Senior Program Manager - DoD Mission-Critical Lead

Koitecc Solutions; Odenton, Northern (MD, KY); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a hands-on Program Manager to lead a mission-focused program for DISA with direct customer interface and executive visibility. You will oversee scope, cost, and schedule while aligning engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams to deliver on critical government priorities.

The role requires deep program-management expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to senior stakeholders. A DoD clearance is expected.

Qualifications

• Degree required with 8+ years of relevant experience / Master’s with 6+ years.
• Experience leading full lifecycle tech programs and complex integrations.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering, cybersecurity, and lifecycle support.
• Proven ability to forecast, budget, and manage government contracts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Leidos Program Manager and primary customer interface, establishing and maintaining trusted relationships with DISA leadership, Government program personnel, mission stakeholders, and Leidos leadership.
• Maintain overall responsibility for program execution, financial performance, schedule, staffing, technical delivery, quality, contractual performance, risk management, and customer satisfaction.
• Provide active, hands-on leadership across the program to ensure the team understands priorities, dependencies, risks, customer expectations, and required outcomes.
• Lead execution across the full technology lifecycle, including requirements definition, solution development, integration, testing, security authorization, implementation, deployment, operational transition, sustainment, modernization, and technology refresh.
• Lead complex technology implementations involving multiple technical disciplines, Government organizations, external stakeholders, vendors, and mission partners.
• Maintain integrated visibility across technical, programmatic, financial, staffing, customer, and schedule dependencies, ensuring issues and risks are identified and addressed before they affect mission delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Communication

Financial management

Risk management

Customer relationships

DoD clearance

Education

BA/BS degree

Master's degree

Tools

PMP certification

Job description

Leidos is seeking a hands-on Program Manager to lead a mission-focused program for DISA with direct customer interface and executive visibility. You will oversee scope, cost, and schedule while aligning engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams to deliver on critical government priorities.

The role requires deep program-management expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly to senior stakeholders. A DoD clearance is expected.