Senior Director, Growth and Strategy - NGA and NRO

Job Description

Description

Leidos National Security Sector is seeking an experienced leader to serve as the Sr Director of Growth and Strategy for our NGA and NRO opportunities for our Decision Advantage Solutions (DAS) business area.

The selected individual will report to the Senior Vice President of Growth to lead and manage a geographically dispersed workforce supporting the mission of the team.  DAS supports mission software, multi-domain operations, intelligence analysis and production, and tech enabled services across Defense, Space, and Intelligence Community mission.

The Growth function is integral to Leidos’ success. With strong customer engagement and collaboration, we forge meaningful relationships with our internal and external customers and partners to help ensure their mission success through effective new business pipeline management and long-range strategic planning. By joining the Growth function at Leidos, you will have opportunities to work with diverse and talented teams across the company. As the largest government services contractor, we get to bid on the largest and most complex opportunities in the marketplace. Our industry-leading business development and capture process is :

• Independently ranked as “Best in Class" among our industry peers
• A proven way to qualify, pursue and win business
• Collaborative among management and across various functions of the company to create the best possible bid

Primary Responsibilities

The Sr Director of Growth will lead a team of Account Managers, and Business Development professionals and is responsible for developing and establishing relationships between the customers, strategic partners and across the entire company. Duties include identifying, developing, and implementing near-term and long-term business strategies that drive revenue growth and margin expansion for the company.  The individual will lead a team that prepares and submits proposals in pursuit of business in the US and International Defense marketplace.  This position requires a deep understanding of the customers across all Intelligence and Defense services from an operations and acquisitions standpoint. The individual may have other business development activities, such as investigating and evaluating potential mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, geographic expansions, licensing, partnerships, joint ventures, new business / market opportunities and sustainability to determine if such activities are in line with the organization's overall strategy and vision. The individual is also   responsible for the allocation of apportioned resources between existing and new businesses and continuously monitors the market to keep track of competitor developments and their impact on market share.

Basic Qualifications

$600M, with positive book-to-bill (>

1) and sustained year over year growth

Preferred Qualifications

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting : September 17, 2025

For U.S. Positions : While 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 $148,850.00 - $269,075.00

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 an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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