Vice President, Growth and Strategy - Defense and Intelligence IT

Description

Vice President, Growth & Strategy - Defense & Intelligence IT Business Area

Reports to: Senior Vice President, Growth (Sector)

Clearance: Top Secret preferred

Business Area Overview

The DIIT Business Area supports multiple Services (US Army, US Air Force, US Space Force) across the Department of War, the Intelligence Community, and Department of Homeland Security. From enterprise networks and cloud, to transport, applications, defensive cyber, and support of warfighter connectivity, our focus is providing full-scope digital modernization capabilities to meet our customer's challenges of tomorrow.

Role Summary

This Vice President will be responsible for defining strategic growth trajectories and leading capture execution for the DIIT business domain. You will lead the team responsible for translating our customer's digital modernization priorities into business opportunities, drive the team leading lead high-stakes capture efforts, and manage portfolio growth with a strategic and tactical focus. The role demands a visionary growth leader who understands the full growth lifecycle, from account management to capture, and can orchestrate innovation, partner ecosystems, and capture discipline to Grow the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive a 2-4 year growth roadmap for the portfolio, harmonized with sector-level objectives and evolving DIIT customer strategic priorities.
• Oversee capture teams through all phases: opportunity identification, qualification, shaping strategies, win themes, teaming and bid development
• Manage and optimize a robust opportunity pipeline; model scenario plans, investment tradeoffs, and resource alignment to maximize growth.
• Inject innovative digital solutions into capture shaping and bid strategies.
• Cultivate high-level relationships within the DIIT customer set to influence program direction and align Leidos' value proposition.
• Observe market trends, customer modernization strategies, competitor moves, and technology shifts; pivot growth plans accordingly.
• Lead and mentor capture and BD leadership staff in this domain.
• Participate in sector and corporate growth review forums, financial planning, risk assessment, and reporting.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) plus 15+ years of experience in government contracting, BD, capture, or strategic growth roles.
• Prior experience leading captures of large-scale (>$500M+) captures
• Proven success in growing and managing portfolios with sustained revenue growth.
• Deep experience directly within DOD, IC, and DHS.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and business judgment skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills at senior and executive levels.
• Experience leading cross-functional, matrixed teams.
• US citizenship and ability to obtain/hold Top Secret clearance (preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant field (business, engineering, information systems).
• Experience in growth, transformation, or innovation roles.
• Public thought leadership or contributions in DoD IT modernization spaces.
• Ability to translate disruptive technologies into credible capture strategies.

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.

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.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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

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 at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.