Program Manager - DEL

Leidos•Fort Belvoir, VA

About The Position

Leidos is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead and grow the DTRA Experimentation Lab (DEL) Program in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. As key personnel, the PM provides overall program leadership and serves as the primary integrator between the Leidos team and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Research and Development (RD) Directorate. The PM ensures that customer projects, service desk requests, and operational priorities are tracked, coordinated, and completed on schedule while providing strong customer service and mission support. The role translates evolving mission needs into technical and operational outcomes and requires communication with technical personnel and senior nontechnical stakeholders. The PM coordinates across DTRA customers and stakeholders, including the RD Directorate, DTRA J6, facilities stakeholders, and DTRA cybersecurity offices. The PM leads the technical approach, day-to-day operations, infrastructure sustainment, cybersecurity coordination, and modernization initiatives, including AI-enabled capabilities, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and engineering-task automation. Working with Leidos finance, contracts, and technical leadership, the PM maintains appropriate staffing and executes within the established contract budget. Responsibilities also include planning for staffing and overseeing software licenses, hardware, infrastructure, and anticipated travel requirements, as applicable. The PM leads Leidos and partner personnel, enables government customers and other performers, manages program risks, and drives measurable outcomes with accountability, sound technical judgment, empathy, integrity, and mission focus. The position requires clear recommendations and the ability to explain financial, technical, and security-related decisions in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment. Success includes achieving modernization and operational milestones on schedule and within contract and budget constraints; mitigating technical, operational, financial, contractual, and organizational risks; maintaining continuous ATO authorization and cyber credibility; and sustaining trusted relationships with government, subcontractor, and industry partners. DTRA enables the Department of Defense, the Interagency, and International Partners to counter and deter Weapons of Mass Destruction and Improvised Threat Networks. DEL serves as DTRA’s focal point for IT integration, innovation, and collaboration, supporting customer missions and cross-RD advanced R&D initiatives while maintaining awareness of emerging technologies and leveraging existing RD assets. Salary information in the posting includes a stated range of $125,000 to $165,000 and a Leidos pay range of $107,900 to $195,050. The latter is described as a general guideline, not a guarantee of compensation.

Requirements

BA/BS or equivalent experience and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience; specific experience, education, and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Experience autonomously guiding complex projects and operations across multiple related IT disciplines throughout the project lifecycle.
At least 2 years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.
Active DoW Secret-level security clearance at the time of consideration.
Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance and eligibility for SCI at the time of consideration.
Ability to communicate effectively with technical personnel and senior nontechnical stakeholders.
Ability to lead with accountability, sound technical judgment, integrity, and mission focus in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience serving as the single accountable voice in contested environments.
Experience estimating technical and operational costs.
Experience identifying and assessing business impacts of proposed changes to a technical solution or enterprise operation.
Experience operating at senior levels with accountability for enterprise outcomes.
Experience effectively integrating subcontractor partners into the mission.
Ability to negotiate and influence others to understand and accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.

Responsibilities

Provide overall program leadership and serve as the primary integrator between Leidos and the DTRA RD Directorate.
Track, coordinate, and ensure timely completion of customer projects, service desk requests, and operational priorities.
Translate evolving mission needs into executable technical and operational outcomes.
Coordinate with DTRA customers and stakeholders, including the RD Directorate, DTRA J6, facilities stakeholders, and cybersecurity offices.
Lead the program’s technical approach, day-to-day operations, infrastructure sustainment, cybersecurity coordination, and modernization initiatives.
Pursue improvements such as AI-enabled capabilities, Infrastructure as Code, and engineering-task automation.
Work with Leidos finance, contracts, and technical leadership to maintain appropriate staffing and execute within the contract budget.
Plan budget and staffing needs and oversee software licenses, hardware, infrastructure, and anticipated travel requirements, as applicable.
Lead Leidos and partner personnel, enable government customers and other performers, identify and manage risks, and drive measurable outcomes.
Provide technically credible leadership across operations, architecture, cybersecurity, and modernization, identifying risks and challenging incorrect assumptions.
Translate technical and operational realities into actionable guidance for senior government stakeholders.
Ensure modernization, migration, and engineering activities comply with RMF requirements, ATO constraints, and approved cyber risk tolerances, in partnership with cyber and compliance leadership.
Build and sustain trusted relationships across Leidos, subcontractors, and government partners.
Achieve modernization and operational milestones on schedule and within contract and budget constraints while mitigating risks before they affect performance.
Maintain continuous ATO authorization and proactively manage POA&Ms and CORA findings.