Insider Threat Program Senior Manager

Leidos LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Virginia is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Insider Threat Program (ITP) under the HEITS contract for DHS. You will oversee a 40-person team of engineers and architects, prioritizing staff development, program execution, and customer collaboration.

Responsibilities include coordinating spend plans and budget reporting, guiding risk mitigation, and driving new business opportunities with DHS stakeholders to ensure mission success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher with 8+ years in related field or Master's with 6+ years.
• Prior leadership responsibilities and documented staff oversight.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; capable of high-level briefings.

Responsibilities

• Lead Insider Threat Program as primary leader with DHS stakeholders.
• Oversee staffing and recruiting to ensure qualified personnel.
• Collaborate with HEITS ops on spend plans, EACs, and financial reporting.
• Oversee cost estimation and projection analyses for budgeting.
• Supervise staff at adjacent agencies and engage customer stakeholders.
• Provide recurring execution reports for transparency.
• Support growth, expand scope, and drive value-added services.
• Maintain strong relationships with DHS stakeholders as liaison.
• Escalate issues to Leidos policy-aligned teams.
• Document risks and mitigation plans; build program capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Technical documentation

Briefings to senior management

Insider Threat Program experience

Staffing / Recruiting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

The Digital Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Senior Manager supporting the HEITS Contract as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Insider Threat Program (ITP). This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to manage a team of engineers and architects to support the sustainment, development, and advancement of the Insider Threat program. The ITP mission is to identify insider threats to the department by utilizing advanced analytics, monitoring, and data correlation which in turn help address and eliminate potential threat actors from compromising the DHS mission in safeguarding the homeland. The selected candidate will oversee a team of 40 individuals who will be responsible for the following:

Responsibilities

• Serving as the primary leader for the Insider Threat Program who works directly with senior government leaders in establishing priorities, tasking staff, and overseeing all functional execution efforts.
• Support all staffing and recruiting activities to ensure that the Insider Threat Program has sufficient and qualified personnel to support mission requirements.
• Work in partnership with the HEITS business operations team to ensure that all spend plans, EACs, and financial tracking is accurate and that financial reports are delivered to the customer in a timely manner.
• Oversee all cost estimation responses and cost projection analyses for the customer to support fiscal year budgetary planning.
• Ensure that staff located at adjacent agencies have proper supervision and that those customer stakeholders are actively engaged and supported.
• Provide recurring reporting as directed by the HEITS Senior Program Manager and the customer to provide full transparency on all execution activities.
• Support growth and business development, helping the Insider Threat Program expand, assume new scope, and increase revenue in ways that ensure value added services are delivered to the customer.
• Maintain strong and positive relationships with all customer stakeholders as the primary liaison between Leidos and all DHS Insider Threat Stakeholders.
• Escalate issues to the appropriate parties within the HEITS Functional Management team to ensure proper alignment to applicable Leidos policies.
• Document risks and issues and establish mitigation plans for all areas which may detrimentally impact the program.
• Grow personnel on the program to ensure that they have the ability to expand their skills while also providing higher quality services to the Insider Threat Mission.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and (8)+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with (6)+ years of prior relevant experience
• Prior leadership responsibilities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experienced and adept at developing and maintaining technical documents, analyses, and reports
• Experienced with preparing and presenting briefings to senior customer management, and customer stakeholders
• Experience supporting Insider Threat Management Programs with an understanding in ITP behavioral dynamics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Cybersecurity, Criminal Justice, or related field Insider Threat Program discipline.
• Proven experience (10+ years) in managing/developing Insider Threat Programs.
• Experience with User Activity Monitoring products and platforms DHS EOD with Active SCI CI Polygraph (Active or Former)
• Experience with the DHS Insider Threat Program
• Experience with the CISA and/or ICE Insider Threat Programs
• Insider Threat Behavioral Analysis Experience Experience supporting Insider Threat Programs within the Intelligence Community and/or DoD.
• Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional Fundamentals (CCITP-F)

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Pay and Benefits

• 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.
• Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.
• More details are available here.

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• Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address.
• If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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.