Senior Program Manager

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.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos Defense Sector - Advanced Materials & Test Division is seeking a Senior Program Manager to join our team of talented scientists engineers and program staff focused on advancing Hypersonic Systems and implementing defense solutions that are enabled by the application of materials in extreme environments.

Leidos Defense 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 worlds toughest security challenges for customers with cant fail missions. To explore and learn more click here!

Primary Responsibilities

As a Senior Program Manager the individual will lead a program team involved with advanced manufacturing of missile systems and test platform components. The position will have responsibility for planning tracking and execution of complex tasking within technical schedule and budget constraints. The Senior Program Manager will be the primary interface with the customer and will also be responsible for customer relationships. Additionally the Senior Program Manager will be a critical member of proposal teams responsible for follow-on business and on contract growth.

• Communicate regularly with government and prime customers and other external stakeholders participating in nation-wide team to build and maintain strong relationships founded on trust transparency and collaboration. Such communications include regular status updates as well as growth and strategy collaborations. These interactions include one-on-one interactions with senior leadership to large formal program management reviews with participants from the broad national team.
• Through clear frequent and compelling communication set expectations and guide the direction of work of the internal team.
• Develop and implement execution and growth strategies for the program leveraging the best available resources.
• Work with program team leads and Division leaders to develop staffing plans to execute the needed work
• Work with program team leads program finance analysts and Division leaders to develop financial budgets metrics and targets to successfully execute the required work. This must be done on a recurrent basis as the program evolves.
• Work with customers collaborators vendors program team leads matrixed scheduling staff and Division leaders to develop detailed schedules to successfully execute the required work. This must be done on a recurrent basis as the program evolves.
• Provide regular detailed internal reporting in the form of Monthly Reports Integrated Program Reviews weekly status reports etc. as required.
• Communicate frequently with Division leaders to maintain their awareness of program needs and performance expectations and seek resources or guidance to best achieve optimal program performance.
• Leveraging all available resources and collaborating with program staff Division leaders customers team-members and stakeholders work to aggressively mitigate all risks to consistent on-time on-cost successful program execution.
• Travel (up to 25%) for test events and technical interchange meetings to various test locations or collaborator performance sites.

Basic Qualifications.

• Active DOD clearance at the SECRET level or higher
• Bachelors Degree in science or engineering
• BA degree with 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 13 years of prior relevant experience.
• Prior experience in a program management or deputy program management role for a program with more than $30M in annual value.
• Prior experience leading programs or tasks involving the development prototyping or launching of flight vehicles for Department of War applications

Preferred Qualifications.

• Experience leading programs or tasks focused on flight testing missiles rockets or similar flight vehicles at government test ranges.
• Advanced degree in business science or engineering
• Strong understanding of hardware development manufacturing procurement production and integration in an AS9100 environment
• Working knowledge of missile systems
• Proven experience developing maintaining and managing to detailed program schedules leveraging matrixed scheduling staff
• Proven experience developing maintaining and managing to detailed financial plans leveraging matrixed program finance staff
• Proven experience leading through dynamic program start-up or substantial program growth phases
• Proven experience communicating with senior company leadership regarding program status as well as expectation management and strategy shaping.
• Proven experience growing and maintaining solid customer and external stakeholder relationships based on trust transparency and demonstrated results
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a highly dynamic program environment with shifting priorities requirements and funding allocations.
• Consistent track record of achieving success through communication transparency and collaboration
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to be flexible and learn on the job from colleagues in new environments or when encountering new circumstances or requirements.

AppKinetic

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

August 28 2026

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 $139100.00 - $251450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC