Program Manager

At Leidos, we help our customers execute programs for the world’s most critical missions. We respond to challenges and deliver next generation of agile, cohesive solutions for today’s rapidly changing environment. Leidos is seeking a dynamic Cybersecurity Program Manager to join the Federal Civil IT team’s within the Digital Modernization Sector. This position will be supporting the cybersecurity program of a federal agency within the Washington DC area. The Program Manager will be responsible for providing leadership, direction, and hands-on management for delivery of mission enabling cybersecurity.

The Program Manager is a key leadership role in the success and overall growth and delivery of the program. The PM will assist with ensuring work requested is performed properly, which may include, establishing cost estimates, assisting with invoice analysis, establishing estimate to complete, and providing variance explanations if necessary, evaluating subcontractor invoices; tracking and evaluating deliverables and services/products, ensuring customer requirements are met and assessing team and individual performance. In addition, the PM will assist with establishing goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for the successful completion of work that is within budget and schedule constraints, provide guidance to subordinates and ensure that such policies and procedures are effectively implemented. Guidance and oversight must also be provided to subcontractors. Further, the position requires frequent interface with customer personnel, other contractor personnel, and customer representatives.

The successful candidate will:

• Lead a geographically disperse team of cross-unit project/program management teams and cybersecurity professionals in developing, operating, and maintaining mission critical cybersecurity solutions.
• Contribute to the development of the mission strategy and operational direction.
• Responsible for managing and communicating short and long-term direction and deliverables.
• Establish and implement tactical and operational plans with significant impact on the achievement of functional results.
• Responsible for communication with diverse parties external to the organization.
• Work closely with the cybersecurity teams to deliver defined service level agreement (SLAs).
• Ensure that service delivery processes are documented and followed.
• Monitor the service delivery performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Develop and maintain customer relations with clients to ensure their needs are met or exceeded.
• Provide regular reporting on service delivery
• Facilitate the project management follow-up during the onboarding processes in collaboration with the various client teams, as necessary.

Basic Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Public Trust with the ability to obtain a Secret (S) Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (CS), Information Management (IM), Information Technology, or Engineering with a minimum of 12+ years relevant technical experience and 8 years experience in IT security as a senior manager
• Minimum of 12+ years of technical experience
• Minimum of 8+ years of direct staff management experience as a Senior Manager in IT Security
• Demonstrated experience managing the delivery of BPA Call or multiple Task Orders
• PMI-PMP or equivalent certification
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) 4 Foundation Certification
• Experience executing Program Management activities (e.g., cost, schedule, Customer engagement etc.)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with all levels of stakeholders
• Knowledgeable with cybersecurity policy oversight and governance
• Experience with cybersecurity performance, quality, and inspection metrics
• Ability to ensure contract deliverables are provided on schedule and with appropriate accuracy and completeness
• Ability to work in a team environment, as well as independently
• Adaptability to new challenges with a strong motivation to grow and learn in new areas
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with quick-response deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISM, CISSP, GSLC, or CCISO certification
• Prior experience supporting federal government strongly preferred
• Business Development and Capture experience (e.g., Proposal experience)
• Knowledge and familiarity with the fundamental of agile project management
• Experience working in both Classified and Unclassified operations
• Experience managing multiple simultaneous cybersecurity projects

Original Posting Date:

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:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.