Deputy Program Manager
Listed on 2026-09-24
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Management
Project & Program Management, Operations Management
Description
Leidos is seeking an experienced Program Manager (PM) to support a high-visibility Intelligence Community customer within a challenging, dynamic, and mission-focused environment in the Virginia and Maryland area. The successful candidate will serve as the Deputy PM responsible for a Cost-Plus Award Fee contract, completion/deliverables based. This position requires extensive previous experience as a Program Manager experience in the Intelligence Community.
The D/PM will collaborate with the PM, government stakeholders, program leadership, financial professionals, and cross-functional teams to support mission success.
Primary Responsibilities Leadership & Program Management- Responsible for effectively and efficiently planning, organizing, directing and controlling the administrative and technical requirement of the program that impact Leidos’ ability to meet the Government’s requirements.
- Support the allocation and management of program resources, including staffing, facilities, budgets, recruitment and training (direct and indirect) on the contract.
- Review and approve Estimate to Complete, Contract Data Requirements (CDR) and other financial reports based on contractual requirements.
- Review risk and risk mitigation activities and report status to the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR).
- Prepare program status reviews and other formal reviews to be presented to the Government COTR. Communicate issues and solutions to the Government COTR.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory and administrative requirements imposed by the contract in coordination with the Contractor’s contracts staff.
- Review all financial and technical reports before release to the Government.
- Ensure cross-discipline integration within the contract to meet Government needs.
- Review and approve financial performance, Basis of Estimates (BOEs), Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Estimates to Complete (ETC), funds and labor reporting, and review/approval of all required financial deliverables.
- Support Program Management Reviews (PMRs) to the customer.
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
- BA/BS or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years or prior relevant experience. Experience working within or directly supporting the Intelligence Community.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in program/project management with programs of similar scope and size and/or complexity to include subcontract management experience.
- Demonstrated experience supporting the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI/DNI).
- Demonstrated experience in conducting requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, schedule and financial data monitoring, and reporting.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to senior government and contractor leadership.
- Proven ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with customers, subcontractors, and cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with a completion based/deliverables-based contract
- Relevant experience working with Intelligence Community organizations.
- Project Management certification (i.e. PMP) desired.
- Master’s degree desired
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