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Leidos Health & Services has an immediate opening for a Program Manager III supporting R&D operations under the Chief Science Director (CSD) at the Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio (NAMRU-SA) in San Antonio TX. The ideal candidate is PMP certified, has direct experience supporting a military medical research laboratory, and holds an active Secret clearance. NAMRU-SA serves as one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy and conducts gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense (DoD) personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations,

Are you ready for unique and exciting work?

*This is currently an individual contributor role with no direct reports.*

Primary Responsibilities

• Support R&D operations under the Chief Science Director (CSD); provide senior level advisory role to junior program managers, coordinators, and analysts in scientific directorates

• Review and provide input for business and growth plans for research to directorates

• Act as a central point of contact between the command’s R&D teams, operations, and executive leadership; creates transparency and drives cross-team communication

• Provide written and verbal project updates to project sponsors and other stakeholders regarding project status, risks/issues and accomplishments

• Develop and champion project progress-tracking and reporting tools; leads the development and execution of project charters, management plans, and detailed work breakdown structures

• Assist CSD and scientific directorates in carrying out administrative and financial tasks related to research; works with Comptroller to resolve research funding-related inquiries

• Monitor project budgets and ensure costs remain within approved limits; track study expenditures and reports financial status related to research under contract to the Government

• In collaboration with the Government, provide recommendations for yearly budgets related to research under contract

• Manage project team resources, clearly defining roles and deliverables specifically those who support core functions

• Assist the Government with gathering information for taskers and other requests for information (RFI)

• Maintain and organize Government-prepared research documents at a command level, including command scientific notebooks

• Assist the Government with space utilization within the scientific directorates and make recommendations accordingly

• Submit Government approved proposals and grants via various websites (i.e., eBRAP, grants.gov, CMRDP, etc.)

• Verify Government prepared documentation is available for various research meetings

• Coordinate and schedule meetings on behalf of the CSD; take minutes and provides to Director

• Assist CSD and command suite with tours and scientific visitors

If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading for the keys to success!

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years’ related experience, or a Master’s degree with 7+ years’ related experience

• Direct experience supporting a military medical research laboratory

• Proficient in project management tools

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct supervisory authority

• Ability to influence and drive alignment between diverse stakeholders

• Strong communication skills with ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences

• Excellent analytics and problem-solving skills

• Due to Federal contract requirements, US citizenship is required

• The candidate will be required to acquire, at a minimum, a SECRET classification access level.  Preference will be given to a candidate who already has this clearance level

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Institute (PMI) certification; Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Active Secret Clearance

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Original Posting:

February 12, 2026<