Responsibilities
Actively facilitate and organize pivotal SAFe ceremonies—ranging from Program Increment Planning (PIP) to ART Syncs and Adapt workshops—ensuring each gathering is purposeful, result-driven, and leads directly to deliverables and progress.
Sustain cohesion across teams by proactively monitoring and aligning all workflows, ensuring parallel efforts converge and obstacles are cleared in real time.
Maintain a comprehensive view of progress, synthesizing insights from multiple teams to proactively identify priorities, directly address bottlenecks, and drive initiatives forward.
Anticipate and mitigate risks, resolve complex interdependencies, and remove organizational or technical barriers to ensure the steady flow of business value.
Lead by example and take decisive action to implement improvements and optimize performance; coaching and mentoring are secondary to direct involvement in delivery, solutioning, and execution.
Collaborate hands-on with stakeholders, System Architects, and Product Management to ensure that features and deliverables are completed, accepted, and meet quality standards on schedule.
Directly manage program scope, schedule, and resources; monitor and report on key program milestones and deliverables to ensure successful on-time execution.
Drive all aspects of program-level planning, execution, risk management, and reporting, including creation and management of program schedules, dependencies, and workstreams.
Design, document, and implement process improvements to boost efficiency, streamline program delivery, and enhance quality across the organization, using Lean, Six Sigma, or process re-engineering methodologies.
Lead change through measurable actions—analyzing KPIs, process metrics, and feedback to ensure accountability and continual improvement.
Ensure full transparency on progress, blockers, and emerging issues for all levels of leadership.
Lead actionable program retrospectives, converting learning and feedback into immediate, concrete improvements.
Work directly with teams to implement ART-wide enhancements, ensuring meaningful changes are quickly embedded and outcomes are achieved.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Process Engineering, or related field and 12 years of relevant hands-on experience, or 10 years of relevant experience with a Master's Degree. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirement.
5+ years of direct, action-oriented experience in Agile, with 2+ years as an RTE, program manager, or program-level leader executing complex initiatives.
SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) is highly preferred.
Proficient in Jira, Confluence, and reporting tools like Tableau or Power BI.
Demonstrated experience directly managing program delivery in fast-paced engineering or IT environments.
Experience in leading and executing process engineering or process optimization projects.
Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process improvement certification is a plus.
Ability to obtain and maintain FAA Public Trust Suitability and Secret Level clearance.
Program and project management fundamentals
Waterfall knowledge
This role is specifically focused on taking direct ownership of program delivery, continuous improvement, and process engineering. Candidates must be ready to drive outcomes, lead initiatives, and execute solutions—coaching is not the primary focus of this position.
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June 8, 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 $105,300.00 - $190,350.00
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.
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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