Job Overview
Job description
- Salary:
- USD 73,450 - 132,775 per year
- Location:
- McLean, VA
- Work arrangement:
- On-site
Role Summary
Description
The Leidos National Security Sector is seeking a Project Manager to manage the exceptional delivery of our client's education and training products to a variety of stakeholders within the Intelligence Community. The Project Manager would be responsible to manage the day-to-day tasks of Instructional Designers and multi-media developers to ensure tasks and deliverables are completed on time and to high standards. The Project Manager will need to adeptly handle a wide range of assignments, projects, and stakeholders with a high degree of success and independence. They must demonstrate leadership skills, effective communication, the ability to manage competing priorities, and possess strong internal team relationships.
The Project Manager responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Draft and own delivery project plans (timeline, scope of work, staff plan)
- Manage schedules and milestones
- Ensure high quality delivery process and execution
- Identify project management/workflow system with data entry, reporting, and analysis (e.g., capacity plans, resourcing)
- Develop governance plans, SOPs, and charters
- Develop and maintain a communication plan on each project
- Conduct basic risk assessments and work collaboratively to develop mitigation strategies
- Demonstrate strong collaboration skills to ensure quality and adherence to production guidelines for deliverables
- Manage a team's performance through coaching and evaluations
- Develop and maintain high levels of team effectiveness (trust, communication, collaboration, productivity, diversity, engagement)
- Ensure team is effectively collaborating and communicating across team, to management, and stakeholders
- Effectively and impartially navigate teams with conflicting priorities
- Mobilize and drive the integrated team towards forward progress, action, and results
- Conduct internal/external post mortems to identify ways to improve and/or patterns for replicating success
Requirements
- Must have an active TS/SCI with Poly
- Must have a Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience or Master's and at least 2 years of experience
- Track record of consistently delivering streamlined, fast-track and project-based work
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills with peers, supervisors and clients. Is sensitive to style differences among others and makes adjustments to own style when working with different people
- An appreciation for how great work gets done and a commitment to ensuring flawless creative execution
- Innovative mindset and change agent who is never satisfied with the status
- Demonstrates the ability to work in a dynamic environment through flexibility, resilience and a positive outlook
- Learns from and applies feedback by making suggested improvements and adjustments in work performance
- Ability to take initiative, think independently, and exercise sound judgment yet knows when to seek advice of supervisor and other team members
- Effectively works both independently and as a team member; demonstrates autonomy over assigned work while working towards goals shared by the team
- Manages time for optimum productivity, understanding appropriate time commitments on projects
Preferred
- Active PMP
- Experience managing educational projects
- Experience managing multi-media/multi-function projects
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00
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.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
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Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
About the Company
Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?
At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. 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.
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Successful candidates can look forward to a fast paced, diverse work environment and flexible work hours/work arrangements as well as managers who will encourage career development and growth including:
In this role, you can also expect to gain experience in the following:
- Role:
- Project Manager
- Job Type:
- Senior Level | Project Management
Company profile
Leidos
leidos.comLeidos is a technology and science company that delivers solutions at the intersection of national security, health and critical infrastructure for government and commercial customers. Its work spans defense tech, AI, cyber, digital, space, health and energy, including advanced space, aerial, maritime and ground platforms for U.S. and allied forces. The company is organized around five growth engines under its NorthStar 2030 strategy and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
- Company Size
- 10,000 - 50,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Reston, Virginia, United States
- Founded
- 1969
- Founders
- John Robert Beyster
- Funding Stage
- Public
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