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ATLAS supports secure, governed enterprise data access, cloud platform services, customer onboarding, advanced analytics, and AI/ML enablement across VA.\nRemote work within the continental United States is permitted subject to VA security and system-access approval. Washington, DC metropolitan-area candidates are preferred. Must support Eastern Time collaboration and program operating requirements; occasional travel and after-hours/weekend escalation support may be necessary.\nReporting to the Program Manager, the DPM leads day-to-day delivery for an assigned program vertical: Summit Users (customer engagement, intake, onboarding, adoption, training, and support) or Product, Data, and Continuous Improvement (architecture, security, platform enhancement, data services, governance, and AI/ML enablement). The DPM integrates Leidos and subcontractor resources, manages performance and dependencies, and ensures operational continuity while balancing schedule, service quality, and firm-fixed-price financial constraints.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nLead daily execution across assigned PWS workstreams; coordinate delivery teams, shared technical specialists, and subcontractor partners against one integrated backlog and schedule.\nServe as the designated backup to the Program Manager, assuming program-level coordination, customer engagement, operational oversight, and decision-making responsibilities during the PM's absence, within delegated authority.\nTranslate VA priorities into actionable work plans, milestones, staffing assignments, delivery forecasts, and measurable outcomes; coordinate Agile/product-centric planning and reviews.\nManage staffing readiness, resource utilization, recruiting needs, performance, and succession/backup coverage within assigned workstreams; coordinate VA onboarding, access dependencies, and operational readiness.\nMonitor assigned workstream budgets, labor mix, subcontractor expenditures, and forecast performance; identify staffing or delivery decisions that could erode contract margins and recommend corrective action to the Program Manager.\nMaintain risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action logs; oversee deliverable quality, timeliness, reporting, service levels, and corrective actions within assigned workstreams; escalate significant issues to the Program Manager and appropriate VA stakeholders.\nCoordinate with VA stakeholders, product owners, technical leads, security personnel, and subcontractors to resolve priorities, approvals, handoffs, and operational problems.\nSupport transition-in and steady-state operations, including incumbent knowledge transfer, service continuity, and operational handover; promote process improvement, automation, and measurable productivity gains. \nProvide management escalation support for urgent incidents when required.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, including 4+ years leading or supervising teams or complex projects;\nExperience managing delivery of complex enterprise IT, cloud, data, analytics, or software programs with multiple technical disciplines and interdependent workstreams.\nDemonstrated ability to manage schedules, staffing, budgets, risks, deliverables, and customer expectations, including coordination of subcontractor or partner teams.\nExperience with Agile or product-centric delivery, cross-team dependencies, and operational performance measures.\nAbility to lead technical and customer-facing teams, resolve competing priorities, communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, and deliver under demanding timelines.\nWorking knowledge of federal IT security, personnel onboarding, and service-management concepts sufficient to coordinate specialist teams and Government dependencies.\nDemonstrated experience managing or supporting federal government IT contracts, including contract performance, schedule and financial management, subcontractor coordination, and compliance with contractual deliverables and reporting requirements.\nAbility to obtain and maintain the required VA Public Trust suitability determination.\nPreferred Qualifications\nHighly preferred: Direct experience supporting the VA Summit Data Platform, its operating environment, customer workflows, or adjacent VA enterprise data and analytics programs.\nExperience managing VA or other federal IT contracts, especially incumbent-contractor transitions, service continuity, knowledge transfer, Government onboarding, continuity of operations, and geographically distributed teams.\nExperience with firm-fixed-price delivery, labor forecasting, subcontractor oversight, and balancing staffing quality, speed, and affordability.\nFamiliarity with Microsoft Azure, data platforms/lakehouse operations, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, ServiceNow, or AI/ML enablement.\nOne or more of the following - PMP, PgMP, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, or comparable program/product delivery certification.\nIf 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.\nOriginal Posting:\nNovember 6, 2026For 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.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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