Program Manager

Leidos is seeking a Program Manager to lead cutting-edge engineering efforts within the Undersea Systems Division (USD). This role is a unique opportunity to drive innovation in remote vehicle systems maritime sensors subsea telemetry and ISR solutions that support critical defense and national security missions.

Youll support a multidisciplinary project team developing advanced maritime technologies from prototype design to full-scale system deployment for ongoing Navy missions.

Leidos Maritime Systems Division is a recognized leader in C4ISR technologies delivering innovative mission-critical solutions across sensor networks unmanned systems and tactical platforms. Were known for achieving industry firsts in the most challenging maritime domains.

Join us and be part of a world-class team delivering unmatched solutions for todays most pressing maritime missions.

Why Join Us

• Make an Impact: Your work will directly support U.S. maritime dominance and national security.
• Lead Innovation: Be at the forefront of applying innovative technology and autonomy to real-world maritime systems.
• Work with Experts: Collaborate with a top-tier team of engineers scientists and technicians located across the U.S.
• Shape the Future: Influence and lead both the strategic and tactical direction of next-generation undersea technologies.

What Youll Do

• Provide strategic and programmatic leadership for a maritime program or set of programs.
• Drive technical innovation and product improvements aligned with customer needs and mission goals.
• Lead program execution including P&L reviews staffing needs and projections funding needs and strategic importance to the company.
• Lead and mentor a matrixed team of engineers through the full product lifecycle.
• Support business development and capture activities including strategy development and solutioning shaping of customers needs and requirements ahead of solicitation on-contract growth proposal writing and development of costing.
• Travel when needed (approximately 0-25% time) to support customer needs and attend applicable conferences or trade shows.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and responsibility for a program with complex subsea and surface hardware/software systems within a customer focused environment.
• Fulfill customer requirements with technical innovative cost-effective and reliable solutions that appropriately leverage advanced technologies and are suitable in support of U.S. Navy programs.
• Provide subcontractor and supplier direction and oversight.
• Collaborate with customer Leidos technical leads Leidos engineers and subcontractors to support daily activities identify gaps and holes in programs financial reporting CDRL development procurements solutioning with engineers and customers and long-term planning.
• Collaborate with Portfolio Manager and other program managers to support business development activities.
• Report daily to worksite location in Lynnwood WA.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Physics Mathematics or similar technical discipline.
• 20 years total experience with at least 15 years of Program management experience.
• Strong customer focus ability to support team leadership and establish strong collaborative working relationships with government customers technical staff senior managers and peers.
• Strong problem-solving skills along with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Contribute to the successful capture of competitive US DoD contracts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills along with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to obtain Secret clearance requires US Citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Experience managing program execution in a CMMI Level 3 or above environment and/or in accordance with ISO-9001 certified processes.
• Experience managing Programs of Record for the DoD with EVMS requirements.
• Experience in the US Navy programs contracts and mission requirements.

Experience in product development and marketing.

SUBSEAMSS

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.

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