Senior Configuration & Data Management Lead - DoD

Leidos; King of Prussia (PA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave

Retirement

Job summary

Leidos Defense is seeking a highly skilled CM/DM expert to drive configuration control across programs, ensuring customer requirements, DoD standards, and best practices are met.

As a Principal contributor, you will guide IPTs, lead engineering teams through hardware lifecycles, and translate data into actionable insights that shape program outcomes.

You will collaborate across functions, develop training in CM/DM, and communicate findings to leadership to support mission success.

Qualifications

• BS degree and 12–15 years of prior relevant experience; or Masters with 10–13 years.
• Strong CM/DM process knowledge.
• Experience querying and automating data extraction and modeling for practical applications.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced cross-functional environment.
• U.S. Citizenship and active Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to travel 25% or more.

Responsibilities

• Develop the CM/DM program processes meeting customer requirements, governance, and industry standards.
• Implement CM/DM processes in a classified environment and train program teams.
• Create leadership presentations to share findings and recommendations.
• Perform data management tasks delivering a complete view of design and development data.
• Create an end-to-end vision for how data will flow across the program.
• Identify and evaluate current data management technologies.
• Maintain a corporate repository of data management artifacts and procedures.
• Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility.
• Ensure data integrity through routine data quality analysis.

Skills

CM/DM expertise

Data modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Security clearance

Travel readiness

Education

BS degree

Master's degree

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Leidos Defense is seeking a highly skilled CM/DM expert to drive configuration control across programs, ensuring customer requirements, DoD standards, and best practices are met.

As a Principal contributor, you will guide IPTs, lead engineering teams through hardware lifecycles, and translate data into actionable insights that shape program outcomes.

You will collaborate across functions, develop training in CM/DM, and communicate findings to leadership to support mission success.