Description Looking for an opportunity to unleash your potential' At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer's success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. 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. If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos is seeking a Project Manager to join our team in San Diego, CA. Does the prospect of tackling dynamic challenges excite you' Then you just might have found the right opportunity here at Leidos. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your extensive management skills to drive the next generation of solutions for our customer. As the Project Manager, you will be a key part of the Leidos team, supporting our Army and Air Force customer to develop and transition their existing system to a modernized enterprise system. Our team has an important mission; develop critical solutions that benefit the warfighter! Your greatest work is ahead! We are a trusted partner to both government and civil agencies looking for transformative solutions in security, software, engineering, and operations. Our customers take on the toughest challenges out there, and at times need a helping hand from specialists in their fields. We combine our scale as a Fortune 500 company with the deep technical knowledge of our core capabilities and the expertise of our talented and diverse workforce to deliver mission-centric innovations. For each of these core capabilities, we have developed proven, repeatable processes that help us deliver agile, cost-effective solutions to foster a better world.
Why Leidos' - Leidos Life promotes excellent work-life balance. You can make an impact and have time for your well-being.
- Leidos offers many opportunities for career development and advancement.
- The successful applicant will be a part of a large, dynamic workforce.
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About You - Owns a problem to the end
- Proud to share in team's success
- Able to do your best work in a team setting and autonomously
- Wants to grow a career with a great company
What You'll Bring The successful candidate will bring significant experience to plan, coordinate and manage all functions and activities necessary to execute the project to meet the customer requirements. Objectives of this position also include establishing and executing to a strategic vision to support evolving customer requirements while meeting internal financial objectives. This person will maintain the efficiency of important aspects of the project management process such as planning, budget, and risk assessment. The ideal candidate is required to have excellent project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing small to medium sized projects from vision to implementation involving internal personnel, contractors, and vendors. Responsibilities include day-to-day operations support of contract, finances, security, staffing, and procurement. The PM will monitor and manage project performance, risk, cost and schedule; quality review and submission of all deliverables. The selected candidate will need to possess superior analytical and problem-solving skills, be a strong team player, and have the ability to establish solid working relationships with technical staff members and peers within the division as well as our external Government customers. Position responsibilities will include:
- Plan, coordinate and manage small to medium sized projects.
- Integrate all functions and activities necessary to perform the project/program to meet the client or customer requirements.
- Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface.
- Manage technical, cost, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions.
- Provide strong, proactive and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.
- Makes decisions at the project team level and properly escalate those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis.
- Create project management plans, set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
- Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
- Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
- Ensures projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies.
- Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
- Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, and report monthly accruals.
- Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards and project updates.
- Actively monitor, track and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.
- Option to work a 9/80 work schedule (i.e., 9 hour days, then work 8 hours on first Friday and off the second Friday)
Requirements (Education /Years of Experience/Skill Sets - both technical & soft skill): Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering, or a related field and at least 8+ years of related experience or a Master's Degree and at least 6+ years of relevant experience.
- Five (5+) years of experience managing hardware or software development programs.
- Five (5+) years of experience supervising or leading projects.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting requirements analysis, resource allocation, project costing, deliverable tracking, schedule and financial data monitoring, and reporting.
- Five (5+) years of experience managing small to medium sized projects under DoD-sponsored Contracts.
- Five (5+) years of demonstrated experience in the management and control of funds and resources using complex reporting mechanisms.
- Experience with engineering program and project management activities including reading engineering drawings, developing requirements, coordinating subcontracts and subcontractors, scheduling, project execution and wrap-up, and reporting.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills for communicating with customers and or clients; strong problem solving and people skills for collaborating with team.
- Must possess an active Secret clearance to be considered and would be eligible to obtain up to a TS/SCI clearance in the future.
Desired Qualifications: - Experience with Earned Value Management system (EVMS) process.
- Experience with Microsoft Project
- Familiarity with modern-day Cybersecurity and Cryptographic Key Management solutions.
- PMP Certified
- Master's Degree in a relevant technical or management field.
DoD 8570 approved security certification (i.e., Security +) (Will be required 90 days after hire).
Original Posting Date: 2024-07-31While 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 $108,550.00 - $196,225.00 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 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.