Deputy Programme Manager

Leidos, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Deputy Programme Manager to lead a major systems integration programme. Working with the Programme Manager, you will provide strategic direction, operational leadership, and governance across a large, multidisciplinary effort.

The role suits someone with experience in aviation, defence, transportation, or related regulated industries and a collaborative leadership style. Based in Whiteley with hybrid working options, you will coordinate cross‑functional teams, manage

Qualifications

• Experience leading or supporting large, complex programmes or projects across systems integration, technology, engineering, aviation, defence, transportation, or similar industries.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, and direction across the programme.
• Support delivery of complex systems integration activities meeting quality, performance, and contractual commitments.
• Drive governance across risk, issue, dependency, and change management.
• Build relationships with customers, partners, suppliers, and internal teams for collaboration.
• Monitor schedules, budgets, forecasting, and reporting of programme performance.
• Foster an inclusive, high‑performing culture enabling teams to deliver their best work.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and long‑term programme success.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budgeting & forecasting

Communication

Team collaboration

Job description

At Leidos, we're delivering some of the most complex and critical programmes within the aviation sector. We're looking for a Deputy Programme Manager to play a key leadership role in a major systems integration programme, helping to deliver innovative solutions that make a real impact. Working alongside the Programme Manager, you'll provide strategic direction, operational leadership, and oversight across a large, multidisciplinary programme. This role offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced Deputy Programme Manager, Programme Manager, or Senior Project Manager who enjoys leading teams, managing complexity, and driving successful outcomes. Whether your experience comes from aviation, defence, transportation, technology, or another highly regulated industry, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing As Deputy Programme Manager

• Partner with the Programme Manager to provide leadership, guidance, and direction across the programme.
• Support the successful delivery of complex systems integration activities, ensuring quality, performance, and contractual commitments are achieved.
• Drive effective programme governance, including risk, issue, dependency, and change management.
• Build strong relationships with customers, partners, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure successful collaboration.
• Monitor programme performance, including schedules, budgets, forecasting, and reporting.
• Help create an inclusive, high‑performing culture where teams can deliver their best work.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the long‑term success of the programme.

Experience

• Experience leading or supporting large, complex programmes or projects within systems integration, technology, engineering, aviation, defence, transportation, or similar industries.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across diverse teams and organisations.
• Experience managing programme risks, dependencies, governance, and delivery performance.
• Commercial and financial awareness, including budgeting, forecasting, and programme reporting.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present information clearly to a variety of audiences.
• A collaborative leadership style that enables teams to achieve shared goals.

Desirable Experience

• Experience delivering large‑scale systems integration programmes within the aviation sector.
• Understanding of complex contractual and regulatory environments.
• Experience working with government, defence, or safety‑critical customers.
• Professional programme or project management qualifications (e.g., MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, APM).
• Experience leading geographically dispersed or multidisciplinary teams.

This role is based in Whiteley, Hampshire, with opportunities for hybrid working. Appointment is subject to the successful candidate holding, or being eligible to obtain, UK Security Check (SC) clearance.

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work‑life balance., Leidos UK & Europe - we work to make the worldsafer,healthier, andmore efficient through technology, engineering andscience. Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different: Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change. Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours. People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing . We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future. 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.

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 $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

Benefits

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi-Time Working, 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 at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .