Software Center Resource Management Lead

Leidos is seeking a leader to join our newly formed National Security Sector (NSS) software organization.

Position Summary

The individual will be responsible for working with the NSS SW Center Lead, Line leadership, and Talent Acquisition to proactively manage over 1500 software resources across NSS. The successful candidate will be the focal point for understanding software talent needs at the Sector level and will work with program and proposal teams to understand forecasted resource requirements into the future (3-24 months out). The individual will leverage resource management tools and predictive analytics to identify available talent that meet a need and to project when a gap in a skill or clearance is going to exist. While not a direct hiring manager, the Resource Management Lead will coordinate candidate screening, interviews, and placement activities with HR and Talent Acquisition. 

The NSS SW Center Resource Manager will work with other SW Center staff to regularly survey SW people within the Sector to gain insight into the pulse of SW resources and to recognize potential attrition trouble spots and to recommend things the Sector can do to increase engagement with this workforce.

During the first year, the candidate will assist in the deployment of a new Resource Management System by helping to establish requirements for the tool, establishing the various use-cases that will be needed to operate with the tool, and conducting most of the testing for the deployment.  Once deployed, the candidate will work to establish the use the new system across the Sector.  As an ongoing activity, the Resource Management Lead will periodically re-assess needs of the RM function within the SW Center and work with technical staff to add new functionality to the tool to meet evolving requirements.

The successful candidate will be able to operate independently across Business Areas and Divisions to ensure Sector and Business Area leadership understand the holistic software resource demand signal across NSS. The ability to influence teams outside of the direct reporting chain will be critical to the success of this role. Finally, the successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a proactive talent rotation program to grow key technical and mission experiences across the sector. 

Primary Responsibilities
•Work with the NSS SW Center Lead and develop collaborative working relationships with Line and Function leadership to include program teams, capture teams, Human Resources, and Talent Acquisition. 
•Work independently with and minimal direction to …