Description

Leidos Innovations Center (LInC) is seeking a highly motivated and tactical Program Manager to manage programs within its Electronic Warfare (EW) division R&D portfolio. The candidate will support our Sensing Applications Business Area and be responsible for understanding customer needs to create new business and efficiently and effectively executing technical programs. The ideal candidate will possess superior analytical and problem-solving skills, operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, be a strong team player, and have the ability to establish solid working relationships with technical staff and peers within the division, as well as our external Government customers. The candidate will also have supervisory responsibilities. Experience in automatic target recognition, signal processing, radars, electro-optical/infrared sensors, computational electromagnetics, modeling and simulation, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and EW is a plus.

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale programs

• Lead business development and proposal activities

• Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the program meets customer expectations and contract requirements

• Actively monitor, track, and manage program tasks, performance, subcontractors, risks, costs, and schedule

• Conduct quality review and submission of all deliverables

• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs

• Make decisions at the program team-level and properly escalate issues that cannot be resolved timely

• Create program management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures

• Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/program standards

• Ensure programs are executed on-time, within budget, and remain within scope

• Create a work breakdown structures defining all activities and develop schedules to monitor and track dependencies, milestones, and deliverables

• Establish and maintain financial plans, track and report monthly actuals vs. planned expenditures, and implement corrective actions as necessary to address variances

• Supervise a team of 5-10 members, including other PMs, with the goal of developing a portfolio of programs

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience overseeing technical teams and managing R&D programs

• Excellent verbal and written communication, management, and organizational skills

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently under stringent timelines

• Experience with leading or supporting captures, including business development, customer relations, and proposal management/writing

• Experience with agile scheduling

• Experience with financial systems and managing program budgets

• Proven ability to build and maintain lasting customer relationships, external stakeholder networks, and teaming partnerships

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 8+ years of prior relevant experience

• Active Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field and 6+ years of prior relevant experience

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance

• 4+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.

LInC

Electronic Warfare

Original Posting Date:

2024-12-03

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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

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-00148965

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.