Strategy Execution Lead

Leidos•San Antonio, TX

3d•$105,300 - $190,350

About The Position

Leidos is seeking an experienced Strategy Execution Lead to coordinate integrated planning, team execution, and performance reporting in support of the United States Air Force Integrated Defensive Cyber Systems (IDCS) mission. The role translates program priorities into clear plans, achievable milestones, and coordinated activities in collaboration with government leadership, engineering teams, operational stakeholders, and industry partners. The lead manages a cross-functional team of 11 professionals supporting integrated master scheduling, capability roadmaps, requirements coordination, and execution tracking across defensive cyber development efforts. The position serves as the primary day-to-day coordination point among the Program Office’s Materiel Leader, government representatives, engineering teams, prime contractors, subcontractors, and industry partners. It oversees assignments, deliverables, milestones, resource commitments, and execution progress; provides leadership with recommendations on schedules, resources, delivery tradeoffs, and priorities; and escalates decisions or constraints beyond the team’s authority. The lead develops and maintains resource-loaded integrated master schedules and consolidated portfolio baselines, using critical path analysis, resource assessments, performance measures, impact reviews, and what-if analyses. The role coordinates milestone-based capability roadmaps and requirements alignment, manages planning-artifact configuration and version control, and identifies dependencies, constraints, risks, and decision points. It also develops status assessments and performance indicators, facilitates cross-functional planning and review sessions, and establishes consistent practices for scheduling, roadmap development, requirements alignment, baseline management, reporting, and continuous improvement. The position supports the IDCS mission by connecting program priorities to organized, measurable execution and providing leadership with timely information for decisions. The role requires practical team leadership, hands-on planning experience, strong communication, and the ability to organize competing priorities and recommend solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business Management, Program Management, or a related discipline with 12 or more years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree with 10 or more years of relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI within 90 days.
Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating a multidisciplinary technical team in defense, cybersecurity, engineering, or related programs.
Ability to translate leadership priorities into executable plans and measurable objectives.
Hands-on experience developing or maintaining integrated master schedules, roadmaps, schedule baselines, and critical path analyses.
Knowledge of requirements management, traceability, schedule dependencies, risk, and integrated execution.
Experience coordinating government, prime contractor, subcontractor, and engineering stakeholders.
Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Project Server, Deltek Open Plan, or comparable scheduling tools.
Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar enterprise tools.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical and schedule information for program stakeholders.
Ability to organize competing priorities, exercise sound judgment, and resolve routine execution challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Air Force cybersecurity programs, Air Force Cyber Command, or DoD Defensive Cyber Operations.
Experience coordinating with a DoD Program Office, Materiel Leader, or acquisition and engineering stakeholders.
Understanding of DoD acquisition, systems engineering lifecycle management, and capability development.
Experience coordinating planning and delivery across engineering, development, and operational teams.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and integration of iterative delivery into enterprise schedules.
Experience improving requirements traceability, planning frameworks, governance, and performance reporting.
Ability to prepare leadership-ready roadmaps, dashboards, risk summaries, and schedule forecasts.
Experience facilitating planning sessions, technical reviews, and program status briefings.

Responsibilities

Lead, manage, mentor, and develop a cross-functional team of 11 professionals supporting Air Force defensive cyber capability development.
Coordinate day-to-day with the Program Office’s Materiel Leader, government representatives, engineering teams, prime contractors, subcontractors, and industry partners to align priorities, responsibilities, and execution expectations.
Oversee team assignments, engineering deliverables, milestones, resource commitments, and execution progress; identify constraints and recommend solutions to program leadership.
Provide recommendations on scheduling options, resource requirements, delivery tradeoffs, and execution priorities.
Develop and maintain the resource-loaded Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for IDCS and related defensive cyber activities, incorporating engineering work, capability development, contractual milestones, technical dependencies, and decision points.
Integrate subordinate project schedules into a consolidated portfolio baseline, maintaining accurate dependencies, traceability, consistent planning practices, and accountability.
Apply critical path analysis, resource assessments, schedule performance measures, impact reviews, and what-if analyses to forecast outcomes, assess alternatives, identify risks, and recommend corrective actions.
Coordinate milestone-based capability roadmaps with engineering, product, program management, and government stakeholders, aligning delivery timelines with objectives, technical requirements, resources, operational priorities, and the IMS.
Identify cross-program dependencies, integration constraints, and critical decision points; prepare roadmap views and status products showing capability timelines, readiness, and dependencies.
Maintain configuration and version control of strategic planning artifacts and alignment across schedules, roadmaps, requirements, and delivery commitments.
Coordinate requirements management, governance, and traceability with requirements authorities, systems engineering, product teams, and developers.
Identify requirements decomposition gaps, ambiguities, dependencies, and planning misalignments that create delivery risks; maintain configuration controls and incorporate decision points into planning and reporting.
Establish and maintain processes for identifying, documenting, communicating, and tracking execution risks, issues, and dependencies.
Evaluate program performance, resource constraints, technical interdependencies, and delivery trends; recommend mitigation strategies, sequencing alternatives, and resource allocation options.
Develop concise status assessments and performance indicators covering progress, forecast milestones, team capacity, dependencies, and leadership decisions, supported by integrated schedule, requirements, resource, and capability analysis.
Facilitate cross-functional planning discussions, milestone reviews, and coordination sessions; align organizations, clarify ownership, document decisions, and support accurate, actionable portfolio reporting.
Establish and maintain policies, procedures, operating rhythms, and best practices for scheduling, roadmap development, requirements alignment, baseline management, and cross-organizational reporting.
Identify inefficiencies, duplicative reporting, and unnecessary administrative burdens; recommend and implement approved process improvements.
Promote disciplined use of collaboration, scheduling, and work-management tools and drive improvements through stakeholder feedback, lessons learned, and continuous improvement.