Senior Operations Manager, U.S. Defense Plans & Strategies
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Job Location:
Reston, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 116350 - 210325
Posted on:
16 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Senior Operations Manager U.S. Defense Plans & Strategies leads execution of planning and strategy support for U.S. defense customers. This role directs day-to-day operations maintains stakeholder and organizational awareness across key Department of War (DoW) entities and drives disciplined prioritization and follow-through for senior-level engagements supporting enterprise campaigns and strategic objectives. The Senior Operations Manager coordinates cross-functional teams manages action-item execution and ensures decision-quality outputs for executive and customer audiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead planning and strategy operations; ensure timely high-quality delivery of decision-ready products (briefs assessments planning artifacts).
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and establish an operating rhythm (priorities deliverables metrics quality control stakeholder updates).
- Track monitor and maintain customer organization charts and leadership/staff changes for the Joint Staff Office of SecWar Military Departments and related agencies; disseminate relevant updates internally.
- Maintain customer and stakeholder contact lists to enable continuity and rapid engagement.
- Track monitor and prioritize senior-level customer engagement priorities; prepare engagements and ensure message alignment and follow-through.
- Coordinate with Leidos business sectors Growth organization and Technology organization to plan and execute senior-level events/engagements in support of campaigns.
- Liaise with Growth to advance priority campaigns; translate customer insights and engagement outcomes into actionable next steps.
- Liaise with Executive Leadership Team (ELT) staff to support enterprise strategic goals and provide decision-ready updates.
- Track monitor and prioritize budget management activities impacting plans engagements and execution; communicate impacts and constraints.
- Track monitor and coordinate with external consultancies; integrate outputs into internal workflows and manage timelines/deliverables.
- Maintain action-item and decision logs; lead coordination to close actions deconflict issues and resolve misalignment across stakeholders.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree and 15 years of U.S. Government experience (military or civilian) including substantial work supporting DoW missions and senior leaders. Additional years of experience in lieu of degree will be considered.
- Demonstrated management and organizational experience leading teams and/or complex portfolios and driving execution across concurrent priorities.
- Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams and coordinate across diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience producing executive-level briefings and decision-quality written products.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- This position requires US Citizenship with the ability to obtain TS/SCI security clearance
- Must be located in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting or working within Joint Staff Office of Secretary of War Military Department staffs Combatant Commands or related defense agencies.
- Experience supporting business development campaigns senior-level engagements and event execution in a defense environment.
- Experience integrating third-party/consultant outputs into executive decision products and operational workflows.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- Masters Degree
Working Conditions
- Hybrid work environment in the NCR with on-site presence as required for engagements and mission needs.
- Periodic travel may be required.
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Original Posting:
January 15 2026For 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 $116350.00 - $210325.00The 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:
Manager
Key Skills
- Employee Evaluation
- Continuous Improvement
- FDA Regulations
- Management Experience
- Process Improvement
- Profit & Loss
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Leadership Experience
- P&L Management
- Supervising Experience
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.
