Job Description

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Leidos’ Intel Sector currently has an opportunity for a Strategic Planning Analyst to help shape the Sector’s strategic direction and drive growth, mission impact, and profitability across the Intelligence Community. The Intel Sector supports customers with mission-critical solutions in cyber, intel tradecraft, and mission software and integrated systems delivering capabilities in highly classified, regulated, and operationally demanding environments.

This position will be located at Leidos headquarters in Reston, Virginia and will report to the Intel Sector Strategy Lead (e.g., VP/Director of Strategy) with day-to-day support to the Sector President, CGO counterparts, and Business Area leadership.

This role is an opportunity to directly contribute to the development of the Intel Sector Strategic Plan, including market and customer analysis, competitive and partner assessment, and the translation of strategy into actionable priorities. The Strategic Planning Analyst will partner across the Sector—Strategy, Growth/BD, CTO/Engineering, Finance, and Business Areas—to develop, communicate, and help implement strategies that drive growth.

The ideal candidate is comfortable moving between strategy framing and execution enablement: structuring ambiguous problems, building data-backed insights, preparing executive-ready materials, and coordinating cross-functional inputs under tight timelines.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning and Market Intelligence

• Partners with the Intel Sector leadership team to provide research, synthesis, and analysis supporting strategic decision-making and situational awareness (IC mission priorities, funding dynamics, acquisition trends, policy/oversight impacts).
• Supports the development and ongoing refinement of the Intel Sector Strategic Plan, including:
  • customer problem framing and unmet needs,
  • sector “where to play / how to win” choices,
  • differentiated value propositions by mission area,
  • priority bets and capability investment themes (e.g., AI-enabled operations, data dominance, secure software delivery).
• Builds and maintains market models across key Intel Sector mission spaces (e.g., SIGINT/GEOINT/OSINT enablement, cyber operations, analytic tradecraft modernization, mission systems and platforms).
• Develops competitive intelligence: monitors competitive dynamics, captures win themes/loss drivers, and identifies shifts in customer selection criteria.
• Financial Strategy & Planning: Partners with Sector Finance and Business Area leaders to support AOP and Long-Range Plan (LRP) development, including financial / Excel-based modeling (growth scenarios, margin and investment tradeoffs, sensitivity analyses, and deal economics) to quantify strategic options and inform leadership decisions

Growth Strategy Enablement

• Partners with Growth/BD and Capture teams to translate strategy into actionable growth priorities (target customers, pursuits, partner strategy, and differentiated messaging).
• Helps design and maintain strategy-to-execution artifacts (e.g., opportunity-to-strategy alignment, pipeline quality views, “must-win” pursuit lists, and strategic account planning inputs).
• Facilitates cross-business inputs (Business Area sessions, customer deep dives, and whiteboard working sessions) and synthesizes outputs into crisp recommendations.

Strategic Partnerships and M&A Support (as applicable)

• Partners with Corporate Development and Sector leadership to investigate and evaluate potential strategic partners, technology relationships, and acquisition candidates aligned to Intel Sector priorities.
• Conducts initial diligence support: market attractiveness, strategic fit, customer alignment, synergy hypotheses, and competitive positioning.

Strategy Communication and Executive Support

• Develops and implements a strategy communication and cascade approach so leaders and teams understand Sector priorities and how their work connects.
• Supports executive engagements and deliverables such as CEO briefs, Board-level materials (as required), investor-related inputs (as applicable), and Sector operating reviews.
• Produces executive-ready narratives: clear slides, readouts, and strategy memos that are decision-oriented, not academic.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or related field and a minimum of 4+ years of experience; or Master’s degree and 2+ years of experience in strategy, BD, corporate development, consulting, finance, or operations. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • business strategy consulting (top-tier firm) or investment banking, and/or
  • corporate/group strategy, corporate development, growth/BD operations, finance, or operational excellence at an aerospace, defense, or technology services company.

• Demonstrated ability to dissect complex problems, structure analysis, and draw insights from qualitative and quantitative inputs (market research, competitive intel, customer dynamics, pipeline data, financial drivers).
• Strong executive communication skills—able to produce tight, decision-supporting written products and presentations; comfortable briefing senior leaders.
• Proven ability to build internal alignment, operate independently with limited supervision, and establish strong working relationships across senior stakeholders and peers.
• Familiarity with market research methods, competitive analysis, and basic financial/business case thinking.

Preferred Qualifications (Intel Sector-relevant)

• Prior experience supporting or selling into the Intelligence Community (or adjacent national security mission customers) and understanding of how acquisition, mission needs, and compliance constraints shape decision-making.
• Experience working in classified or highly regulated environments; ability to navigate sensitive information appropriately.
• Comfort working across technical and mission stakeholders (CTO/engineering, product/software delivery, mission operators).
• Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel; ability to build clean, executive-ready outputs quickly

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Original Posting:

March 18, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.