Mission Integration Lead

Leidos; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Mission Integration Lead for the SMIT program in the Washington, DC area. The role focuses on staffing, scheduling, and coordinating large, complex IT remediation projects for the Navy enterprise, with emphasis on vulnerability management and government relationships.

The ideal candidate will have a BA/BS and 8+ years of program management experience, strong leadership, and the ability to communicate with senior DoD executives. Travel to support on-site engagements is expected.

Qualifications

• Requires BA/BS degree and 8+ years of experience managing large IT programs.
• Experience supervising or leading teams and coordinating complex schedules.
• Ability to communicate with senior DoD/government executives.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting and staffing on SMIT with a focus on vulnerability management.
• Develops and tracks staffing metrics such as openings and onboarding.
• Plans human logistics with government for IT remediation projects.
• Maintains relationships with Government Access Lead and mission owners.
• Owns the rolling master schedule (4-week firm/12-week plan).
• Manages site access, maintenance windows, and post-deployment validation.
• Builds site access profiles and measures credential lead times.
• Delivers site access go/no-go recommendations.
• Resolves competing window demands across sites.
• Escalates access constraints to Government Access Lead.
• Allocates resources between sites as needed.
• Communicates critical program updates to NMCI leadership.
• Builds relationships with customer and Leidos peers to mitigate risk.
• Documents impact thresholds and verification criteria.
• Establishes claimant fatigue index and baselines.

Skills

Program/Project Management

Leadership

Communication

US Citizenship

Education

BA/BS Degree in related field

Job description

Description

The SMIT program is developing a vulnerability management solution focused on the replacement of EOL/EOS hardware and software across the Naval Enterprise Network. Leidos currently has an opening for Mission Integration Lead for this effort. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to help advance the Navy’s mission. SMIT is the largest IT services program for the Navy. Under SMIT, the Leidos team will deliver the core backbone of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), including cybersecurity services, network operations, service desk, and data transport. Ultimately, Leidos will support the Navy in unifying its shore-based networks and data management to improve capability and service while also saving significant dollars by focusing efforts under one enterprise network.

This position requires someone with extensive Program/Project Management experience. The ideal candidate for this position will be highly motivated and have working knowledge of scheduling, staffing, and organizational coordination. The ability to work in a dynamic, team-oriented, fast-paced and mission-focused environment is a must.

Primary Responsibilities

Responsible for recruiting and staffing activities on SMIT with a specific focus on vulnerability management activities.

Develops and tracks staffing metrics – number of openings, percent on-board, lead times, turnover, etc.

Coordinate with the government to plan human logistics for complex IT remediation projects within the assigned locations setting priorities for resources to meet or exceed scheduled deployments.

Maintains the relationship with the Government Access Lead and mission owners.

Owns and publishes the rolling master schedule (4-week firm / 12-week planning).

Owns everything on the human side of deployments: site access, securing maintenance windows, and confirming afterward that the mission still works.

Builds the site access profile for each site and measures actual lead times for every credential and authorization type:

• Base/installation entry authorization (VAR, base access, building access, etc.)
• Badge or credential validity for the specific facility
• Escorts identified, available, and present
• Facility and room access at the specific time
• Claimant approval of the outage window
• Freeze calendar clear (change freeze, exercise, inspection, mission event, holiday)
• Physical access to the rack (keys, cages, adjacent-tenant coordination)

Provides the site access go/no-go recommendation.

Adjudicatescompeting window demands across sites.

Escalates access constraints to the Government Access Lead.

Adjudicates resource reallocation between competing sites.

Communicate critical and time sensitive program-related information directly to senior NMCI leadership.

Build and leverage strong relationships both with the customer and with Leidos peers to develop and execute risk mitigations and issue resolutions.

Elicits and documents impact thresholds and verification criteria from each mission owner.

Establishes the claimant fatigue index definition and baselines it.

Basic Qualifications

-Requires BA/BS Degree in a related field, and 8 plus years combined experience managing large, complex programs information technology programs. Generally has 7+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.

-Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess an active DOD Secret Security Clearance.

-Prior programmatic (cost, schedule, and performance) experience managing programs or task orders.

-Experienced people manager, leading large, geographically dispersed teams.

-Experience developing and delivering communications with the supported organization’s senior executives and direct accountability for managed activities.

-Work proposals, coordinate with corporate and program personnel to deliver a corporate approved proposal.

-Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to succinctly convey ideas.

-Ability to drive team culture with emphasis on Leidos leadership values and behaviors.

-Experience managing relationships with senior DoD/Government customers.

-Ability to travel to support in person customer engagements.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

-Ability to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance.

-Prior Navy, NGEN or SMIT experience highly preferable.

-Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) project management experience/certification.

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Original Posting:

September 24, 2026

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:

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

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.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.

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