Vice President, Growth Airports, Borders and Security (AB&S)
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Job Location:
Reston, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 216800 - 348750
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos is seeking an accomplished executive to serve as the Vice President of Growth for our Airports Borders & Security (AB&S) Business Area.
This is a high-impact forward-leaning leadership role responsible for driving strategy pipeline creation and capture excellence across a global portfolio that includes aviation security border management biometrics and next-generation security technologies.
As a key member of the AB&S leadership team you will shape growth priorities that directly support safer travel secure global movement and enhanced mission outcomes for federal international and commercial customers. If you are energized by competitive strategy customer engagement and winning complex opportunities this role positions you to make a meaningful difference.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead overall growth strategy market development and competitive positioning for the Airports Borders & Security portfolio.
- Drive pipeline creation and qualification to ensure healthy meaningful multi-year growth.
- Serve as executive capture sponsor for major pursuits and oversee win strategy pricing alignment teaming decisions proposal development and customer engagement.
- Partner closely with Operations Engineering Technology and Strategy leaders to shape future offerings align investments and bring differentiated solutions to market.
- Build mentor and lead a high-performance business development and capture team.
- Establish trusted relationships with TSA CBP FAA DHS ICAO members airport authorities and international security stakeholders.
- Represent Leidos at senior-level customer discussions industry events and partner engagements.
Required Qualifications
- 15 years of growth business development or capture leadership experience within aviation security border security homeland security or federal/airport technology markets.
- Typically requires a Bachelors Degree and at least 15 years of related experience or Masters degree with 13 years of relevant experience. Additional work experience will be considered lieu of a degree.
- Demonstrated success winning major pursuits ($100M) including experience with complex systems integration detection technologies or critical infrastructure security.
- Strong customer relationships across TSA CBP FAA DHS airport authorities and international security organizations.
- Executive-level communication negotiation and leadership skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (active clearance preferred).
Desired Qualifications
- Experience leading global or international security growth efforts.
- Understanding of screening technology detection systems biometrics identity management and integrated security architectures.
- Experience operating in a matrixed high-growth organization.
Why Leidos
- Mission-driven culture with a passion for solving complex national and global security challenges.
- High visibility across the company reporting to senior leadership.
- Opportunity to lead strategy shaping for a rapidly expanding innovation-focused business area.
- Competitive compensation executive benefits and global impact.
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
December 3 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
Key Skills
- Change Management
- Financial Services
- Growing Experience
- Managed Care
- Management Experience
- Analysis Skills
- Senior Leadership
- Performance Management
- Process Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
- Analytics
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
