Intelligence Program Project Manager (Agile)

Leidos; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a proactive Project Manager to join the Chinook Program, delivering enhancements and expanded capabilities for an Intelligence Community customer. You will lead planning, scheduling, dependencies, and deliverables across software development, systems integration, and DevSecOps teams.

In a fast-paced Agile environment, collaborate with Product Owners, technical leads, and stakeholders to manage risks, track progress, and ensure on-time delivery within scope and budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline with 5+ years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 3+ years of prior relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading or coordinating technical projects, project teams or software development initiatives.
• Experience supporting Agile/Scrum and/or SAFe methodologies, including sprint execution, backlog coordination, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day planning, coordination, and execution of assigned software development projects and application enhancements from initiation through delivery.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with customer priorities and contractual requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across software development, systems integration, testing, DevSecOps, security, and operations to support successful project execution.
• Track project progress against scope, schedule, cost, quality, and technical objectives, proactively identifying issues and driving timely resolution.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned project activities, providing clear and timely communication of status, risks, issues, decisions, and delivery commitments.
• Support Agile/Scrum and SAFe execution, including sprint planning, backlog coordination, PI Planning, sprint reviews, and cross-team dependency management.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating challenges and coordinating corrective actions as needed.
• Coordinate project resource needs, team capacity, and subcontractor activities to ensure adequate support for planned work and delivery milestones.
• Monitor project budgets, resource utilization, and task-level financial performance while supporting contractual scope and delivery commitments.
• Partner with technical leads, Product Owners, and customer stakeholders to clarify requirements, prioritize work, track deliverables, and support release readiness.
• Maintain project documentation, action items, schedules, status reports, and performance metrics to provide visibility into project execution.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement to help Agile teams deliver high-quality software capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile/SAFe

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or related

Master’s degree in CS/SE/IT or related

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Job description

Leidos is seeking a proactive Project Manager to join the Chinook Program, delivering enhancements and expanded capabilities for an Intelligence Community customer. You will lead planning, scheduling, dependencies, and deliverables across software development, systems integration, and DevSecOps teams.

In a fast-paced Agile environment, collaborate with Product Owners, technical leads, and stakeholders to manage risks, track progress, and ensure on-time delivery within scope and budget.