# Lead Program Manager

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Tewksbury, MA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $116,350.00 - $210,325.00
**Category**: Other

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## Description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Lead Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional programs and oversee a team of program managers. This role requires strategic vision, exceptional leadership skills, and a proven track record in delivering high-impact initiatives. The Lead Program Manager will drive program execution, align teams with organisational goals, and foster a culture of collaboration and excellence.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Program Leadership: Define, plan, and execute large-scale programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, and budgets.

- Team Management: Supervise and mentor a team of program managers, providing guidance, performance feedback, and professional development opportunities.

- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners to drive consensus and resolve conflicts.

- Process Optimisation: Develop and implement scalable program management frameworks, tools, and best practices to enhance efficiency and outcomes.

- Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, ensuring proactive solutions to challenges.

- Performance Tracking: Establish KPIs, monitor program progress, and report outcomes to executives and stakeholders.

- Change Management: Lead teams through organisational changes, ensuring smooth transitions and adoption of new processes or technologies.

**Qualifications:**

- Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.

- 12+ years of program or project management experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing other program managers.

- Proven success in delivering complex, cross-functional programs in a fast-paced environment.

- Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

- Proficiency in program management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, MS Project) and methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, PMI, NPI).

- Ability to influence and build relationships at all organisational levels.

- Certifications: PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification is a plus.

**Desired Qualifications:**

- Familiarity with radio frequency technologies or programs

- Experience with aviation security technologies or programs

- Experience with TSA, DHS or other government regulatory bodies

**Pay Range:** $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

## Skills

### Required
- Jira
- Asana
- MS Project
- Agile
- Waterfall
- PMI
- NPI
- leadership
- communication
- problem-solving

### Nice to have
- radio frequency technologies
- aviation security technologies
- TSA
- DHS

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