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Leidos is seeking a highly motivated and tactical, Technical Program Manager in our Arlington, VA office who will be responsible for growing and managing the group’s portfolio in the areas of advanced airborne systems and custom microelectonics. The candidate will be responsible for boosting strategic growth by understanding the customer’s needs and creating and managing new business. 

Primary Responsibilities:

Professional

• Responsible for growing the business portfolio, capturing and winning new business

• Responsible for program management, proposal development and contract execution.

• Assist the Department Manager with the preparation and administration of departmental budgets, business plans and metrics

Functional

• Plan, coordinate, and manage small, medium, and large-scale projects and programs

• Integrate all functions and activities necessary to ensure the project/program meets client/customer requirements

• Direct project team members, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface

• Manage technical aspects, costs, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions

• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership while engaging multi-discipline teams and responding to business needs

• Make decisions at the project team-level and properly escalate issues that cannot be resolved timely

• Create project management plans, set expectations, and ensure plans are driven by organizational procedures

• Ensure requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed, and approved per organizational/program standards

• Ensure projects are delivered on-time, within budget, and remain in scope; monitor and track project dependencies

• Create a work breakdown structure defining all activities required for project deliverables

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

• Create/deliver high-quality, informative, written/verbal project communications, including weekly project status, dashboards, and updates

• Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones, and overall project quality

Basic Qualifications : 

• Proven experience working with DARPA and DoD program managers and business capture.

• Demonstrated experience with Electronic Warfare systems and/or custom microelectronics Systems, identifying mission technology gaps and developing future technologies to benefit the warfighter.

• Hands on technical management and execution of hardware driven advanced technology and prototype development programs for DoD systems.

• Proven ability to build and maintain lasting customer relationships, partnerships, and external stakeholder networks

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Project or similar project management tool

• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and adherence to data protection/other guidelines 

• Bachelors degree in a science or engineering field and 12 years of prior relevant management experience

• U.S. citizen with an active Secret Collateral clearance and eligible for SCI access.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in managing Department of Defense research efforts, including AFRL, DARPA, ONR, and similar customer organizations. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple simultaneous efforts while keeping efforts on schedule and on budget.

• Prior experience in leading successful business development campaigns. Demonstrated skills include the ability to effectively communicate with customers, understand their needs, and develop technical white papers and proposals.

• Master’s degree in an engineering or science discipline with at least 10 years of prior relevant experience.

• U.S. citizen with active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

LInC

Electronic Warfare

Pay Range:

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.