Consulting Employee JPA

Join a Mission That Matters
The BEACON Program at Leidos is seeking exceptional Joint Program Advisors (JPAs) to join our elite team supporting a critical national security mission. This is not your typical role its an opportunity to apply your operational expertise intelligence acumen and leadership experience to help shape and execute global initiatives that directly impact U.S. interests at home and abroad.

As part of the BEACON team youll work at the center of a fast-paced highly collaborative environment that drives strategic decision-making across the Intelligence Community and partner agencies. Every day brings new challenges and the opportunity to make a measurable difference.

Primary Responsibilities

As a Joint Program Advisor (JPA) you will serve as a trusted expert and key advisor supporting a wide range of operational and programmatic activities that advance the clients mission objectives. Your insights and judgment will guide critical decisions across multiple operational domains.

Responsibilities include:

• Advising on complex operational and program activities to support mission success.

• Providing expert operational guidance and identifying potential counterintelligence issues to safeguard personnel facilities and sensitive operations.

• Designing assessing and recommending courses of action for classified activities presenting clear pros and cons for strategic decision-making.

• Delivering high-impact briefings to senior government officials and stakeholders.

• Leveraging classified systems and databases to track analyze and manage operational requirements.

• Building strong trust-based relationships with key operational and interagency partners to drive mission outcomes.

• Providing limited administrative support for field elements and deployed personnel as needed.

Basic Qualifications

To be considered for this high-visibility position candidates must meet the following minimum qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph (required).

• Bachelors degree and 20 years of relevant experience (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree).

• Proven success in multiple official overseas assignments in senior leadership or advisory roles.

• Extensive experience operating in complex and dynamic environments abroad.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver innovative solutions to operational and strategic challenges.

• Proven experience applying counterintelligence and risk management principles to protect personnel assets and missions.

• Expertise in managing operational cases intelligence production and policy implementation.

• Advanced proficiency with classified databases and intelligence reporting tools.

• Superior written and verbal communication skills; ability to brief senior executives under tight deadlines with clarity and precision.

• Exceptional judgment self-direction and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior overseas experience particularly in high-threat environments.

• Relevant professional certifications or specialized operational training.

• Experience leading or mentoring multi-disciplinary teams in austere or sensitive environments.

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.

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Pay Range:

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.