Director of Corporate Development
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Job Location:
Reston, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 148850 - 269075
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Corporate Development to join our corporate finance team in Reston - this role you will report directly to our SVP of Corporate Development and be a key participant in inorganic growth for all of Leidos global businesses which includes leading the companys mergers acquisitions divestitures and strategic equity investments. You will also provide leadership in due diligence financial modeling and negotiations for our transactions.
Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Grow and support the development of a strategic opportunity pipeline focused on M&A and strategic investments
- Investigate and evaluate potential mergers acquisitions divestitures and venture investments to determine if such activities are in line with our organizations overall strategy
- Engage with senior-level executives across the enterprise to proactively identify and execute strategic growth opportunities
- Be responsible for the analysis identification and valuation of market trends and strategies
- Lead teams performing due diligence and developing business cases
- Develop financial forecast models including discounted cash flow analyses
- Support and drive business unit target identification and analysis
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with the investment banking community to keep the pulse of the market
- Lead the negotiation and execution stage of our acquisitions divestitures and minority investments
- Support the integration of corporate acquisitions and transition for corporate divestitures
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree and 15 years of relevant experience or a Masters degree with 13 years of prior relevant experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience leading Mergers & Acquisitions transactions at a public company investment bank or private equity firm.
- Extensive experience in running/leading complex due diligence processes. This includes framing diligence objectives coordinating the execution of the diligence procedures and reporting diligence findings to senior leaders.
- Deep finance and accounting expertise and ability to partner with forensic accountants as applicable.
- Proven relevant and recent experience leading both buy-side and sell-side transactions preferably with experience in the government services or defense systems sector.
- Strong project management skills; able to manage multiple projects take on new responsibilities and handle ambiguity and novel issues.
- Collaboration at all levels of the company entry-level to the executive leadership team.
- Excellent executive-level communication skills as well as proven negotiation skills.
- US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.
At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.
If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.
Original Posting:
September 8 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 $148850.00 - $269075.00The 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:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions fo ... View more
