Director of Strategic Programs

The Space Exploration and Mission Operations (SEMO) organization delivers a full range of transformative engineering, science, and technology solutions primarily in support of NASA and the burgeoning commercial civil space market.  Additionally, SIO supports a variety of other civil market customers including, but not limited to DOE, NSF, NOAA, DOI and US Army Corps of Engineers by providing research and development,  logistics, environmental engineering and other mission critical support.

The selected candidate is expected to work in our Leidos office in Webster, Texas. Travel is expected up to 25% of the time, with some remote work allowed when not traveling.

As a director of strategic programs, you are expected to thrive in an environment where you are responsible for the management and execution of pre-award and post-award activities across multiple projects and business priorities.  You will be expected to identify gaps and emerging requirements, perform market and economic analysis, conduct business intelligence, develop and drive formal capture plans, and monitor competitor activity. Additionally, you will oversee strategic projects for the Division.  You will assist in developing the overall growth strategy for SEMO and specific market offering, as well as internal and external partnerships, business plans and associated marketing with the Division.

Essentially, you will drive Leidos’ expertise into new and evolving mission areas.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participates as part of the Division leadership team to support overall strategic planning and execution of activities which deliver Division growth.
• Identifies, develops, and implements near-term and long-term business strategies that provide the business an opportunity to grow revenue.
• Participates in capture and proposal reviews to drive high capture quality.  May lead captures.
• Performs business development activities, such as investigating and evaluating potential partnerships, joint ventures, new business/market opportunities and sustainability to determine if such activities are in line with the organization's overall strategy and vision.
• Continuously monitors the market to keep track of competitor developments and their impact on market share.
• Participates in business planning activities, to include opportunity collaboration sessions and gate reviews, black hat sessions, win theme and discriminator workshops, and proposal writing and reviews.
• Coordinates meetings with customers, competitors, clients, and teammates to develop market insight on requirements, acquisition strategy, acquisition timing, and contract vehicle choices.
• Provides leadership and program/project management of programs and projects, as needed by the Division.

What Sets You Apart:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 12 years of related experience
• Knowledgeable and current regarding NASA and commercial space senior leaders and decision makers, as well as other senior executives and leaders across the agency including personnel at Headquarters and at various field sites
• Experience successfully managing multi-million-dollar business budgets – full P&L.
• Demonstrated experience and ability interacting and building relationships with key customer organizations.
• Strong collaboration skills and demonstrated experience building internal and external industry partnerships.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver exceptional results as a leader of matrix teams across a variety of program/project types.
• Ability to gain internal support, operate independently with limited supervision and feedback, and establish a solid working relationship with senior management, technical staff, division managers, and peers.
• Proven track record of successful capture leadership at a variety of acquisition sizes
• Travel as required, up to 25% per month.
• Ability to use automated tools such as Microsoft Office to present ideas, information, and reports and a customer relationship management to track opportunities and manage pipeline.
• Ability to obtain security clearance.

You Might Also Have:

• Experience with mission software supporting applications, cloud platforms and frameworks 
• Established relationships and experience winning new business
• Leadership skills to develop, organize and execute significant program/project activities, including building industry teams, assessing and executing strategics plans to shape business pursuits, in order to respond to and win business with new and existing customers
• A technical degree is highly desired. Advanced degree preferred

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