Leidos

Senior Director, Growth – Indirect Fires & Force Protection

Leidos

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Huntsville • Alabama • Virginia • United States

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Salary

💰 $154,050 - $278,475 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provide executive leadership for all business development, capture, proposal, and growth strategy activities for the IF&FP Business Area.
  • Partner with the VP of Program Integration Growth and senior sector leadership to define and execute near- and long-term growth strategies aligned with customer priorities, technical roadmaps, and enterprise objectives.
  • Serve as a core member of the Business Area Leadership Team, contributing directly to P&L ownership, financial performance, and strategic decision-making.
  • Lead senior-level customer engagement and relationship management, fostering trusted partnerships with key DoD and government stakeholders.
  • Drive pipeline development and prioritization, ensuring disciplined opportunity selection, bid decisions, and investment alignment.
  • Oversee capture and proposal execution for major, strategic opportunities, ensuring compelling, compliant, and differentiated solutions with a strong customer perspective.
  • Champion probability of win (PWin) rigor, conducting executive reviews and ensuring opportunities mature to proposal readiness.
  • Collaborate with Business Area leadership, CTO, and solution architects to align growth strategy with technology investments, IR&D, and adjacent market opportunities.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing growth organization, including talent strategy, succession planning, performance management, and workforce development.
  • Provide executive oversight of B&P, IR&D, and other discretionary investments to maximize return and strategic impact.
  • Support mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnership evaluations to expand capabilities and market reach.
  • Serve as a trusted, objective advisor to Business Area leadership on growth risks, opportunity trade-offs, and strategic investments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or engineering discipline
  • 20+ years of relevant experience, including senior leadership roles
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in business development, capture, and growth leadership within the defense or aerospace sector
  • Demonstrated executive-level relationships with senior military leaders and government decision-makers
  • Deep understanding of DoD missions, acquisition organizations, and customer funding priorities
  • Proven record of leading and winning large, complex, and highly competitive defense captures
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute multi-year growth strategies at the portfolio or business area level
  • Strong people leadership skills with experience building, scaling, and leading high-performing organizations
Benefits
  • competitive compensation
  • health and wellness programs
  • income protection
  • paid leave
  • retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
business developmentcapture managementproposal executiongrowth strategyfinancial performanceP&L ownershippipeline developmentopportunity selectionrisk managementstrategic investments
Soft Skills
leadershiprelationship managementmentoringcollaborationstrategic decision-makingcommunicationtalent strategyperformance managementworkforce developmenttrusted advisor
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in scientific disciplineBachelor’s degree in engineering discipline