Deputy Program Manager - AI-Driven Flight Services (Hybrid)

Leidos Inc; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Deputy Program Manager for the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting Leidos Flight Service. This role leads day-to-day execution and shares accountability for contract performance, financial results, schedule, risk, and the FAA relationship in a SAFe environment.

The position is located in Ashburn, VA or Gaithersburg, MD with a hybrid model requiring 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant leadership experience (or Master's with 10+ years), including 6+ years program management experience.
• Experience leading enterprise, scaled Agile programs on fixed-price contracts, including earned value and estimate-at-completion forecasting.
• Experience managing large FAA programs, with working knowledge of federal contract terms, deliverables, and change control (FAR or FAA AMS) and a record of strong contract performance.
• Record of leading and coaching teams of 100+ personnel in a matrixed environment and removing impediments to delivery.
• Financial management experience, including P&L oversight and accountability for margin on fixed-price work.
• Executive-level customer relationship and communication skills, including aligning requirements, negotiating scope, and proactive, transparent reporting.
• Risk management expertise, with a record of identifying risks early and presenting practical mitigations.
• Experience delivering software-intensive systems to committed milestones in a federal cloud environment.
• U.S. citizenship required. Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination and complete government background investigations as required by the customer.

Responsibilities

• Run daily operations and governance, including status reporting, decisions, and executive reviews, and ensure the team performs to cost, schedule, and quality targets.
• Lead with a find-a-way-to-yes mindset: remove impediments, treat obstacles as problems to solve, and coach and mentor delivery leads and the team, within budget and contract constraints.
• Serve as the Program Manager's deputy in internal and external engagements, with delegated decision authority.
• Work closely with FAA program and contracting stakeholders to align on requirements, priorities, and expectations, and communicate proactively with them and Leidos leadership so there are no surprises.
• Know the contract, including its terms, deliverables, and obligations, and ensure the program performs and stays compliant; develop options that meet customer needs within budget, and take out-of-scope requests through change control with Leidos Contracts.
• Own the financial position, including estimate at completion, cost to complete, and margin, and drive corrective action early.
• Own cost, schedule, and technical performance reporting, applying earned value and Agile metrics to track delivery and risks.
• Proactively manage technical, programmatic, cybersecurity, and transition risks and mitigations.
• Use and promote AI for program execution and AI-assisted development, within customer and Leidos data-handling and security requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Financial management

Executive communication

Risk management

Software delivery

AI-driven delivery

SAFe/Scaled Agile

Contract management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

PMP

SAFe

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Deputy Program Manager for the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting Leidos Flight Service. This role leads day-to-day execution and shares accountability for contract performance, financial results, schedule, risk, and the FAA relationship in a SAFe environment.

The position is located in Ashburn, VA or Gaithersburg, MD with a hybrid model requiring 3 days on-site and 2 days remote.