Project Manager

Description

The Software Accelerator leads technology differentiation at Leidos in secure software delivered at speed. We do this through a culture of technical collaboration, egoless and ownerless impact for the enterprise & best practice sharing across the corporation to enhance solutions, technical discriminators, and maximum re-use of differentiated capabilities. To achieve this mission, a Project Manager (PM) is needed to plan and direct all administrative, financial, and operational activities, enabling the director to focus on larger strategic organizational initiatives. The PM also organizes and prioritizes critical issues and required information and makes recommendations and facilitates efficient decision-making. To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate will be well-connected with the Accelerator team and others across the organization to influence outcomes. The ideal candidate will also have a good understanding of SW Accelerator and other Leidos Accelerator capabilities and the broader technology market. They will partner with the Director in improving those discriminating capabilities and represent the Accelerator internally and externally at the direction of the Director. Developing/having cross-functional networks fosters long-term partnerships, allows for rapid assessment and resolution of issues and barriers, and helps the team build trust within the enterprise.

Primary Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining cross-departmental relationships to enable leadership success.

• Coordinate internal and external communications (Prism, Confluence, Technical Exchanges, Technical Summits, etc.)

• Recruitment of and facilitating growth of key personnel including Master Solution Architects

• Establish, prioritize, track, and facilitate closure of actions items

• Provide strategic advice and counsel to the Director

• Assuming day-to-day responsibility for projects and tasks

• Manage, track, and advise on financials

• Support IRAD roadmap planning, including understanding dependencies and helping the Product Manager anticipate and coordinate support from other organizations.

• Generate BOEs/ROMs

• Work with Product Manager to manage change, remove blockers and access risk during roadmap execution.

• Team coordination including meeting and collaboration conception, preparation and execution

• Strategic lead on high-profile projects

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or 5+ with master's degree

• Able to work collaboratively across the corporation

• Experience / awareness with software concepts and technology

• Experience with bid and proposal activities, such as working on a capture/proposal

• Ability to listen to, understand, prioritize, and address mission needs

• Understanding of the Leidos organization, mission, and values

Preferred Qualifications

• Secret Clearance (TS SCI a benefit)

• Experience with JIRA / Confluence, and modern Agile and SecDevOps practices

• Experience with Leidos Capabilities, including but not limited to CHO IRAD capabilities, Portable SecDevOps (pSDO), Leidos Secure Runtime (LSRE), Leidos Enterprise Application Framework (LEAF)

• Marketing experience

• Knowledge management expertise

• Familiarity with IRAD process

• Familiarity with the product management concepts

Original Posting Date:

2024-04-19

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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

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About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500 innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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