Senior Program Manager

Leidos Inc; United States; Presencial; USD 154 000 - 278 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Leidos is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the Undersea Systems Division. You will drive innovation in remote vehicle systems, maritime sensors, subsea telemetry and ISR solutions for Navy missions, guiding prototypes to deployment with a multidisciplinary team.

You will collaborate with engineers, scientists, and technicians across the U.S., shape strategy, lead programs, and advance next-generation undersea technologies while managing budgets and customer relationships.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field.
• 20+ years' experience in the US Navy environment.
• PMP Certification.
• Strong customer focus with leadership and collaboration skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication abilities.
• Experience managing contracts >$200M.
• TS/SCI clearance capability (US Citizenship).

Responsabilidades

• Provide strategic and programmatic leadership for a large maritime program.
• Support business development, capture activities, strategy, and costing.
• Drive technical innovation and product improvements aligned with mission goals.
• Lead and mentor a matrixed team of engineers; manage staffing and funding.
• Travel as needed (about 25%) to support customers and events.

Conhecimentos

Strong leadership

Communication skills

Customer focus

Problem solving

Team mentoring

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar technical discipline

PMP Certification

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead cutting-edge engineering efforts within the Undersea Systems Division (USD). This role is a unique opportunity to drive innovation in remote vehicle systems, maritime sensors, subsea telemetry, and ISR solutions that support critical defense and national security missions.

You'll lead a multidisciplinary project team developing advanced maritime technologies, from prototype design to full-scale system deployment for ongoing Navy missions.

Leidos' Undersea Systems Division is a recognized leader in C4ISR technologies, delivering innovative, mission-critical solutions across sensor networks, unmanned systems, and tactical platforms. We're known for achieving "industry firsts" in the most challenging maritime domains.

Join us and be part of a world-class team delivering unmatched solutions for today's most pressing maritime missions.

Why Join Us?

• Make an Impact: Your work will directly support U.S. maritime dominance and national security.
• Lead Innovation: Be at the forefront of applying innovative technology and autonomy to real-world maritime systems.
• Work with Experts: Collaborate with a top-tier team of engineers, scientists, and technicians located across the U.S.
• Shape the Future: Influence and lead both the strategic and tactical direction of next-generation undersea technologies.

What You'll Do

• Provide strategic and programmatic leadership for a large maritime program.
• Support business development and capture activities, including strategy development and solutioning, shaping of customers needs and requirements ahead of solicitation, on-contract growth, proposal writing, and development of costing.
• Drive technical innovation and product improvements aligned with customer needs and mission goals.
• Lead program and capture execution including P&L reviews, staffing needs and projections, funding needs, and strategic importance to the company.
• Lead and mentor a matrixed team of engineers.
• Travel when needed (approximately 25% time) to support customer needs and attend applicable conferences or trade shows.

Primary Responsibilities

• Fulfill customer requirements with technical, innovative, cost-effective, and reliable solutions that appropriately leverage advanced technologies and are suitable in support of U.S. Navy programs.
• Provide leadership and responsibility for a program with complex subsea and surface hardware/software systems within a customer focused environment.
• Collaborate with customer, Leidos technical leads, Leidos engineers, and subcontractors to support daily activities, identify gaps and holes in programs, financial reporting, CDRL development, procurements, solutioning with engineers and customers, and long-term planning.
• Collaborate with Division Manager and other program managers to support business development activities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar technical discipline.
• 20+ years' total experience in the US Navy environment.
• PMP Certification
• Strong customer focus, ability to support team leadership, and establish strong, collaborative working relationships with government customers, technical staff, senior managers, and peers.
• Strong problem-solving skills, along with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• History in managing >$200M contracts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance (requires US Citizenship)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the US Navy programs, contracts, and mission requirements.
• Located in the Pacific Northwest for in-office collaboration.

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.

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.

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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.