Technical Project Manager

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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.

Leidos' Defense Sensors Open Air Sensors Division is seeking a Technical
Project Manager to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar orientated problems. This position affords new or experienced engineers continued opportunities to learn and grow in technical knowledge of sensor and radar systems. The department encourages and frequently incorporates new ideas from all employees into our many sensor projects which span the entire DoD ecosystem.

Opportunities for advancement into senior technical roles, as well as project or personnel management are also available.

This position offers a unique opportunity to transition into leadership of an established technical portfolio through a planned two-year mentorship and knowledge-transfer period with the incumbent Program Manager. The successful candidate will progressively assume responsibility for customer relationships, technical execution, financial performance, contractual commitments, and long-term portfolio strategy.

• Lead the planning and execution of multiple technical projects and Task Orders within a complex, software-intensive defense portfolio, with responsibility for technical performance, schedule, cost, staffing, risk, and customer commitments.
• Partner directly with government customers and internal technical leadership to understand mission needs, define and prioritize requirements, establish project priorities, demonstrate system capabilities, and plan future development and modernization initiatives. Periodic travel to customer locations is required.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, technical schedules, staffing plans, budgets, cost estimates, and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) to ensure resources and activities are aligned with program objectives and contractual requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams spanning software engineering, systems engineering, cybersecurity, Information Assurance, IT, test, security, facilities, finance, contracts, procurement, and other functional organizations. Establish priorities, coordinate resources, manage dependencies, resolve issues, and drive projects to successful completion.
• Monitor project performance against technical, schedule, and financial baselines. Analyze planned versus actual performance, identify emerging risks and issues, develop corrective-action or recovery plans, and maintain accountability for project objectives.
• Prepare and deliver recurring technical, schedule, financial, and programmatic reviews to customers, program leadership, and executive management, clearly communicating accomplishments, upcoming milestones, risks, issues, resource requirements, and recommended actions.
• Manage software development and delivery activities throughout the development lifecycle, including requirements and backlog prioritization, Agile planning and execution, software integration and test, technical reviews, release readiness, customer testing, and production deployment.
• Serve as a primary interface between customers and development teams, translating customer and mission requirements into actionable technical priorities and ensuring delivered capabilities provide the intended operational value.
• Support and progressively lead proposal and business-development activities, including development of technical approaches, Basis of Estimates (BOEs), staffing and resource plans, cost estimates, Task Order proposals, and competitive IDIQ contract recompetes.
• Coordinate software configuration, release, documentation, and secure delivery activities required to provide software and technical products to government customers, including activities associated with classified systems and controlled technical information.
• Coordinate IT, cybersecurity, and Information Assurance activities necessary to maintain secure classified and unclassified development and laboratory environments, including Authority to Operate…