Program Manager

Leidos LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Arlington, Virginia is seeking a Research and Development Program Manager to lead the EW division's R&D portfolio. You will manage programs, align with customer needs, and drive performance across multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, experience with EW, radar systems, and risk and cost management, with a preference for active clearances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience overseeing technical teams and managing R&D programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, management, and organizational skills.
• Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale programs.
• Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the program meets customer expectations and contract requirements.
• Actively monitor, track, and manage program tasks, performance, subcontractors, risks, costs, and schedule.
• Conduct quality review and submission of all deliverables.
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs.
• Make decisions at the program team-level and properly escalation issues that cannot be resolved timely.
• Create program management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures.
• Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/program standards.
• Ensure programs are executed on-time, within budget, and remain within scope.
• Create a work breakdown structures defining all activities and develop schedules to monitor and track dependencies, milestones, and deliverables.
• Establish and maintain financial plans, track and report monthly actuals vs. planned expenditures, and implement corrective actions as necessary to address variances.

Skills

Program management

R&D leadership

Technical coordination

Communication skills

Agile scheduling

Budget management

Customer relationships

Team oversight

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Master’s degree in a relevant field

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Job description

The Defense Sector is seeking a highly motivated Research and Development Program Manager to manage programs within it’s Electronic Warfare division R&D portfolio in our Arlington, VA office. The candidate will support our EW Signal Processing Business Area and be responsible effectively executing technical programs as well as for understanding customer needs to create new business. The ideal candidate will possess superior analytical and problem-solving skills, operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, be a strong team player, and have the ability to establish solid working relationships with technical staff and peers within the division, as well as our external Government customers. Experience in communications, EW, and radar systems; hardware/software fabrication; vehicle/platform system integration; and/or test and evaluation is a plus. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits http://www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits, including 4 or more weeks Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in Electronic Warfare Technology!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale programs
• Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the program meets customer expectations and contract requirements
• Actively monitor, track, and manage program tasks, performance, subcontractors, risks, costs, and schedule
• Conduct quality review and submission of all deliverables
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs
• Make decisions at the program team-level and properly escalation issues that cannot be resolved timely
• Create program management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures
• Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/program standards
• Ensure programs are executed on-time, within budget, and remain within scope
• Create a work breakdown structures defining all activities and develop schedules to monitor and track dependencies, milestones, and deliverables
• Establish and maintain financial plans, track and report monthly actuals vs. planned expenditures, and implement corrective actions as necessary to address variances

**Note: The classified nature of this work allows for minimal remote/telework opportunities. Must be able to work in our Arlington, VA office.**

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience
• Experience overseeing technical teams and managing R&D programs
• Excellent verbal and written communication, management, and organizational skills
• Experience with captures, including business development, customer relations, and proposal management/writing
• Experience with agile scheduling
• Experience with financial systems and managing program budgets
• Proven ability to build and maintain lasting customer relationships, external stakeholder networks, and teaming partnerships
• Must have an active Secret clearance and able to obtain a TS/SCI level clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field and 10+ years of prior relevant experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• NKE ElectronicWarfare

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: July 30, 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 $116,350.00 - $210,325.00 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.

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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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