Program Director

Job Description

Description

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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

Leidos Defense seeks a Supplier Project Manager to work with the Indirect Fire protection Capability (IFPC) here in Huntsville, Alabama. This role will support the All Up Round Magazine (AUR-M) team and involves strategic oversight of planning, budgeting, risk management, and customer engagement. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience managing complex projects across internal teams and external vendors, with hands-on involvement in contract operations, staffing, finances, and deliverables. Position is based onsite up to 5 days / week with some telework flexibility.

Primary Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and manage large projects.

Managed Supplier Costs, schedule, and technical performance.

Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.

Makes decisions at the project team level and properly escalate those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis.

Create project management plans, Statement of Works (SOW), set expectations, execute governance reviews, and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.

Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.

Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational / PMO standards.

Ensures projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies.

Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.

Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, and report monthly accruals.

Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards, and project updates.

Actively monitor, track and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Engineering, or a related field and at least 12-15 years of related experience or a Master’s Degree and 10-13 years of relevant experience. Additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.

Experience working with Risk Management Tools

Experience in understanding Statements of Work (SOW)

Experience with Supplier Documents Requirement Lists (SDRLs).

Experience working on large projects under DoD-sponsored Contracts.

Demonstrate experience in the management and control of funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms.

Experience with engineering program and project management activities including reading engineering drawings, developing requirements, coordinating subcontracts and subcontractors, scheduling, project execution and wrap-up, and reporting.

Excellent written and verbal communications skills for communicating with customers and clients; strong problem solving and people skills for collaborating with team.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Earned Value Management system (EVMS) process.

Familiarity with modern-day Cybersecurity and Cryptographic Key Management solutions.

PMP Certified

Master’s Degree in a relevant technical or management field

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Original Posting : November 24, 2025

For U.S. Positions : While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range : Pay Range $112,450.00 - $203,275.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com / careers / pay -benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.