The Defense Sensors business area at Leidos has an opening for a Branch Portfolio Manager within the Integrated RF Systems group located in Huntsville AL. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your leadership and technical expertise to the operation and sustainment of advanced RF systems that deliver critical mission information to our customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
The Branch Portfolio Manager is responsible for applying sound engineering principles to business execution and program delivery. Key responsibilities include:
- Leading organizing and directing engineering staff to meet objectives for system design new product development and enhancements to existing designs
- Overseeing design concepts fundamental technologies and technical approaches for new and existing RF systems
- Developing engineering requirements resource estimates and inputs to design proposals to support new market opportunities
- Managing a large team of experienced professionals who operate with significant autonomy and technical independence
- Providing leadership across hiring performance management promotion and rewards within the branch in coordination with senior management
For the assigned portfolio of programs the successful candidate will be responsible for planning organizing and managing resources to ensure successful program execution. This includes:
- Ensuring programs are delivered within defined scope schedule and budget constraints
- Maintaining overall program ownership including profit and loss (P&L) responsibility
- Interfacing with task leads functional managers subcontractors suppliers and support personnel
- Driving program performance through effective planning execution risk management and corrective action
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree with 8 years of relevant experience or Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience
- 4 years of experience leading or supervising technical teams or engineering projects
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)
- Working knowledge of RF systems and data processing technologies
- Strong leadership communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interface effectively with senior leadership customers and technical teams
- Experience supporting new business development including RFIs BOEs and proposal approvals
- Ability to negotiate Statements of Work (SOWs) terms and conditions and pricing with customers and partners
- Proven experience developing and managing detailed program plans schedules and budgets
- Experience mentoring and developing program managers and technical staff
- Ability to coordinate with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure on-time compliant delivery
- Demonstrated capability to staff programs appropriately to execute scope on time and within budget
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline
- Top Secret/SCI Polygraph clearance
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:
January 15 2026
For 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 $131300.00 - $237350.00
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.
Required Experience:
Manager
The Defense Sensors business area at Leidos has an opening for a Branch Portfolio Manager within the Integrated RF Systems group located in Huntsville AL. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your leadership and technical expertise to the operation and sustainment of advanced RF systems that del...
The Defense Sensors business area at Leidos has an opening for a Branch Portfolio Manager within the Integrated RF Systems group located in Huntsville AL. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your leadership and technical expertise to the operation and sustainment of advanced RF systems that deliver critical mission information to our customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
The Branch Portfolio Manager is responsible for applying sound engineering principles to business execution and program delivery. Key responsibilities include:
- Leading organizing and directing engineering staff to meet objectives for system design new product development and enhancements to existing designs
- Overseeing design concepts fundamental technologies and technical approaches for new and existing RF systems
- Developing engineering requirements resource estimates and inputs to design proposals to support new market opportunities
- Managing a large team of experienced professionals who operate with significant autonomy and technical independence
- Providing leadership across hiring performance management promotion and rewards within the branch in coordination with senior management
For the assigned portfolio of programs the successful candidate will be responsible for planning organizing and managing resources to ensure successful program execution. This includes:
- Ensuring programs are delivered within defined scope schedule and budget constraints
- Maintaining overall program ownership including profit and loss (P&L) responsibility
- Interfacing with task leads functional managers subcontractors suppliers and support personnel
- Driving program performance through effective planning execution risk management and corrective action
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree with 8 years of relevant experience or Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience
- 4 years of experience leading or supervising technical teams or engineering projects
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)
- Working knowledge of RF systems and data processing technologies
- Strong leadership communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interface effectively with senior leadership customers and technical teams
- Experience supporting new business development including RFIs BOEs and proposal approvals
- Ability to negotiate Statements of Work (SOWs) terms and conditions and pricing with customers and partners
- Proven experience developing and managing detailed program plans schedules and budgets
- Experience mentoring and developing program managers and technical staff
- Ability to coordinate with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure on-time compliant delivery
- Demonstrated capability to staff programs appropriately to execute scope on time and within budget
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline
- Top Secret/SCI Polygraph clearance
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:
January 15 2026
For 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 $131300.00 - $237350.00
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.
Required Experience:
Manager
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