Senior Business Development Professional - MPO

Leidos Inc; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Senior Business Development Professional to drive growth with MPO, shaping a strategic pipeline and building trusted relationships across mission, technical and acquisition communities. You will translate customer insights into actionable opportunities and position differentiators to win in a competitive environment.

You will work at the intersection of mission, customer and technology, connecting challenges with Leidos services and investments while guiding opportunity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 13+ years.
• Proven success identifying, shaping and developing business within the U.S. Intelligence Community.
• Strong GovCon business development tradecraft and understanding of Federal acquisition, contracting and procurement.
• Current and meaningful relationships across the Intelligence Community and relevant industry ecosystem.
• Ability to translate mission challenges and customer needs into actionable growth strategies and opportunities.
• Strong strategic judgment and the ability to influence technical, operational and executive stakeholders across a large organization.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Build and shape the pipeline by identifying emerging mission needs and developing a strong pipeline of growth opportunities.
• Get ahead of the opportunity by building trusted relationships across MPO communities to understand priorities, budgets and strategies.
• Shape to win by translating customer insights into early win strategies and differentiators.
• Connect mission and technology by aligning customer challenges with Leidos capabilities and investments.
• Drive disciplined growth execution by owning opportunity development through transition to Capture and beyond.
• Mobilize the enterprise by coordinating Growth, Operations, Technology and leadership across strategic partnerships.

Skills

GovCon BD tradecraft

Federal acquisition knowledge

Executive stakeholder influence

Executive communication

Active TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree +15+ years

Master's degree +13+ years

Job description

Description

Leidos Intelligence Sector is seeking an accomplished Senior Business Development Professional to drive growth with MPO, one of our largest and most strategically important Intelligence Community customers.

This is an opportunity to join an organization on a double-digit growth trajectory and help advance a market that is a major pillar of Leidos' corporate growth strategy. We are looking for a proven growth professional who understands the mission, recognizes demand before it becomes an RFP, builds trusted relationships, and knows how to turn customer insight into qualified opportunities and wins.

You will operate at the intersection of mission, customer and technology - working across Growth, Operations and Technology to understand emerging mission challenges, connect them with differentiated Leidos capabilities, and shape opportunities well before formal acquisition. This is proactive, mission-centric business development: helping determine where we should play, where we can make a difference, and how we position to win.

What You'll Do

Build and shape the pipeline. Identify emerging mission needs, customer priorities, acquisition activity and new sources of demand; develop and qualify a strong pipeline of strategic growth opportunities.

Get ahead of the opportunity. Build trusted relationships across MPO mission, technical and acquisition communities to understand priorities, requirements, budgets and acquisition strategies before they become solicitations.

Shape to win. Translate customer and market insight into early win strategies, competitive positioning, teaming approaches, differentiators and investment priorities.

Connect mission and technology. Work with mission and technical leaders to connect customer challenges with Leidos services, technologies, products, partners and investments-and identify where new solutions or capabilities can create advantage.

Drive disciplined growth execution. Own opportunity development and qualification through transition to Capture, then remain engaged throughout the pursuit with customer and market insight.

Mobilize the enterprise. Bring together Growth, Operations, Technology and executive leadership-and build strategic industry partnerships-to put the best of Leidos against the opportunity.

Raise the game. Mentor developing growth professionals and help advance a more proactive, mission-centric and disciplined approach to growth.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 13+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated success identifying, shaping and developing business within the U.S. Intelligence Community.
• Strong GovCon business development tradecraft and understanding of Federal acquisition, contracting and procurement.
• Current and meaningful relationships across the Intelligence Community and relevant industry ecosystem.
• Ability to translate mission challenges and customer needs into actionable growth strategies and opportunities.
• Strong strategic judgment and the ability to influence technical, operational and executive stakeholders across a large organization.
• Exceptional executive-level communication and relationship-building skills.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of MPO missions, organizations, priorities and acquisition environment.
• Demonstrated success shaping major opportunities before formal solicitation.
• Experience across cyber, analytics, mission software, digital modernization or related intelligence mission areas.
• Current polygraph or ability to obtain one.

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: September 25, 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: $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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.