Strategy Execution Lead for Air Force Cyber Defense

Leidos; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced Strategy Execution Lead to coordinate planning, team execution, and performance reporting for the Air Force Integrated Defensive Cyber Systems (IDCS) mission. You will lead a cross-functional team of 11 professionals and serve as the primary coordination point among government, engineering, primes, and industry partners to align priorities and deliverables.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on planning experience with strong communication and leadership to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field with 12+ years of relevant experience or Master’s with 10+ years.
• Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI within 90 days.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams in defense, cybersecurity, or related programs.
• Ability to translate leadership priorities into executable plans and measurable objectives.
• Hands-on experience developing or maintaining integrated master schedules, roadmaps, baselines, and critical path analyses.
• Knowledge of requirements management, traceability, dependencies, risk, and integrated execution.
• Experience coordinating government, prime contractor, subcontractor, and engineering stakeholders.
• Proficiency with scheduling tools: MS Project, Project Server, Deltek Open Plan.
• Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar enterprise tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to summarize technical and schedule information for stakeholders.
• Ability to organize competing priorities and resolve execution challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a cross-functional team of professionals supporting Air Force defensive cyber capability development.
• Coordinate with government representatives, engineering teams, prime/subcontractors, and industry partners to align priorities.
• Oversee assignments, milestones, resources, and progress; identify conflicts and propose solutions.
• Provide leadership with scheduling options, resource needs, and delivery priorities for decision-makers.
• Develop and maintain the resource-loaded Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for IDCS and related activities.
• Maintain baseline integration of subordinate schedules into a consolidated portfolio baseline with traceability.
• Apply critical path analysis and what-if scenarios to forecast outcomes and risks.
• Coordinate milestone-based capability roadmaps with stakeholders to meet objectives and IMS alignment.
• Identify cross-program dependencies and decision points; prepare roadmap views and status products.
• Maintain configuration control of strategic planning artifacts across schedules, roadmaps, requirements, and milestones.
• Support requirements management and governance; align priorities with baselines and delivery milestones.
• Identify gaps or misalignments that create delivery risks; implement proper change controls.
• Establish processes for documenting and tracking execution risks and dependencies across programs.
• Evaluate performance vs constraints, dependencies, and trends; propose mitigations and resource options.
• Develop concise status assessments and KPI-driven reports integrating schedules, requirements, and roadmaps.
• Facilitate planning sessions, reviews, and briefings to align organizations and ensure realistic commitments.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve alignment challenges and document decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-functional coordination

Integrated master schedule

Requirements management

Communication

Risk assessment

Scheduling tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business Management, Program Management, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Project Server

Deltek Open Plan

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Strategy Execution Lead to coordinate planning, team execution, and performance reporting for the Air Force Integrated Defensive Cyber Systems (IDCS) mission. You will lead a cross-functional team of 11 professionals and serve as the primary coordination point among government, engineering, primes, and industry partners to align priorities and deliverables.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on planning experience with strong communication and leadership to