National Security Sector Security Director

Leidos has an immediate opening for a Sector Security Director to lead the Leidos National Security Sector enterprise security organization in Reston, Virginia.

This position is responsible for envisioning and aligning security’s contribution to the National Security Sector’s strategic growth objectives and customer requirements. The successful candidate should have strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of the Intelligence Community and DoD and its associated industrial regulatory framework with the demonstrated capability to align those competencies to support business growth in the areas of National Security analysis and operations, applied tradecraft, and systems development and modernization.  The National Security Sector Security Director also serves as a strategic advisor to the Sector President and operations staff for personnel security clearance reform, clearance and classified facility reciprocity and growth enablement.

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:
•Understands the vision and direction of the National Security Sector President; formulates, executes and oversees plans and objectives to support that direction; integrates plans at the strategic and operational level of the supported organization
•Leads, manages and directs subordinate and matrixed security staff in support of National Security Sector business objectives while aligning the overall security effort with the broader Leidos security enterprise; measures performance, develops the organization as needed to support the National Security Sector including staff professional competencies
•Develops innovative approaches to solve complex and novel challenges consistent with corporate and customer risk appetite while maintaining excellence in regulatory and contractual compliance
•Actively manages threats to and vulnerabilities within the National Security Sector in conjunction with Corporate Insider Risk Management, Emergency Management, Counterintelligence, and International Security programs
•Implements and provides guidance to management on security issues such as security education, classified document control, security investigations, classification control, classified construction standards, and personnel clearances
•Directs the analysis of security breaches and disciplinary actions related to security violations and incidents within the National Security Sector; prepares reports of findings, implements remediation and risk mitigations consistent with those findings

IMPACT:
•Directs activities that have a significant impact on the achievement of results for the security function and across the National Security Sector; frequently influences decisions made by leadership.
•Decisions within the function and advice to leadership drives long-term success, failure, profitability, and growth through security infrastructure and cleared personnel planning
•Establishes and implements strategic and operational plans with associated budgets, for the security department and enabling plans for the National Security Sector operational functions with a significant impact on the overall success of the Leidos enterprise security organization
•Work requires a high degree of creative and critical thinking, independence of coordinated action with a keen sense of personal responsibility and accountability for results

COMPLEXITY:
•Problems and issues faced are complex, unique to circumstance and customer preferences and require consideration of variables that have enterprise-wide impact
•Conducts extensive investigation and analysis to understand the root cause of problems factoring in customer requirements, national security responsibilities and business exigencies
•Problems are highly complex and typically involve multiple functions, projects, or customers in a multi-agency regulatory environment

COMMUNICATION:
•Communicates and negotiates with senior management officials within and outside of Leidos on matters of strategic importance
•Requires the ability to prepare and deliver succinct executive briefings and correspondence reducing complex issues to actionable recommendations delivered with credibility and impact
•Negotiates and influences others to understand and accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
•Communicates and collaborates across the broader Leidos Security team to ensure sharing of ideas, best practices, and regulatory and policy updates

LEADERSHIP & TALENT MANAGEMENT:
•Manages organizations that encompass multiple teams led by managers and supervisors
•Develops mid to long-term plans on optimizing the National Security Sector and the talent required to execute strategies for the job area.
•Hires, terminates, promotes and rewards performance in accordance with organizational guidelines.

KNOWLEDGE:
•Requires in-depth manag