SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Homeland Sector

Leidos•Reston, VA

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 position reports to the Leidos Corporate CTO, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Homeland Sector President, and serves both as a senior leader within Corporate Technology and as a member of the Homeland Sector executive leadership team. The CTO 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 role identifies where shared platforms, capabilities, talent and investment can create advantage while preserving the domain expertise and flexibility required by distinct businesses. It also brings relevant Leidos technologies, platforms, talent and investment into Homeland, while ensuring Homeland’s customer needs, technologies and market insights inform the broader Leidos technology agenda. The CTO shapes business and portfolio strategy through a technology perspective; engages customers early to influence demand and technical direction; supports strategic pursuits and major captures; strengthens technical execution; and guides technology and portfolio investment decisions. The role promotes modern software and systems engineering, digital engineering, automation, AI-assisted development, rapid experimentation and iterative delivery where they improve speed and outcomes. It also advances responsible adoption of AI, autonomy, advanced analytics and other emerging technologies, and builds the technical leadership, talent and organizational capabilities needed for Homeland’s future.

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 both 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

Bring a technology perspective to Homeland business and portfolio strategy and translate strategic choices into technology priorities and investments.
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, using technology to strengthen competitive differentiation.
Advise Sector leadership on technology, investment, partnerships, acquisitions, integration, divestitures and major business decisions.
Lead and develop Business Area CTOs and cross-sector technical leaders, build succession depth and raise organizational capability and performance.
Ensure major programs and pursuits have strong technical leadership, sound architecture and early visibility into material technical risks.
Lead transformation in how technology is developed, deployed, reused and adopted across the Sector, translating strategy into behavior change and measurable outcomes.
Promote modern engineering approaches that reduce the time from customer need and technical concept to operational use.
Drive disciplined build, buy, partner, acquire, integrate and reuse decisions 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 provide value.
Move AI and other emerging technologies beyond 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 contributing Homeland requirements and successful capabilities to the broader Leidos technology agenda.
Attract scarce technical talent, strengthen critical disciplines, create talent mobility and develop the next generation of technology leaders.
Build trusted relationships with senior customer technology and mission leaders, strategic partners and the broader technical ecosystem.