Contracts Director

Leidos LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Leidos in Reston, VA seeks a Contracts Director to lead the Contracts function for Military Services Solutions. You will oversee a professional team, review proposals, negotiate terms, ensure compliance, and partner with senior leadership and cognizant customers.

You will mentor staff, drive performance, manage risk, and coordinate with multiple stakeholders across the organization to meet objectives and maintain high standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years, or Master's with 10+ years.
• Expert knowledge in government contracting, esp. contract execution & proposals.
• Experience with ID/IQ contracts.
• Excellent negotiation skills for complex terms.
• Minimum 4 years supervising or leading teams.
• Experience managing geographically dispersed teams.
• Knowledge of FAR/DFARS.
• Experience with NDAs and teaming agreements.
• Proficient in Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Acrobat.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of contracts professionals at all career stages.
• Oversee proposals, monitor significant contracts, negotiate as needed.
• Mentor team on negotiating terms and provide counsel to leadership.
• Set performance goals and conduct appraisals for the team.
• Collaborate with program managers, finance, and customer leadership.
• Interact with internal and external stakeholders using strong interpersonal skills.
• Coordinate with Contract & Supply Chain Directors across sectors.
• Attend early capture sessions to align skills and resources.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Contract management

FAR/DFARS knowledge

Team supervision

Interpersonal communication

MS Office

OCI risk mitigation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Contracts Director

The Digital Sector of Leidos is seeking a Contracts Director. The Contracts Director will be responsible for the leadership and management of the Contracts function and team for the Military Services Solutions Business Area. This position will act as the primary interface to the Senior Vice President/Business Area Manager and the Business Area staff for all Contracts related activities, managing the team resources as well as the utilization across the organization and actively engage with cognizant customer peers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead a team of contracts professionals at all stages of career development
• Provide oversight and review of all proposals, monitoring of significant contracts, leading and/or assisting in key negotiations, resolving contract or personnel performance issues, identifying risks and associated mitigations, ensuring compliance with Leidos policies and procedures as well as government and contract requirements.
• Coach team on negotiating terms.
• Provide mentoring, advice and counsel to Business Area and Sector counterparts, and Contracts staff.
• Establish measurement and functional performance goals for team to include career development, inclusion, and team retention, providing regular feedback, and conducting performance reviews.
• Regularly interact with program managers, program financial analysts, financial & business operations directors, capture/business development teams, human resources directors, and with customer leadership.
• Apply strong interpersonal and communication skills to deal effectively with both internal stakeholders and external customers
• Collaborate with the Contract & Supply Chain Directors for the Digital Sector and other Sectors.
• Attend early capture sessions to determine specific information and requirements to apply the correct contracts skillsets, techniques, capture methods, and resources to meet Leidos’ and the customer’s expectations and objectives.
• Support internal/external audit activities and data requests from internal/external customers.
• Demonstrate the values of the company and the organization

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related experience OR Masters with 10+ years or prior relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.
• Expert knowledge within government contracting arena with particular emphasis on contract execution and proposal support.
• Must have experience with ID/IQ contracts.
• Excellent negotiation skills, including experience negotiating complex terms and conditions.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience supervising or leading teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage geographically dispersed team of professionals
• Must have experience with all contract types and a working knowledge of FAR/DFARS.
• Experience with non-disclosure agreements and teaming agreements.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Must have the interpersonal skills to deal effectively with executive management and team regarding the Contracts function, particularly regarding contracts with a high degree of complexity, and to work issues to resolution.
• Must be able to analyze and mitigate OCI risk
• Ability to establish relationships internally and externally.
• Proficient in Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Acrobat.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration OR a related field.
• Direct, recent experience with Federal Government customers is highly desired.

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

October 7, 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 $139,100.00 - $251,450.00

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.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

• Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

More details are available here.

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Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.