Senior Program Manager - Mission-Critical Ops (TS/SCI)

Society of Defense Financial Management; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the CESO Task Order within the SETI contract, supporting DISA and senior DoD/IC leaders in a high-security environment. You will manage operations, CI/CD, ITIL/DevSecOps processes, and strive for high availability and customer satisfaction.

The role requires TS/SCI clearance, proven leadership of enterprise teams, and strong communication with senior leadership. A background in government programs and growth-oriented delivery is essential.

Qualifications

• Active DOD TS/SCI clearance.
• BS/BS or equivalent with 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Proven experience leading operational teams to ensure mission availability and reliability.
• Ability to obtain an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner within 120 days of starting
• 4+ years of experience supervising or leading technical teams or projects.
• Experience shall include regular communications with the supported organization’s senior leadership and direct accountability for managed activities.
• Proven ability to connect with and effectively lead a high performing diverse team of varying levels of experience.
• Previous experience with supporting / leading proposals to achieve on-contract growth.
• Experience leading programs with year over year financial growth and strong margin growth.
• Excellent written and oral communication capability.
• Experience and ability to successfully negotiate and influence others to understand and accept new concepts, practices and approaches.
• Ability to drive employee culture change and transformation.
• Experience leading teams in a high op-temp, top secret environment

Responsibilities

• Ensure sustained operations of CESO mission capabilities driving delivery of operational best practices across CESO
• Ensured delivery of commitments made to DISA and mission partners to ensure high availability and reliability of CESO operations
• Deliver exceptional service to DISA by leading the team delivering a range of services
• Communicate critical and time sensitive program-related information directly to the SETI Leadership, or other delegated Government program personnel
• Perform as key point of contact for client relations and engage regularly to determine priorities based on the Customer guidance
• Engage with other SETI Task Order Managers to achieve synergy and efficiency
• Delivery of all programmatic components (cost, schedule, performance) to drive execution of the task orders
• Financial performance (revenue, operating income, margin) against the Annual Operating Plan commitments made.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Communication

Proposal development

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the CESO Task Order within the SETI contract, supporting DISA and senior DoD/IC leaders in a high-security environment. You will manage operations, CI/CD, ITIL/DevSecOps processes, and strive for high availability and customer satisfaction.

The role requires TS/SCI clearance, proven leadership of enterprise teams, and strong communication with senior leadership. A background in government programs and growth-oriented delivery is essential.