Leidos

Senior Program Manager

Leidos  •  $154k - $278k/yr  •  United States (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ mission success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable practices. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Our workforce enjoys career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development, while experiencing rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Your most important work is ahead.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, then keep reading because Leidos is seeking a senior program manager to lead the full-lifecycle software development and delivery of a portfolio of analytical and geospatial mission systems. Our customer provides military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers, and force planners across the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.

This Key Program Manager position offers a career building, high-impact opportunity for the right leader. The position is responsible for planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of program goals and objectives. Duties will include ensuring that all capabilities are delivered within scope, time, and budget constraints.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Communication – technical, people, and business acumen in software development and delivery are essential as this role acts as the autonomous, primary interface to the government customer – managing communication and program deliverables
  • Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) – leads and collaborates with multi-disciplined team with courage and conviction that Influences development of solutions that impact strategic and tactical results.
  • Project Management Expertise – actively resource Program Increment Planning (PIPe), balance cost-schedule-feature/fix constraints with effective risk and opportunity management discipline.
  • Inspirational – model ‘…. We could be even better if… ‘ with high sense of urgency.
  • Inspirational Leadership – Inspires continuous improvement by challenging the status quo and driving higher performance with urgency.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 12 + years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 + years of prior relevant experience in program and project management and/or software development lifecycle; Or 4 years of experience in lieu of degree
  • Must currently possess an active TS/SCI, with ability to obtain a Polygraph post hire
  • Ability to manage complexity and priorities with many systems (dozens) aligned to customer/mission needs.
  • Demonstrable written and verbal communications skills spanning all levels of an organization.
  • Experience managing large, multi-disciplined team of professionals that are distributed across timezones, working on unclassified and classified domains/delivery systems of systems.
  • Experience supporting business development and on-contract growth activities including responding to RFIs, RFPs, BOEs, and other customer acquisition requests.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • An active TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Experience with classified mission critical system development and delivery for department of war and/or intelligence community.

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 2, 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.

Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.

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