
SME Strategic Communications Specialist – Lead
Leidos
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Alexandria • Maryland • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $116,350 - $210,325 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Develop and implement a comprehensive communication plan for all stakeholders
- Foster communication and collaboration between stakeholders to ensure alignment with development priorities and risk management
- Lead stakeholder engagement efforts, including planning, facilitating, and documenting strategic engagement sessions and integrate stakeholder feedback into the software change management process
- Lead the creation and maintenance of the System service catalog
- Establish and maintain a framework for Service Portfolio Management
- Advise on alignment of service investment decisions with DoD mission partner priorities
- Collect, generate, and maintain an inventory of all Platform services
- Build and maintain an Service Portfolio roadmap
- Design, build, publish, and maintain online training materials for the System
- Conduct regular strategic communication exchanges with stakeholders
- Plan, schedule, and conduct stakeholder engagement sessions
- Collect, analyze, and distribute feedback from stakeholder engagements
- Assist in defining, establishing, and maintaining Service Levels for all major services
- Conduct customer relationship management operations
- Generate and maintain customer and user metrics
- Support the Government in conducting program communications regarding the System
- Ensure team alignment with program objectives
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment
- Provide regular performance feedback and professional development opportunities
- Lead and mentor a team of communications professionals, ensuring alignment with program objectives and manage team workload and resource allocation effectively
Requirements
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Affairs, Marketing, Business, Political Science, or related discipline and at least 12 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree in a related field and at least 10 years of relevant experience
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in strategic communications or a related field
- Experience leading strategic communications efforts for large-scale Federal or DoD technology programs
- Experience supervising and mentoring communications or public affairs personnel
- Experience preparing executive-level briefings and strategic messaging for senior leadership
- Experience in developing and implementing communication plans
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, mission-focused messaging
- Experience supporting change management or enterprise adoption initiatives
- Strong understanding of software change management processes
- Proven ability to lead stakeholder engagement and customer relationship management
- Experience with service portfolio and catalog management
- Strong analytical skills to generate and maintain customer and user metrics
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience operating within SAFe or large-scale Agile frameworks supporting enterprise systems
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
strategic communicationscommunication plansstakeholder engagementservice portfolio managementsoftware change managementcustomer relationship managementanalytical skillsexecutive-level briefingsAgile frameworksSAFe
Soft Skills
collaborationleadershipmentoringcommunicationteam alignmentperformance feedbackprofessional developmentinclusivityplanningfacilitation
Certifications
Active Top Secret (TS) clearanceSCI eligibility