Description The Leidos Corporate Home Office (CHO) Independent Research and Development (IRAD) team is looking for technical experts with the skills to lead various projects as the Principal Investigator (PI), both now and in 2025. Here's a brief overview of what it looks like tobe a CHO IRAD PI:
- Provide clear vision and strategy to guide high-priority investments
- Ability to speak to all parts of the IRAD as an integrated whole and dive deeply into at least one part
- Ability to build Leidos customer-specific use cases and/or guide the team in creating relevant cases
- Communicate progress, plans, and roadblocks with the IRAD Program Management Office
- Identify and communicate effectively with relevant IRAD stakeholders across the enterprise
- Meet IRAD communication and reporting objectives on time, including compliance and release planning
- Be 100% accountable for managing $2-9M budgets
- Serve as a full-time resource dedicated to IRAD as your first priority
- Ability to lead through influence and manage complex matrix staff
- Understanding of Leidos IRAD and PMO processes for managing a program
- Knowledge and experience managing an EAC and budgets
- Coach and mentor leads toward vision and ability to communicate IRAD objectives succinctly
The 2024 suite of CHO IRAD projects includes the following primary areas of research and development: 1) Cyber Operations Automation, 2) Mission Ecosystems Acceleration, 3) Resilient Systems, 4) SoftwareNEXT, 5) Trusted Mission AI, and 6) Zero Trust Mission Cloud. The 2025 projects could look a little different, but many of these core elements will remain. PI positions are typically full-time gigs that run for an entire calendar year, but there are some mid-year opportunities to join the team based on other personnel movements that create gaps.
Original Posting Date: 2024-06-28While 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 $122,200.00 - $220,900.00 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. #Remote About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500 innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. 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 here . Securing Your Data Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos' name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system - never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other person a l information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] . If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission . Commitment to Diversity 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.