Delivery Manager

Leidos LLC; Beavercreek (OH); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Delivery Manager to plan, organize, and lead delivery of technical programs within scope, schedule, and budget. You will coordinate across program teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to drive performance and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities include overseeing delivery activities, managing risks, tracking KPIs, and supporting financial and resource management. The role requires a SECRET clearance and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s with 6+ years.
• Experience as Technical Delivery Manager or similar role.
• Strong Jira experience for planning and reporting.
• Experience managing cross-functional technical teams.
• Technical background (DevOps, engineering, infrastructure).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Active SECRET Clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of technical projects and KPIs.
• Plan, execute, and track work using Jira or similar tools.
• Manage delivery backlogs, boards, and reporting structures.
• Break down high-level requirements into technical tasks.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure work is properly scoped.
• Act as primary interface between technical teams and stakeholders.
• Track and report delivery metrics and drive process improvements.

Skills

Jira experience

Cross-functional teams

Delivery management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Position Summary: The Delivery Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing resources to ensure the successful execution and delivery of program objectives within scope, schedule, and budget constraints. This role coordinates across program teams, functional leaders, subcontractors, and support personnel to drive operational performance, customer satisfaction, and successful project outcomes. Responsibilities include overseeing delivery activities, managing program risks and dependencies, monitoring performance metrics, and supporting financial and resource management activities, including elements of budget and P&L accountability. This position leads teams in the development and implementation of new processes, operational plans, and delivery standards that support program and organizational objectives. The Delivery Manager addresses complex operational and program challenges that may impact multiple projects, customers, or functional areas, requiring strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills. The role works collaboratively across technical and business teams to develop effective solutions, improve operational efficiency, and ensure successful program execution and delivery performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of technical projects and initiatives across the program while tracking KPIs (e.g. On-Time Delivery, quality performance)
• Drive planning, execution, and tracking of work using Jira or other software tools
• Manage and maintain delivery backlogs, boards, workflows, and reporting structures
• Break down high-level requirements into technical tasks
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers (e.g. supply chain)
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure work is properly scoped
• Act as primary interface between technical teams and stakeholders
• Track and report delivery metrics (velocity, throughput, cycle time)
• Continuously improve delivery processes
• Ensure adherence to governance and reporting standards

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience as a Technical Delivery Manager or similar role
• Strong Jira experience for planning and reporting
• Experience managing cross-functional technical teams
• Technical background (DevOps, engineering, infrastructure)
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Active SECRET Clearance is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Confluence experience
• Agile framework familiarity
• Enterprise delivery experience
• Release management
• AMSOPP1

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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: May 15, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 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 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.

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