.  This is a hybrid‑telework opportunity. This role supports a predefined telework schedule combined with on-site collaboration, based from one of these locations:
Huntsville, AL Colorado Springs, COLittleton, COMoorestown, NJOwego, NYSyracuse, NYKing of Prussia, PAManassas, VA   

THE ROLE As Software Product Line Lead, you own the software baseline for a product line that rivals today’s leading SaaS platforms.

Responsibilities include:

Lead the end‑to‑end creation of a software product that is sold, deployed, and continuously maintained in a commercial environment. Drive practices that enable rapid onboarding of new customers, predictable upgrade paths, and long‑term sustainment. Design and implement a secure licensing framework that supports multiple entitlement models. Build the tooling for key generation, activation, renewal, and revocation, and embed it directly into the deployment pipeline. Embed

a modern ticketing and enhancement system into the product. Define APIs and UI flows that let customers submit help‑desk tickets, request feature enhancements, and track resolution status, turning support data into a continuous improvement engine. Institutionalize short, frequent release cycles (CI/CD) that mirror commercial SaaS roll‑outs. Establish automated deployment, configuration‑as‑code, and rollback capabilities that give customers confidence in rapid, low‑risk upgrades. Define

and evolve a scalable software framework that supports the above commercial capabilities. Balance near-term customer needs with investments required to maintain a scalable, extensible, and sustainable product.

Translate customer and mission requirements into concrete technical roadmaps; serve as the primary liaison for internal teams, external partners, and Customers. Accelerate delivery by applying best of breed development practices while meeting Lockheed Martin’s security and compliance mandates. Integrate AI agents and advanced analytics into the platform, enabling autonomous decision‑making across diverse environments.    WHO YOU ARE   A technical leader who has delivered large‑scale, high‑availability software in commercial settings (e.g., streaming services, data‑intensive cloud platforms).

You balance architecture, engineering, product management, and operations, keeping the commercial lifecycle front‑and‑center. Proven track record designing, licensing, and supporting commercial software that is sold, deployed, and maintained ertise in modern cloud‑native architectures, micro‑services, APIs, and CI/CD/Dev Sec Ops . Experience building or integrating ticketing/enhancement workflows that turn support data into product evolution. Comfortable navigating the tension between rapid commercial deployment cycles and the stringent security/compliance requirements of defense programs. 

You won’t just ship software—you’ll own a commercial product lifecycle that includes licensing, customer support, continuous enhancements, and rapid, reliable deployment. Basic Qualifications…