# Risk Manager

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Annapolis Junction, MD
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos has a new opportunity for a Risk Manager in their Intel Sector's Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). The selected candidate will support a high-impact, multi-agency program serving the United States Space Force (USSF)/Space Systems Command (SSC), the United States Air Force (USAF), and other key mission stakeholders.

The Risk Manager will play an important role on a critical program focused on enhancing, testing, and deploying a large-scale Satellite Communications (SATCOM) system within an existing infrastructure. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in public key infrastructure (PKI) and Agile development, along with exceptional problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

**Primary Roles and Responsibilities:**

- Supports the Program Manager in communicating the current risk posture, including active risks, mitigations, and overall program exposure to the customer.

- Develops and maintains the Risk and Opportunity Management Plan.

- Ensures program personnel are trained and prepared to participate effectively in the risk management process.

- Plans and coordinates monthly Risk Management Board meetings with contractor and customer stakeholders.

- Prepares risk reports, including trend analysis and metrics, for recurring meetings and ad hoc requests.

- Maintains and monitors data in the risk management tool.

- Manages risk attributes such as priority, owner, and target due dates.

- Tracks the status and effectiveness of mitigation actions.

- Communicates risk status to Program Managers, risk originators, and risk owners.

- Initiate communication and escalation when mitigation deadlines are missed or at risk of being missed.

- Executes the risk closure process in accordance with established procedures.

- Integrates Risk Management with the program’s Earned Value Management approach to ensure cost and schedule impacts are identified, tracked, and incorporated.

- Supports the Management EAC process by helping quantify the cost impact of identified risks and opportunities.

- Maintains effective day-to-day communication and collaboration with internal technical teams and customer points of contact, as needed.

- Participates in Scrum of Scrums, Program Increment Planning, and other related Agile and Earned Value activities.

**Basic Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Engineering Management, Program Management, or a related field, and at least 8 years of related experience.

- At least 5 years of experience in technical project management, systems engineering, and/or risk management.

- Strong knowledge of quantitative risk analysis and risk management processes.

- Demonstrated experience in several of the following areas: risk analysis, Earned Value Management (EVM), project management, and requirements analysis.

- Extensive experience evaluating technical options and trade-offs and clearly communicating recommendations to stakeholders.

- Ability to analyze, synthesize, and present data in clear, effective reports.

- Proven ability to quickly build positive, productive working relationships across programs and with key stakeholders.

- Proven ability to proactively identify, assess, monitor, and manage risk.

- Strong analytical, creative, and problem-solving skills.

- Data-driven and detail-oriented approach to work.

- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment involving complex technical systems and components.

- Must be committed to adopting and following best practices and established processes.

- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.

- Must have strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to foster collaboration across multiple teams and stakeholders.

- Ability to deliver high-quality work both independently and as part of a team.

- Must have effective planning, prioritization, time management, and multitasking skills.

**Benefits**

- Competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.

## Skills

### Required
- Agile development
- public key infrastructure (PKI)
- quantitative risk analysis
- risk management processes
- Earned Value Management (EVM)
- project management
- requirements analysis
- risk analysis

### Nice to have
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology
- Earned Value Management

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