Leidos

Director, Air and Space Mission Integration

Leidos  •  $154k - $278k/yr  •  United States (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Leidos Air and Space Force Division has an opening for a Director, Air and Space Mission Integration located in San Antonio, TX.

The candidate is responsible for accelerating division growth by connecting customer mission needs with innovative technology solutions that enhance operational outcomes and create new business opportunities. Serving as a trusted advisor to both customers and internal leadership, this position identifies emerging mission requirements, shapes technology roadmaps, cultivates strategic partnerships, and enables the successful transition of innovative capabilities into operational environments.

This leader works across Programs, Growth, Engineering, and Operations to identify opportunities for organic growth, expand customer relationships, mature technical capabilities, and position the organization for future success. The Director, Mission Integration serves as the connective tissue between customer challenges, technology innovation, and program execution.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Develop and maintain trusted relationships with customer stakeholders to understand evolving mission priorities, technology gaps, and operational challenges.
  • Translate customer needs into actionable technology and capability initiatives.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to customer leadership on emerging technologies and mission modernization opportunities.
  • Represent the organization during customer engagements, demonstrations, industry events, technical exchanges, and executive briefings.
  • Identify opportunities to integrate emerging technologies—including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, Zero Trust, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Automation, Digital Engineering, and DevSecOps—into customer missions.
  • Partner with technical leadership to mature concepts into deployable operational capabilities.
  • Facilitate technology demonstrations, pilots, and proof-of-concepts that address customer priorities.
  • Drive adoption of innovative technologies across existing programs to improve mission outcomes.
  • Identify and mature opportunities for organic growth across existing programs and customer organizations.
  • Partner with Program Managers to identify follow-on work, scope expansion opportunities, and technology enhancements.
  • Support opportunity shaping activities well in advance of formal procurements.
  • Develop customer engagement strategies that strengthen long-term relationships and position the organization for future growth.
  • Collaborate with Capture Managers and Growth teams during opportunity qualification, solution development, and proposal efforts.
  • Partner with Program Managers, Chief Engineers, Solution Architects, and Portfolio Leaders to align technology investments with customer priorities.
  • Coordinate across engineering, operations, finance, contracts, and growth organizations to ensure seamless execution of strategic initiatives.
  • Foster collaboration across the division to leverage enterprise capabilities and best practices.
  • Mentor technical and program leaders on customer engagement and technology positioning.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience ; additional years of experience may substitute in lieu of a degree.
  • 7+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.
  • 12+ years supporting Department of Defense, Air Force, Space Force, or Federal Government customers.
  • Knowledge and experience with USSF and USAF plans, policies, standards, and methods
  • Experience supporting business growth through customer engagement, technology adoption, and opportunity development.
  • Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
  • Understanding of Federal acquisition processes and competitive procurement environments.
  • Experience supporting proposal development, technical solutioning, or capture activities.
  • Experience estimating all technical and operations costs with the IT enterprise.
  • Experience identifying and assessing business impacts to proposed changes to a largely technical solution or enterprise operations.
  • Must have an active DoD Secret level security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Active Top Secret DoD security clearance

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

July 31, 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 $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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.

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About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.

Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.

Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.

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Industry
Aviation & Aerospace
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia
Year Founded
1969
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