Government Services CTO

Leidos•Reston, VA

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Government Services CTO in the Health and Services Sector Office of Technology to lead growth opportunities in its Government Services Business Area. The role uses industry experience to develop and deliver innovative solutions that help customers transform and modernize mission operations across NASA, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and federal civilian and state agencies. The CTO serves as a technical and strategic lead, working with cross-functional teams to gather requirements through customer engagement and develop solutions for current and future needs in exploration, environment, energy, polar operations, and civilian mission markets. The CTO interfaces among programs, customers, and Leidos senior management to communicate customer domains, challenges, and strategies, supporting business development, technology insertion, high-value capture, and on-contract growth. The role leads customer shaping, requirements gathering, proposal support, solution development, and system integration across the Government Services domain. The preferred location is the DC Metro area to attend meetings in Reston, Virginia; periodic travel to customer and program sites is expected.

Requirements

Master's degree in a technical discipline and 15 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree and 13 years of prior relevant experience.
Experienced professional in contract performance, with demonstrated technical leadership and customer relationship-building in contract performance and growth.
Ability to generate on-contract growth by inserting innovation and technology into existing programs.
Experience as a solution architect, sales engineer, and/or technical volume lead on captures and proposals.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or DOE L security clearance.
Ability to coordinate with industry, academia, and government customers across multiple research, development, and funding lines to improve solution offerings, close capability gaps, and develop competitive technical solutions.
Experience defining, designing, integrating, and delivering complex mission systems for federal customers.
Knowledge of program management methodologies and techniques, performance evaluation, and change management principles.
Demonstrated personnel planning, project review, scheduling, and budget-control abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex ideas.
Experience writing white papers, RFI responses, proposals, and customer briefings.
Experience developing and reviewing bills of materials (BOMs) and basis of estimates (BOEs) for complex solutions.
Experience reviewing proposal content, including draft, red-team, and risk reviews.
Implementation experience with one or more of AWS, Azure, OCI, or GCP.
Experience implementing DevSecOps in a cloud environment.

Nice To Haves

Active DOE Q or Top Secret clearance.
Operational or technical experience in one or more Government Services mission areas: human spaceflight operations, environmental compliance and restoration, earth science and geospatial intelligence, energy research, nuclear security, remote-site operations and logistics, or civilian/public health systems.
Working knowledge of NASA, DOE/NNSA, NSF, DoD environmental, or federal civilian agency missions and acquisition environments.
Previous experience managing complex solution-development efforts or contracts, including operations and maintenance or management and operating (M&O) contracts.
Demonstrated ability to work across internal functions, subcontractors, and external entities to facilitate successful product completion and delivery.
Experience with data analytics, modern data platforms, and large-scale scientific or geospatial data processing.
Experience using modern digital engineering practices, including MBSE knowledge on development or integration programs.

Responsibilities

Conduct market research and technology comparisons for mission operations, research enterprise, environmental, logistics, and civilian mission processes and tools; track industry trends and assess technology fit for customer environments.
Engage with NASA, DOE/NNSA, NSF, USACE, NAVFAC, NOAA, USGS, and federal civilian and state health agencies to analyze customer needs and align them with industry trends and Leidos solutions.
Participate in opportunity-shaping efforts and communicate technical differentiators to customers, helping introduce Leidos technologies into customer operations.
Partner with Business Development staff to develop new-business strategy and assess current and future skills and technology needs.
Organize project and task workloads and select qualified individuals for project assignments.
Direct the technical organization to ensure progress aligns with technical specifications, campaign strategies, and business objectives.
Develop innovative solutions by researching and integrating best practices in mission operations, remote-site and supply-chain logistics, geospatial and environmental data, and secure enterprise IT.
Identify new technologies and lead investment projects that develop repeatable solutions and increase Leidos differentiation.
Assess the relevance and customer impact of emerging technologies, including AI/ML, digital twins, autonomy, and advanced analytics, across Government Services missions.
Support customer and stakeholder meetings and technical discussions.
Lead Government Services Internal Research and Development (IRAD) activities, including serving as Project Manager/Principal Investigator for complex efforts and managing cost and schedule against planned outcomes.
Translate solution requirements into design documentation and provide subject-matter expertise.
Guide design decisions, including solution evaluation and selection, buy-versus-build-versus-reuse decisions, early project estimates, platform selection, and technical designs.