Innovation & Deployment Director — Remote Impact Leader

Leidos Inc; United States; On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Energy is seeking a Director, Innovation & Deployment to lead the organization responsible for evolving how Leidos Energy creates and delivers differentiated value through technology. The role focuses on turning ideas into deployed solutions while shaping the technology organization across the combined Leidos Energy business with ENTRUST.

You will drive rapid development, prototyping, testing, and evidence generation to reduce uncertainty and enable deployment at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related technical discipline and 12+ years of relevant professional experience; equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing technical organizations and multidisciplinary teams, including developing technical leaders.
• Demonstrated record of taking multiple technology capabilities, improvements, or technology-enabled changes from concept or experimentation through successful operational deployment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify high-value problems, evaluate alternative approaches, and use evidence to scale, redirect, or stop technology investments.
• Ability to communicate technology choices, evidence, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to senior business and technical leaders and lead effectively across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Identify and Prioritize Opportunities by engaging with leaders and teams to find problems where technology adds value.
• Develop Working Solutions through rapid prototyping, testing, and evidence gathering.
• Deploy and Transition Capabilities, ensuring readiness for operation and support.
• Lead Innovation & Deployment by managing portfolio, investments, and partnerships.
• Leadership Expectations emphasize problem-first thinking, bias toward working solutions, and operating as one technology organization.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy development

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or related technical discipline

Master's degree in a relevant technical or business discipline

Job description

Leidos Energy is seeking a Director, Innovation & Deployment to lead the organization responsible for evolving how Leidos Energy creates and delivers differentiated value through technology. The role focuses on turning ideas into deployed solutions while shaping the technology organization across the combined Leidos Energy business with ENTRUST.

You will drive rapid development, prototyping, testing, and evidence generation to reduce uncertainty and enable deployment at scale.