Description

The Homeland & Force Protection Business Area is seeking a Senior Program Manager (PM) to manage and lead a mission-critical program whose purpose is deliver development, maintenance, modernization, enhancement, operations and maintenance services for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) mission border enforcement and mission support systems. This includes an enterprise portfolio of more than 50 systems inclusive of low-code/no-code, COTS, ERP, and custom systems operating in cloud environments.

The Senior Program Manager will liaise with CBP OIT Senior Leadership, executive directors, branch chiefs and senior project managers to provide strategic advice, planning, and guidance on maintaining, modernizing, and optimizing performance of a portfolio of applications and systems. The PM will provide the internal voice of the customer and will work with the customer to understand, prioritize, and communicate their border enforcement and mission support needs to application/system product owners, and to manage and prioritize the capabilities and features added to the customer's portfolio. The PM will help to set the technical vision and roadmap for the applications/systems in the CBP/BEMSD portfolio and will be responsible for converting CBP strategic objectives into portfolio capabilities.

The selected PM will build and direct a world-class team to support this national-scale program. The PM will be responsible for the cost, schedule, and technical performance and will serve as the Leidos single point-of-contact with the government executive director and his/her team for management and technical matters and contract-level issues. The PM will also provide the planning, direction, coordination, and control necessary to accomplish all work requirements and task orders; and manage and oversee all activities performed by contractor personnel, including subcontractors, to satisfy the contract requirements. 

Primary Responsibilities:

The Senior Program Manager will:

• Lead, manage, coach, and mentor a staff and leadership team of more than 400 persons. Manage hiring, professional development, and issue resolution for the program.

• Develop and implement long-term IT roadmaps and strategy, and monitors alignment of tactical activities to the long-term roadmap and strategy. 

• Utilize expert communication skills needed to direct the skilled technical resources and report on the technical progress, issues, and problem areas, as well as write and review technical documents.

• Identify, mitigate, and control risks. Drive process improvement and innovation. 

• Supervise all program and project managers. Provide feedback and resolve complex problems to ensure successful execution of programs.

• Engage employees, executives, and customer leaders on a routine basis to fully understand customer requirements and employee capabilities.

• Represent Division leadership as a senior representative/interface for customer engagement.

• Collaborate with the Deputy Program Manager and other Key Positions on the program in supervising all program activities and ensuring that all activities are aligned with the PWS objectives.

• Directly contributes to program efforts in several areas, including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.

• Oversee daily operations, ensuring on time deliverables, managing recruitment, hiring, and training processes for employees, supervising staff, and maintaining up-to-date comprehensive quality control programs for a large-scale development program.

• Plan/lead program reviews and briefings; identify and report on issues or related problems and potential risks. 

• Maintain currency on relevant tools and technologies and provide inputs for white papers and proposals.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of Public Trust clearance with the Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related Engineering field with 15+ years prior relevant experience or Master’s and 13 years- experience.  

• 10+ years of experience in technical solutioning and managing the development of software systems in the DoD, federal government, or commercial entities.

• Active Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or DAIWA orFAC-P/PM Level II or III Program Manager Certification.

• Experience managing projects using SDLC models such as CMMI, modern SELC models such as SAFe, Agile, and/or SecDevOps.

• Experience with cloud enabled solutions, architecture development, and “as a Service” offerings.

• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment. 

• Experience serving as a Program/Project Manager leading and supervising a multi-disciplinary staff (200 persons or more) of various labor categories and skills. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

• Customs and Border Protection background investigation (current or prior).

• Top Secret clearance or higher.

• Department of Homeland Security experience with the TSA, CBP, FEMA and/or ICE.

• Demonstrated experience delivering IT solutions for government organizations like DHS or CBP

• Demonstrated experience managing applications in cloud environments, including hybrid and/or multi-cloud deployments.

• Demonstrated experience with AWS and/or Azure Cloud Services

• Demonstrated experience with NIST SP 800 series or ISO 27000 series documents for information security management and risk assessment

• Demonstrated experience with SAFe®

Education & Experience:

• Requires a BA/BS or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years or prior relevant experience.

• Generally has 7+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.

Location:

• Washington DC/Baltimore metropolitan area

• Available for in-person customer meetings in Ashburn VA or Washington DC

• Remote work available

Original Posting Date:

2024-06-19

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 $144,300.00 - $260,850.00

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.

REQNUMBER: R-00137974

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.