Director, Hypersonics Growth - Defense Sector

Leidos; Crane (IN); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in the United States seeks a Director, Hypersonics Growth to lead growth strategies across the hypersonics portfolio for DoD, IC, and DOE customers. You will identify, shape, and capture opportunities and serve as business development lead for priority pursuits.

You will partner with technical and program leadership to align capabilities, manage budgets, staffing, and pipeline, and drive long-range planning with senior customer relationships and strong performance metrics.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience supporting DoD/DOE or national security programs.
• 8+ years in growth, capture management, or business development and program management.
• Understanding of hypersonics technologies and related systems.
• Proven success leading competitive new business pursuits to contract awards.
• Ability to communicate with technical, programmatic, financial, and acquisition stakeholders.
• US Citizen with ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the hypersonics growth strategy aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Identify, qualify, and shape new business opportunities from early engagement through award.
• Serve as Business Development Lead for priority hypersonics pursuits.
• Develop and implement win strategies, engagement plans, and teaming approaches.
• Maintain senior-level customer relationships across DoD, DOE, and related agencies.
• Own and manage division budget, staffing, and pipeline with forecast accuracy.
• Align internal capabilities with IRAD investments and evolving requirements.
• Coordinate across Leidos areas to deliver integrated solutions.
• Support proposal development, reviews, and executive messaging.
• Monitor market trends and acquisition strategies impacting hypersonics.

Skills

Growth strategy

Business development

Capture management

Program management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Aerospace, or related technical discipline

Job description

Description

Leidos is seeking a Director, Hypersonics Growth to lead and execute growth strategies across the hypersonics portfolio. This role is responsible for identifying, shaping, and capturing new business opportunities aligned to customer mission needs across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Department of Energy.

The Director will report to the VP Kinetics Growth and work closely with technical, program, financial, and executive leadership to drive sustainable growth, mature customer relationships, and position Leidos as a trusted hypersonics mission partner.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the hypersonics growth strategy aligned with business area, division, and enterprise objectives.
• Identify, qualify, and shape new business opportunities from early customer engagement through contract award.
• Serve as Business Development Lead for priority hypersonics pursuits.
• Develop and implement win strategies, including customer engagement plans, competitive assessments, and teaming strategies.
• Establish and maintain senior-level customer relationships across DoD Services, OSD, DARPA, MDA, AFRL, ONR, SDA, DOE, and other relevant organizations.
• Own and manage the hypersonics growth division's budget, staffing, and pipeline, including oversight of growth and capture budgets, workforce planning, and pipeline development and forecast accuracy.
• Partner with technical and program leadership to align internal capabilities, IRAD investments, and solution architectures to emerging requirements.
• Coordinate across Leidos business areas to drive integrated, enterprise solutions and optimize resource utilization.
• Support proposal development activities, including reviews, solution shaping, pricing alignment, and executive messaging.
• Monitor market trends, threat developments, and acquisition strategies impacting hypersonics programs.
• Contribute to long-range strategic planning, division operating plans, and growth performance metrics.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Aerospace, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience supporting DoD, DOE, or national security programs or relevant military service.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in growth, capture management, or business development, program management for complex technical programs.
• Demonstrated understanding of hypersonics-related technologies, including hypersonic weapons or vehicles, propulsion systems, thermal protection systems and materials, modeling and simulation, or test and evaluation infrastructure.
• Proven experience leading competitive new business pursuits resulting in successful contract awards.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical, programmatic, financial, and acquisition stakeholders.
• US Citizen with ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical discipline.
• Prior experience in senior Business Development, Capture, or Program Management role.
• Existing customer relationships within the hypersonics mission space.
• Experience supporting Department of Energy programs, laboratories, or acquisition organizations.
• Familiarity with OTAs, rapid acquisition pathways, and classified program environments.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Active or previous DOE Q clearance.

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.

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: $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

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

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 at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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