VP Director of Software Accelerator
VP Director of Software Accelerator
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$ 216800 - 348750
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Job Description
The Leidos Office of Technology has an opening for the VP Director of the Software Accelerator located in Reston VA. The Software Accelerator champions Leidos technologybased differentiation in all aspects of software development and delivery. The Accelerator provides discriminating technologies reusable solutions for captures and programs scalable solutions and enterprise resources and thought leadership in Software. The Accelerator develops innovative and differentiated software solutions for integration and implementation across all of Leidos customers. The Accelerator develops these solutions through a mixture of Internal Research & Development (IRAD) Contract R&D (CRAD) strategic vendor partnerships and harvesting of innovative solutions from existing programs our Software Center and the Leidos CIO team. These differentiated solutions provide value in our customers environments that require massive scale heterogeneity mission criticality resiliency and security. The Accelerator hires and grows top talent in software including solution architects and subject matter experts. The Accelerator provides solution development technical proposal leadership and mentoring support to strategic captures and missioncritical programs.
Primary Responsibilities
List daily duties and/or specific job responsibilities.
Technology Strategy and Innovation. The Director of the Software Accelerator provides the overall technical leadership for the company in software. The Director is responsible for defining the technical strategy in software driving software best practices and tools across the entire Leidos enterprise and working very closely with other Leidos Accelerators to innovate at scale and speed.
Collaborate to Grow and Execute. The Director collaborates across the Office of Technology (OOT) and Sectors to align technology strategy with the Growth pipeline and delivery of program/customer needs in software. This includes managing the successful of IRAD projects staffing budgeting and adoption by programs and proposals of the solutions. He/she meets with current and potential customers to demonstrate the companys credentials at solving problems with technicallydifferentiated and technicallysound solutions. He/she seeks partnerships with strategic suppliers to increase learning opportunities and harvest external technologies to ensure Leidos differentiation.
Technology Leadership. Daytoday activities range from managing technical staff to making strategic recommendations on how to allocate resources to doing public speaking that communicates the Leidos and software vision and capabilities. His/her decisions help drive longterm success profitability and growth across the company. The Director also supports communicates and implements the technical element of our technology workforce strategy including building communities of technical talent across the corporation. Additionally he/she identifies external technical talent manages a team provides supervision develops technical staff and promotes a dynamic highlymotivated and inclusive work environment.
Basic Qualifications
- Prior technical roles within similar organizations with growing duties and responsibilities
- Masters degree in a Science Engineering or Technology field and 15 years of related experience or Bachelors Degree and 17 years of experience. Additional experience education or training may be considered.
- A recognized expert in his/her field (journal articles/books/white papers) having frequently spoken at highlevel conferences
- Excellent technical credentials in fields relevant to software (e.g. software development cloud cyber security)
- Experienced at contributing to the solution development for large >$500M) captures and programs
- Effective at communicating with senior management including executive leaders and Board members
- Strong public speaking skills
- Ability to influence and persuade others and build consensus
- Ability to identify mentor lead manage and promote talent
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree or Ph.D. preferred in a Science Engineering or Technology field
Strong oral and written communication skills
Original Posting:
March 24 2025For U.S. Positions: 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 $216800.00 $348750.00The 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.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
