PKI Program Manager — Technical Delivery Lead

Leidos; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead and track the development and implementation of complex, strategic initiatives across multiple service teams in Chantilly, VA. The role requires strong project management skills and the technical acumen to understand and coordinate system-level functions.

This PM will support a growing PKI team, managing CAs, RAs, cryptographic practices, and trust models across network fabrics and Zero Trust initiatives.

Qualifications

• Master's degree and 15+ years of experience, or equivalent.
• Experience with requirements decomposition and systems engineering best practices.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in Agile environments.
• Proficient with Jira and Confluence for Agile project tracking and documentation.
• Experience interfacing with both customer and contractor teams to manage deliverables and ensure alignment with approved task plans.

Responsibilities

• Oversee lifecycle of initiatives, ensuring they are well-defined, prioritized, and aligned with organizational objectives.
• Collaborate across service teams to manage dependencies and ensure consistent progress toward goals.
• Serve as the primary interface for communicating initiative status to program leadership and customers.
• Maintain the requirements register, cross-team dependencies, risk assessments, and reference architectures.
• Support the Requirements Review Board (RRB) by coordinating requirement validation and traceability.
• Use Jira and Confluence to manage and track initiative status, and provide clear visibility into progress.
• Identify and resolve challenges related to prioritization, scheduling, and resource constraints.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and visualizations for use in weekly updates or monthly program management reviews (PMRs).
• Gather and analyze program level metric, including initiative status, cross-functional dependencies, and projects schedules.

Skills

Project management

Systems engineering

SDLC (Agile)

Stakeholder communication

Multitasking under pressure

Education

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead and track the development and implementation of complex, strategic initiatives across multiple service teams in Chantilly, VA. The role requires strong project management skills and the technical acumen to understand and coordinate system-level functions.

This PM will support a growing PKI team, managing CAs, RAs, cryptographic practices, and trust models across network fabrics and Zero Trust initiatives.