Operations Task Lead

** Description*
* The  
** Task Lead
** serves as Area Lead for operational teams ensuring team positions are fully staffed with trained and qualified specialists; creates and manages crew schedules that will include non-standard work shifts often involving nights and weekends; communicates and evaluates position requirements ensuring crew members meet and maintain position proficiency; maintains team morale in a dynamic, high-pressure, high customer-visibility operational environment; ensures quality control of all products;

and works directly with customer counterparts and executives.

In addition to proven leadership skills, this Task Lead must also possess a high level of mission focus and has demonstrated being reliable, productive, fair, level minded, and can take and give constructive feedback. This person must be able to recognize and reward others efforts and provide recommendations to leadership should administrative actions need to be taken.

** PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES*
* + Supervise team that is responsible for various customer requirements

+ Manage schedule changes, manning requirements, and corporate and customer training

+ Assign daily and weekly goals meeting customer objectives and manage corporate tasks

+ Evaluate and recommend performance management to the team.

** BASIC QUALIFICATIONS*
* +  
** Must currently posses an active TS/SCI Clearance with Poly in order to be considered; candidates who do not currently possess this level of clearance will not be considered*
* + Bachelor's degree (additional relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree) with 12+ years DoD, IC or customer related experience

+ Must have 1+ year direct program experience

+ Experience leading teams that are focused on achieving timely accurate results

** DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS*
* + 3+ years of managing teams, shift schedules and no-notice change requests. Experience on the team can be substituted for direct management experience.

+ Crew Resource Management training

MSBA

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:*
* September 9, 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 $ - $

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.

** 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   .

** 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   .

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