Leidos’s is currently seeking a Strategy and Execution Lead with 12+ years of broad Information Technology experience and deep technical knowledge and cross-functional leadership skills to drive end-to-end solutions across multiple domains. In this role, you will oversee background research, market gap analysis, system integration design, lab setup and support, project management, analytics, and data analysis—while ensuring seamless alignment among engineering, services, consultants, and partner teams. The candidate must have familiarity with Data Center Infrastructure, Storage systems, application integration, data analytics, visualization, end to end solution creation, Cloud Solutions, and advanced collaboration tools with an expertise in at least one of the areas.
You will also be responsible for assisting in the identification and management of subcontractors, developing and reporting project KPIs, and responding to RFPs/RFIs. An ideal candidate will have a proven track record in data analytics, collaboration tools, and enterprise software integration (e.g., Salesforce, Workspan, Mavenlink PM, SAP, Oracle CRM, NetSuite).
Primary Responsibilities
•Conduct market and technical research to identify solution gaps and emerging technologies, proposing next-generation capabilities to integrate in to solutions.
•Lead strategic and operational initiatives, aligning resources and ensuring cross-functional collaboration across multiple business areas.
•Architect and implement integrations with enterprise systems focusing on data analytics, automation, and collaboration tool optimization.
•Oversee project management activities (scope, schedule, budget, risk) and manage subcontractors to meet quality, cost, and timeline objectives.
•Develop and coordinate responses to RFPs/RFIs, shaping compelling technical solutions and proposals.
•Establish, monitor, and report on KPIs and metrics, delivering data-driven insights and recommendations to stakeholders and executive leadership.
•Serve as a primary point of contact for stakeholder engagement, communicating milestones, challenges, and strategic decisions effectively.
•Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, scalability, and innovation across teams and projects.
•Serve as a technical architect across the entire lifecycle of new business pursuits within an integrated growth team, including proposal, capture, and business development activities.
•Support end-to-end thought leadership across proposal responses that include elements such as technical solution, partners, staffing, implementation schedule, and BOE.
•Lead solution development across one of the following core areas: Data Center Infrastructure, Storage systems, application integration, data analytics, visualization, end to end solution creation, Cloud Solutions, and advanced collaboration tools.
•Develop notional, logical, and physical solutions diagram and integration of solution into customer’s environment in a manner that fully meets all technical and management requirements.
•Provide technical writing capabilities in the development of technical artifacts, white papers, statements of work, briefings, and proposals, etc.
•Support customer meetings to understand customer requirements and provide solution presentations to the customer.
•Work with teaming partners to develop technical solutions, integration of teaming partners’ capabilities, and pricing strategies, etc.
•Work with engineering staff to extract information in a structured process to create winning, cost acceptable technical solutions for proposals.
Basic Qualifications
•Requires BS degree with 12+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
•5+ years of experience leading technical teams
•Excellent written and oral communication capability with the ability to communicate with executive leadership.
•Lean Six Sigma or similar project management / process improvement credentials
•Experience implementing automated workflows and integrations
•Ability to align strategic alliances, shape go-to-market strategies, and expand solution offerings
•Skill with advanced analytics methodologies (e.g., predictive modeling, machine learning) to forecast performance and optimize outcomes
•Experience performing IT systems engineering.
•Experience contributing major subsections to IT proposals and startup upon award.
•Experience organizing and establishing projects demonstrating complete understanding of project management functions.
•Familiarity with IT Operations to include multi-tier service desk and SLA management.
•Capable of obtaining a DoD Top Secret clearance
Desired Qualifications
•IT engineering leadership experience
•Experience estimating technical and operations costs and planning delivery of new IT projects.
•Experienced proposing and injecting new technology advancements into ongoing operations.
•Experience identifying and assessing business impacts to proposed changes to a largely technical solution or enterprise operation.
•Experience with industry standard datacenter infrastructure technologies (cloud, servers, storage, networking, telecom)
Original Posting:April 28, 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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00
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.
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What We Do
We Are Leidos
For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world.
OUR MISSION
Through our culture of innovation and history of performance, we develop deep customer trust built on integrity and create enduring solutions that improve our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the newly launched Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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