{"id":3370833,"url":"https://alion.io/job/leidos-senior-program-manager-11","title":"Senior Program Manager","company":{"id":7791,"name":"Leidos","domain":"leidos.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/leidos","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":78,"open_postings":278,"ghost_share":0.004,"stale_share":0.871,"repost_share":0.011,"time_to_fill_p50_days":28,"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Washington, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":139100,"max":251450,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":251450},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":12,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"SLI/SLO/SLA","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":true},{"name":"AIOps","optional":true},{"name":"ITIL","optional":true},{"name":"ITSM","optional":true},{"name":"ServiceNow","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-21T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-21","last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T21:42:41Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":12,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":12},"description":"The Senior Program Manager - Network & Telecommunications Operations will serve as the primary Leidos program leader responsible for successful execution of a large, complex global network operations and modernization program. The Program Manager will lead an integrated organization responsible for maintaining mission-critical network availability while driving operational improvement and modernization. The role requires the ability to integrate network operations, engineering, service management, automation, transition, workforce, subcontractors, OEMs, and geographically distributed support organizations into a cohesive delivery model. The Program Manager will establish strong relationships with Government leadership and technical stakeholders and translate mission priorities into measurable operational outcomes, including network availability, service restoration, performance, SLA attainment, modernization progress, operational efficiency, and customer experience.\nKey Responsibilities\nCustomer & Program Leadership\nServe as the senior Leidos program representative and primary interface with Government program leadership, contracting officials, technical stakeholders, and other mission partners.\nMaintain accountability for overall program performance, contractual execution, customer satisfaction, financial performance, schedule, quality, and risk.\nEstablish an integrated operating model across program management, network operations, engineering, service management, field/regional support, subcontractors, OEMs, and other external providers.\nBuild trusted relationships with senior Government stakeholders and provide concise, decision-oriented program, technical, operational, financial, and risk reporting.\nLead executive reviews, program management reviews, operational performance reviews, and corrective-action activities.\nGlobal Network Operations\nProvide leadership and oversight for mission-critical 24x365 enterprise network operations supporting geographically distributed domestic and international locations.\nDrive reliable delivery of network monitoring, Tier II/III support, incident and problem management, service restoration, configuration management, performance management, and capacity management.\nEstablish measurable service levels and operational performance objectives focused on network availability, resilience, restoration time, service quality, and mission impact.\nIntegrate operational teams, escalation paths, engineering support, field resources, and external providers to reduce handoffs and accelerate restoration.\nPromote proactive and predictive operations that identify degradation and risk before mission services are affected.\nNetwork Engineering & Modernization\nLead execution across network operations and engineering organizations to ensure modernization occurs without disruption to ongoing mission operations.\nOversee network lifecycle sustainment, technology refresh, configuration standardization, network performance improvement, and transition from legacy to modern network architectures.\nDrive adoption of automation, observability, standardized configurations, repeatable engineering practices, and data-driven operations where they improve reliability and efficiency.\nEstablish disciplined processes for testing, validating, introducing, and operationally accepting network changes.\nEnsure modernization activities produce measurable improvements while reducing rather than perpetuating legacy infrastructure and operational complexity.\nOur current intelligence suggests DOS will need to sustain legacy environments while its newer network architecture expands, making the ability to lead RUN + modernize particularly relevant to this position.\nService Delivery & Continuous Improvement\nEstablish and manage operational KPIs, SLAs/SLOs, service-health measures, and executive performance reporting.\nDrive continuous improvement in network availability, mean time to detect and restore, incident recurrence, change success, service performance, and customer experience.\nPromote automation and operational analytics to reduce repetitive work, improve consistency, and increase engineering capacity.\nLead root-cause analysis and corrective-action programs for significant incidents and recurring operational problems.\nEnsure lessons learned translate into improved processes, engineering standards, automation, training, and operational practices.\nTransition & Risk Management\nLead transition planning and execution for a complex incumbent environment while maintaining uninterrupted mission operations.\nEstablish transition readiness criteria, knowledge-transfer plans, staffing ramps, operational acceptance gates, risk registers, and service-continuity measures.\nIdentify and proactively mitigate programmatic, technical, staffing, schedule, financial, transition, supplier, and operational risks.\nMaintain contingency and continuity plans appropriate for mission-critical global network operations.\nWorkforce & Partner Management\nLead a large, geographically distributed workforce that may include employees, subcontractors, OEMs, telecommunications providers, and specialized technical partners.\nDevelop organizational structures, staffing plans, succession strategies, and workforce-development plans aligned to evolving network technologies and mission requirements.\nRecruit, retain, develop, and motivate technical and management personnel supporting high-availability operations.\nHold subcontractors and suppliers accountable for performance, service levels, cost, schedule, and quality.\nFoster an integrated team culture centered on mission outcomes, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.\nFinancial & Contract Management\nManage program financial performance, budgets, forecasts, staffing, subcontractor expenditures, and other program resources.\nManage a large, complex federal task-order environment with disciplined cost, schedule, scope, and risk controls.\nIdentify opportunities to improve operating efficiency while protecting service quality and mission performance.\nPartner with Contracts, Finance, Procurement, HR, Security, and other Leidos organizations to ensure compliant and effective program execution.\nBasic Qualifications\nTop Secret Security Clearance.\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunications, Engineering, Business, Management, or a related discipline with 12+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree consistent with Leidos policy.\n7+ years of demonstrated leadership of large, complex IT infrastructure, network operations, telecommunications, or enterprise managed-services programs.\nDemonstrated experience managing 24x7/365 mission-critical IT or network operations.\nExperience leading large, geographically distributed technical organizations, including multiple teams, functional leads, and subcontractors.\nDemonstrated experience managing enterprise network operations and associated engineering, incident/problem management, service management, performance management, and lifecycle activities.\nExperience leading technology modernization or transformation while maintaining ongoing production operations.\nDemonstrated experience managing large federal contracts or task orders, including financial performance, staffing, schedule, contractual performance, risk, and customer relationships.\nDemonstrated ability to manage complex program transitions, including incumbent knowledge transfer, workforce transition, operational readiness, and continuity of service.\nExperience establishing and managing SLAs, KPIs, operational metrics, corrective actions, and continuous-improvement programs.\nStrong executive communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate technical, operational, financial, and program risks to senior Government and corporate leadership.\nAbility to work effectively with network OEMs, telecommunications providers, subcontractors, and other external partners.\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrevious Department of State experience, particularly supporting global IT infrastructure or Diplomatic Technology.\nLeadership experience on major DoD, DISA, civilian federal, or other global enterprise network programs of comparable scale and complexity.\nExperience supporting domestic and OCONUS network operations.\nExperience with enterprise WAN/LAN, SD-WAN, software-defined networking, wireless, cloud connectivity, network management, and modern network architectures.\nExperience with network observability, AIOps, network automation, configuration automation, or automated remediation.\nExperience consolidating NOCs, tools, operational processes, or geographically distributed support organizations.\nExperience managing legacy-to-modern network migrations and coexistence environments.\nExperience with ITIL-based service management and ServiceNow or comparable enterprise ITSM platforms.\nExperience establishing test, validation, operational-readiness, and change-assurance practices for large production networks.\n Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.\nITIL, networking, cloud, Agile, or other relevant professional certifications.\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:\nOctober 21, 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 $139,100.00 - $251,450.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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