Description
The Leidos Space Force, Air Force, and Defense Agencies (SpADe) Division has an opening for a Technical Director.
This position will support the active growth plans of the “SpADe” IT Division with a focus on Air Force, Space Force, and Defense Agencies customers. The selected candidate will work with Technology and Growth personnel to understand customer needs and lead initial capability validation and solution development and verification. They will bring these solutions forward through white papers, proof of concepts, presentations, and initial proposal artifacts. This position requires a broad and deep understanding of technology and our customers to match solutions to customer requirements and to differentiate Leidos from our competitors. The successful candidate will be able to hold executive level and mission stakeholder discussions with our customers to further advance their appreciation of Leidos’ abilities to meet and exceed their mission needs.
In addition to growth support, this position will support SpADe Portfolio Managers and program managers with on-contract execution and growth of various AF, SF and Defense agency contracts with a focus on the development and implementation of solutions to enable effective requirements decomposition, repeatable engineering and architecture review processes, DoD compliant configuration management programs, and validation of Leidos on-contract technical and management solutions alignment to customer mission needs.
The position will be primarily remote but will require some onsite work at our Reston HQ, on-contract sites, and in-person INCONUS and OCONUS customer meetings as needed.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Support customer engagement and opportunity strategy development as a technical expert with an understanding of Digital Modernization Sector capabilities and repeatable offerings across our Technology Practice Areas.
- Create content for white papers, RFI responses, proposals, and briefings demonstrating the thought leadership capabilities of the organization, as well as supporting various marketing and business development efforts through customer interaction
- Support business development and capture teams to identify, quality, and pursue opportunities.
- Assist capture strategy development through technical leadership, including the creation and marketing of discriminating value propositions
- Support customer meetings and call plan development and execution to understand customer requirements and provide solution presentations to the customer
- Draft OV-1 and initial solution elements and validate with customers
- Support program management and business development reviews and assist in improving the performance of existing projects as required
- Conduct pre-sales engineering activities, to include engaging directly with customers in combination with our Business Development and Operations leadership teams
- Support on-contract execution of various AF and SF SE&I contract with a focus on the development and implementation of solutions to enable effective requirements decomposition, repeatable engineering and architecture review processes, DoD compliant configuration management programs, and validation of Leidos on-contract technical and management solutions alignment to customer mission needs.
Basic Qualifications:
- Requires MS or MBA degree with 15+ years of prior relevant experience
- Experience (at least 5 years) in three of the following areas, with expertise in at least one: Networking Engineering, Cybersecurity, System Development, AI/ML, Data Science, Data Warehousing, Data Governance, Hardware Engineering, IT Operations, System Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Information Assurance or ITIL Framework
- Experience in running technology analysis, trade studies, product evaluations, or research projects
- A TS/SCI clearance is required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience performing or technology oversight
- Development and/or Operational program experience
- Direct experience working with or for the Department of Defense (DoD) or Intelligence Community (IC)
- Strong communication skills (writing, speaking, and listening)
- Experience in customer engagements
- Experience developing digital modernization solutions involving data sciences, machine learning, or artificial intelligence
- Experience in writing for business development and capture: i.e., white papers, RFI responses, and proposals
- Hands on experience with any of the major hyper scalers (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI)
- Proactive researcher of technology that wants to always learn more about the latest in the market
- Demonstrated track record of developing and maintaining customer understanding with mid and senior level leaders across the various departments of the AF/SF
- Subject matter expert in the AF community with a demonstrated ability to discuss, explain, and apply differentiated capabilities in Leidos programs, plans and positions on current and future programs
Contingent Upon:
- Receipt of DRP Agreement and DAF Form 3902 Off-Duty Employment letter, reviewed and signed by the authorized ethics official, for the performance of this specific position’s job duties.
- Confirmation from Leidos legal that the candidate, in the accomplishment of their role, will be able to meet regulatory compliance requirements.
Original Posting:
May 9, 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 $134,550.00 - $243,225.00
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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