Senior Director, Growth - Federal Health IT

Leidos LLC; Difficult Run (VA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Strategic Growth Director for Federal Health IT to drive growth strategy and execution across the Health IT portfolio. You will lead a team, coordinate with growth and capture, and align investments with customer needs to win new business and optimize on-contract growth.

The role requires 15+ years of federal health experience, strong relationships with CMS/VA, and a proven track record in growth leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge and past performance working with the various Federal Health Agencies; must include CMS and VA.
• Experience running a successful growth practice, including captures and closing deals with Federal Health customers.
• Proven track record of achieving wins on takeaways, recompetes, and on-contract growth new business opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience to effectively engage a diverse workforce of employees and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain long-term relations within defined key customer base across the Health IT portfolio and adjacent Health IT related work.
• Facilitate the creation of business strategy for the overarching line of business for the Health IT portfolio, including prioritized plans for whitespace account access/growth and resource allocation.
• Contribute to annual operating plan (AOP) based on established and approved growth strategy.
• Manage a team of HealthIT Growth leads and build a pipeline along with resource planning that meets AOP commitments.
• Cross collaborate with Leidos Health Sector to jointly build holistic winning approaches.
• Leverage customer understanding and data to make informed decisions about investments, OCG drivers, thought leadership, resources, and priorities to drive growth.
• Partner with the Business Area CTO and Line organization to align investments with customer needs.
• Work with sector leadership, marketing, communications, and account teams to develop and execute Customer Call Plans, ensuring positive brand recognition.
• Provide review, oversight, direction, and leadership to program teams to ensure successful execution of contracts.
• Brief senior leadership on growth strategy and its execution.
• Cross-collaborate for OneLeidos vision to benefit Health customers.

Skills

Growth leadership

Strategic growth

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 15+ years of relevant experience

Tools

CMS (CMS)

VA (Department of Veterans Affairs)

Job description

About the role

The Health IT Division of the Fed Civ Business Area of the Digital Modernization Sector has an immediate opening for a Strategic Growth Director for our Federal Health IT business. The Strategic Growth Director will work directly with the Business Area Growth Officer and collaborate closely with the Health IT Division Manager to support the growth and strategic development of the Health IT Division as well as support the overarching strategic and growth initiatives of adjacent Health IT related work.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain long-term relations within defined key customer base across the Health IT portfolio and adjacent Health IT related work.
• Facilitate the creation of business strategy for the overarching line of business for the Health IT portfolio, including prioritized plans for whitespace account access/growth and resource allocation, and provide strategic support for other portfolios within Health-related IT work.
• Contribute to annual operating plan (AOP) based on established and approved growth strategy.
• Manage a team of HealthIT Growth leads and successfully build a pipeline along with resource planning that meets AOP commitments.
• Work collaboratively with the line, business development and solution architect organizations to create innovative solutions for customers on existing programs and in the pursuit of new business.
• Cross collaborate with Leidos Health Sector to jointly build holistic winning approaches.
• Leverage customer understanding and data to make informed decisions about investments, OCG drivers, thought leadership, resources, and priorities to drive growth.
• Partner with the Business Area CTO and Line organization to align investments with customer needs.
• Partner with line organization to develop and execute streamlined On-Contract Growth plans.
• Work with sector leadership, marketing, communications, and account teams to develop and execute Customer Call Plans, ensuring positive brand recognition.
• Provide review, oversight, direction, and leadership to various program teams throughout the organization to ensure successful execution of existing contracts.
• Provide technical advice/input that impact strategic client outputs and Health IT business results.
• Work collaboratively with Growth organization and growth and capture personnel to impact pwin.
• Execute customer engagement that establishes evidence and positions Leidos with a competitive advantage to win.
• Brief senior leadership on growth strategy and its execution.
• Cross-collaborate for OneLeidos vision to benefit Health customers, based on understanding of critical problems across Health agencies.
• Capability to identify and initiate strategic partnerships (LB, SB, vendors and VARs) with both internal and external stakeholders, large and small business, and critical allies.
• Ability to build and grow efficient team(s) to provide outcomes and results, which includes Identifying strategic resources and hires needed for success.
• Perform special projects as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge and past performance working with the various Federal Health Agencies; must include Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
• Experience running a successful growth practice, including captures and closing deals (small, mid, large) with Federal Health customers.
• Proven track record of achieving wins on takeaways, recompetes, and on-contract growth new business opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience to effectively engage a diverse workforce of employees and subcontractors for effective and optimized resource utilization.
• Proven ability to positively influence change at different levels of the organization.
• Prior experience running a portfolio of programs within the federal market.
• Knowledge and experience in managing multiple contract types (FFP, T&M, etc.) and innovative acquisition models (e.g., OTAs).
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and work with supporting functions and other delivery organizations for win/win results.
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications: Master’s Degree preferred in business administration or within health-related field.
• Experience directing a distributed team, managing multiple customers, programs, and projects as one collective business.
• Knowledge of innovative industry business models and corresponding “go to market” solutions to aid in further growing the Leidos business in the Federal Health market.

About Leidos

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.

Posting Details

Original Posting: October 9, 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 $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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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