Posted today
Top Secret/SCI
$131,300 - $237,350
25%
Unspecified
Management
Arlington, VA (On-Site/Office)
R-00175409
Description
Leidos Homeland team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Program Manager supporting Leidos Airports, Borders and Security CISA portfolio. The candidate will provide specialized knowledge to help organizations with technology-related matters coupled with strategy planning and execution of national and state level exercises. This role serves as a bridge between the government agency’s general mission needs and complex Cyber and Physical Security Exercise implementation and oversight. They use their expertise to help the government customers select, implement, and maintain robust exercise planning and execution effectively across an agile mission environment protecting critical infrastructure. The position identifies opportunities for improvement and proposes solutions that balance cost and efficiency. They work with clients to understand their goals and translate them into technically applicable solutions, ensuring that critical infrastructure resiliency is increased and risk is reduced. This often involves triaging complex issues and providing clear guidance to a wide audience of customers to make informed decisions.
This position is on a future contract pending award announcement.
Primary Responsibilities:
Required Security Clearance:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred/Desired Qualifications
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting: February 5, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
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 .
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
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.
Description
Leidos Homeland team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Program Manager supporting Leidos Airports, Borders and Security CISA portfolio. The candidate will provide specialized knowledge to help organizations with technology-related matters coupled with strategy planning and execution of national and state level exercises. This role serves as a bridge between the government agency’s general mission needs and complex Cyber and Physical Security Exercise implementation and oversight. They use their expertise to help the government customers select, implement, and maintain robust exercise planning and execution effectively across an agile mission environment protecting critical infrastructure. The position identifies opportunities for improvement and proposes solutions that balance cost and efficiency. They work with clients to understand their goals and translate them into technically applicable solutions, ensuring that critical infrastructure resiliency is increased and risk is reduced. This often involves triaging complex issues and providing clear guidance to a wide audience of customers to make informed decisions.
This position is on a future contract pending award announcement.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead and Manage teams in various scale exercise programs supporting national, regional or sector specific entities.
- Organizes, directs, and manages contract operation support functions, involving multiple, complex and inter-related project tasks within high op tempo mission critical environments.
- Manages teams of contract support personnel at multiple locations and as the principal liaison with the customer and identified partners.
- Mentor team leads supporting exercise programs, including technical staff implementations of tools and processes to enhance support to clients.
- Maintains and manages the client interface at the senior levels of the client organization.
- Meets with customer and contractor personnel to formulate and review task plans and deliverable items.
- Ensures conformance with program task schedules, costs, deliverables, and risk management.
- Develop and present executive level products, including AARs, Improvement Plans, and leadership updates.
Required Security Clearance:
- Active TS/SCI and DHS EOD .
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Program Management / Business Administration or equivalent related field
- A minimum of ten (10) years of overall experience in project and program management.
- A minimum of five (5) years of experience managing government (federal or state) exercises, emergency management, or critical infrastructure protection.
- Proven experience with managing Exercise planning and implementation.
- Exceptional technical aptitude and effective written and verbal communications skills.
- Experience in monitoring program priorities, procedures, objectives, resource allocation, and areas of service.
- Experience in managing program and project teams to ensure goals are completed on time.
- Experience in identifying possible current and future risks to program efficiency or success.
- Expertise in technical, executive reporting and production management providing customers with informed decision-making solutions.
- Advanced ability of critical thinking, problem solving, and team coordination against multiple mission needs simultaneously.
- Experience managing teams that use agile methodologies.
Preferred/Desired Qualifications
- HSEEP Experience and/or FEMA level exercise methodologies.
- PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) with secondary certifications in technical fields (cyber).
- Advance degree in Program Management / National Security with a focus in an IT related field.
- Familiarity with CISA national Level exercises and/or previous participation.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting: February 5, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
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 .
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission .
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.
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