SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Homeland Sector

Leidos•Reston, VA

1d•$262,200 - $421,875

About The Position

The Chief Technology Officer of the Homeland Sector is an enterprise business and technology leader responsible for shaping how technology advances the Sector’s strategy, growth, delivery, investment priorities and future portfolio. The CTO connects enterprise technology strategy and capabilities with Homeland’s customer, market and delivery needs, integrating the Corporate CTO’s enterprise technology agenda with the Homeland Sector President’s business strategy and outcomes. The role reports to the Leidos Corporate CTO, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Homeland Sector President. The CTO serves as a senior leader within Corporate Technology and as a member of the Homeland Sector executive leadership team. The role directly leads the Homeland technology organization, including Business Area CTOs and cross-sector technical leaders, and works closely with Business Area presidents, Growth, Operations and corporate technology organizations. The CTO brings relevant Leidos technologies, platforms, talent and investment into Homeland, while ensuring Homeland’s customer needs, technologies and market insights help shape the broader Leidos technology agenda. The role shapes business and portfolio strategy through a technology perspective; engages customers early to identify emerging needs and influence technical direction; supports strategic pursuits and customer relationships; and guides technology investment and portfolio choices. It strengthens technical execution, modernizes how technology is developed and deployed, and accelerates responsible adoption of AI, autonomy, advanced analytics, digital engineering and other emerging technologies. The mandate is to create leverage through shared platforms, capabilities, talent and investment where these provide real advantage, while preserving the domain expertise and flexibility required by distinct businesses. The position leads and develops technology leaders across a diverse, global Sector; builds succession depth and critical technical capabilities; attracts and retains scarce talent; and fosters a culture of technical rigor, reuse, customer outcomes, accountability and continual learning. Success includes stronger customer shaping and competitive differentiation, faster delivery of operational capabilities, productive technology investment, earlier visibility into technical risk, and effective application of enterprise-wide capabilities. Leidos describes its culture as focused on challenging the status quo and moving quickly to meet mission needs. The listed pay range is $262,200.00–$421,875.00. The range is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation; offer factors may include responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data and other considerations.

Requirements

Executive technology leadership experience in a large, complex organization, with demonstrated ability to shape business and portfolio strategy through technology.
Proven experience using technology to influence customer demand, major pursuits, competitive position, growth and significant investment decisions.
Demonstrated technical depth in multiple relevant disciplines, with the breadth and judgment to lead expert organizations across a diverse technology portfolio.
Demonstrated success modernizing complex organizations or systems and moving technology from concept through development into operational use at meaningful scale.
Proven ability to lead change across a matrix, influence senior business, customer and technical leaders, and translate strategy into measurable organizational outcomes.
Proven ability to build and develop senior technical leaders, strengthen succession depth, attract critical talent and raise organizational capability and performance.
Strong ability to translate complex technical issues into clear business choices and establish credibility with customers, executives and technical teams.

Nice To Haves

Executive experience in aerospace, transportation, critical infrastructure, government technology, national security, energy, security systems or related mission-critical markets.
Experience leading technology across both government and commercial business models.
Experience spanning corporate or enterprise technology organizations and operating businesses.
Strong understanding of modern software development, systems engineering, data, AI, digital engineering, cyber and related disciplines.
Experience modernizing large-scale operational systems and applying reusable platforms or shared technical architectures.
Experience applying emerging technologies to operational missions or engineering workflows.
Experience operating across international businesses and external technology ecosystems.

Responsibilities

Shape Homeland business and portfolio strategy by bringing a technology perspective and translating strategic choices into technology priorities and investment.
Engage customers, Growth and Business Areas early to identify emerging needs, influence technical direction and position differentiated solutions.
Partner with Business Area and Growth leaders on strategic pursuits, major captures and customer relationships to turn technology into competitive differentiation.
Advise Sector leadership on technology-related strategy, investment, partnerships, acquisitions, integration, divestitures and major business decisions.
Lead and develop the Homeland technology organization, including Business Area CTOs and cross-sector technical leaders; strengthen succession depth and organizational capability.
Strengthen technical execution by ensuring consequential programs and pursuits have technical leadership, sound architecture and early visibility into material technical risk.
Lead transformation in how technology is developed, deployed, reused and adopted across the Sector, translating strategy into changed practices and measurable outcomes.
Promote modern engineering approaches that reduce the time from customer need and technical concept to operational use.
Shape technology and portfolio investment decisions, including build, buy, partner, acquire, integrate and reuse choices, in coordination with Corporate Technology and Business Area leadership.
Increase reuse of successful platforms, software, data, engineering approaches and other capabilities across markets where they create value.
Accelerate adoption of AI and other emerging technologies from experimentation toward measurable business, engineering and mission outcomes.
Connect Homeland and Corporate Technology by bringing relevant enterprise technologies, platforms, investment and talent into Homeland and sharing Sector requirements and successful capabilities across Leidos.
Attract scarce technical talent, strengthen critical disciplines, create mobility across Business Areas and build the next generation of technology leaders.
Represent Leidos externally and build trusted relationships with senior customer technology and mission leaders, strategic partners and the broader technical ecosystem.