Site Lead / PMO Liaison

Leidos is seeking a dynamic, mission-focused Site Lead / PMO Liaison to support its GEOINT operations at a customer site in St. Louis, Missouri.

This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership opportunity for someone who thrives at the center of mission operations,building relationships, solving problems, supporting employees, and ensuring teams have what they need to succeed.

As the primary on-site representative for Leidos, you will serve as a critical connection between employees, customer leadership, and the Leidos Portfolio Management Office (PMO). You will maintain a strong presence across the site, engage directly with mission stakeholders, anticipate operational challenges, and drive solutions that keep the mission moving forward.

Primary Responsibilities

Site Leadership & Daily Operations

• Serve as Leidos' primary on-site representative and point of contact for daily operational matters at the St. Louis customer location.
• Maintain an active, visible presence across the site, engaging regularly with employees, customer representatives, and mission stakeholders.
• Proactively identify operational challenges, develop practical solutions, and take ownership of issues through resolution.
• Coordinate daily site activities to support mission continuity, operational readiness, and employee effectiveness.
• Respond quickly to emerging issues, exercising sound judgment and escalating matters to the PMO when appropriate.
• Support employee onboarding, site access coordination, and integration into customer operations.

Customer Engagement & Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong, productive relationships with customer leadership, mission partners, and site personnel.
• Serve as a trusted liaison between Leidos employees, customer representatives, and the PMO.
• Navigate complex customer environments with professionalism, diplomacy, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Anticipate customer concerns, clarify expectations, and work collaboratively to resolve issues before they affect mission performance.
• Represent Leidos during customer meetings, site visits, leadership engagements, and other operational activities.
• Coordinate and support visits from Leidos leadership, customer representatives, and newly arriving personnel.

PMO Coordination & Program Support

• Serve as the primary coordination link between St. Louis site operations and the Leidos PMO.
• Maintain accurate staffing information, including personnel assignments, vacancies, employee transitions, and onboarding status.
• Prepare, validate, and submit customer staffing sheets, operational updates, and required program deliverables.
• Track action items, reporting deadlines, and administrative requirements to ensure timely and accurate completion.
• Coordinate with PMO stakeholders on staffing, personnel concerns, site requirements, and operational priorities.
• Keep program leadership informed of site activities, emerging challenges, customer concerns, and potential risks.
• Support program management activities while maintaining a primary focus on daily operational execution and customer engagement.

Security, Compliance & Site Coordination

• Coordinate with Leidos Security, customer security representatives, and program leadership to support personnel access and site security requirements.
• Assist with security-related administrative processes, onboarding requirements, and compliance tracking.
• Help ensure personnel understand and follow applicable customer site procedures, security protocols, and operational requirements.
• Coordinate visitor arrivals, leadership visits, facility access, and associated logistical requirements.
• Identify potential security or compliance concerns and communicate them through established reporting channels.

Employee Engagement & Mission Support

• Foster a positive, accountable, mission-focused environment that promotes employee engagement, performance, and retention.
• Maintain an accessible leadership presence, serving as a trusted resource for employees navigating workplace concerns or operational challenges.
• Build strong working relationships with team leads, analysts, and other on-site personnel.
• Proactively recognize staffing challenges, employee concerns, and emerging morale issues before they affect mission execution.
• Partner with program leadership and the PMO to address workforce needs, support employee development, and improve operational effectiveness.
• Promote a culture of ownership, responsiveness, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain approval for a polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree and relevant professional experience in intelligence operations, site leadership, operations management, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or similarly complex mission environments.
• 5+ years of experience supporting GEOINT operations or related intelligence missions.
• Previous experience as a Team Lead, Site Lead, Operations Lead, Mission Lead, or similar customer-facing leadership role.
• Familiarity with GEOINT and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) operations and mission workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate daily operations, manage competing priorities, and resolve challenges in dynamic environments.
• Experience engaging directly with government customers, senior stakeholders, or mission leadership.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust, establish credibility, and maintain effective relationships across diverse teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including experience preparing status reports, briefing leadership, and coordinating operational requirements.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, particularly in staffing accountability, deliverable tracking, and operational reporting.
• Working knowledge of personnel security, facility access procedures, and compliance requirements within classified environments.
• Demonstrated initiative, independent judgment, adaptability, and the ability to operate effectively with minimal supervision.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site at the customer location in St. Louis, MO, five days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience supporting DoD or IC missions.
• Experience supporting multiple work teams or coordinating operations across different mission elements.
• Experience maintaining government staffing reports, contractor personnel accountability records, and contractual deliverables.
• Familiarity with security coordination, personnel onboarding, and access procedures at classified government facilities.
• Demonstrated success building relationships and resolving challenges in complex customer environments.
• Experience working with geographically distributed program management teams.
• Familiarity with Leidos processes and program management support functions.