Program Lead: AI Initiatives & Proposal Ops

Leidos; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking a Junior Program Manager to coordinate cross-program operations, proposal management, AI initiatives, and program efficiencies. The role focuses on delivering dashboards, status updates, and performance insights across multiple programs.

The position involves acting as the point of contact for cost analysis, risk tracking, stakeholder communications, and execution of growth and AI governance initiatives, ensuring timely and compliant outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting government programs.
• Experience supporting proposal development, business development, capture management, or growth activities.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or other project management methodologies.
• Experience supporting AI, automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with customers and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as POC for Cross Program cost analysis, metrics tracking, customer communications, and deliverable management.
• Tracks cross program dependencies, risks, action items, and milestones.
• Facilitate communication between program managers, technical teams, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Prepare status reports, dashboards, and briefings.
• Monitor program performance metrics and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support program reviews, customer meetings, and operational planning activities.
• Proposal Management & Growth Support: Serve as Proposal Manager or Deputy Proposal Manager for strategic opportunities and recompetes.
• Support development of proposal artifacts such as BOEs, CAM Inputs, FFQs, etc.
• Track proposal milestones, risks, deliverables, and review outcomes to ensure on-time, compliant submissions.
• Assist Program Managers in developing growth strategies and identifying opportunities for expansion within existing contracts.
• AI Initiative Management: Coordinate AI-related projects and initiatives across business and technical teams.
• Track AI use cases, pilots, implementation activities, and adoption metrics.
• Monitor AI initiative progress, risks, resource needs, and outcomes.
• Support development of AI governance, compliance, and responsible AI practices.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI technologies to improve operational effectiveness and business outcomes.
• Organize and facilitate recurring meetings, working groups, and leadership reviews.
• Document decisions, action items, and follow-up activities.
• Program Efficiency & Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve program execution through automation, standardization, and process optimization.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reporting tools, templates, and workflow solutions.
• Coordinate implementation of operational improvements that reduce administrative burden and increase program performance.
• Support resource planning, workload management, and process improvement initiatives across programs.

Skills

Cross-Program Operations

Proposal Management

AI Initiatives

Program Monitoring

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Project

Jira

SharePoint

Tableau

Job description

Leidos in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking a Junior Program Manager to coordinate cross-program operations, proposal management, AI initiatives, and program efficiencies. The role focuses on delivering dashboards, status updates, and performance insights across multiple programs.

The position involves acting as the point of contact for cost analysis, risk tracking, stakeholder communications, and execution of growth and AI governance initiatives, ensuring timely and compliant outcomes.