Leidos · 23 hours ago
Vice President, Mission Assurance
Reston, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$199K/yr - $321K/yr
15+ years expLeidos is a prominent company in the Aerospace & Defense industry, seeking a Vice President of Mission Assurance. This role is responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the Mission Assurance function, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and overseeing critical assurance practices that impact national security.
ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Lead the strategic direction of the Mission Assurance function for the Leidos enterprise, ensuring absolute alignment between quality operations and long-term corporate business objectives
Convert corporate-level growth and performance goals into executable assurance plans across diverse business sectors (e.g., Defense, Homeland, Intelligence)
Establish workforce strategies to ensure that the Leidos portfolio is supported by a technically elite and appropriately scaled assurance organization
Serve as the executive authority for Mission Assurance matters affecting $1B+ programs, multi-sector portfolios, and critical delivery milestones
Lead initiatives with significant impact on corporate financial performance, delivery confidence, and the defensibility of corporate credentials
Address highly complex, ambiguous issues requiring expert judgment and enterprise-level trade decisions between schedule, cost, and mission integrity
Influence Sector Leadership, Growth Officers, and Program Management teams to adopt and fund modern assurance concepts and operating models
Influence and manage the corporation’s strategic interface with external certification bodies and government regulators ensuring that enterprise certifications (AS9100, CMMI, ISO) serve as a validated foundation for mission success
Lead briefings and forums involving the organization's most sensitive and high-value program portfolios
Ensure the assurance of critical engineering and program products that drive downstream cost and performance for the nation's most complex systems
Oversee the governance of quality plans, global audit systems, and systemic corrective action frameworks
Drive the resolution of difficult, multi-year systemic issues that span multiple programs, global sites, or international customers
Maintain enterprise-wide compliance and certification integrity for AS9100, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 20000-1, CMMI-DEV, and CMMI-SVC
Lead the digital transformation of compliance execution to increase defensibility and efficiency across the Leidos portfolio
Direct an expansive Mission Assurance organization managed through a cadre of Senior Directors and Directors across multiple geographic regions
Exercise full hiring, promotion, and reward authority, focusing on building a pipeline of future leaders in Mission Assurance
Qualification
Required
15+ years of experience in the Aerospace & Defense industry with a proven track record of managing a complex, global function within a $10B–$20B+ environment
Demonstrated success in leading strategy and operations with enterprise-level impact on multi-billion dollar programs
Proven ability to influence Executive leadership and lead through extreme ambiguity and high-stakes conflict
Preferred
Experience modernizing legacy quality/assurance operating models within a Tier-1 Defense Prime
Direct experience supporting 'Program of Record' deliveries for major DOD or Intelligence Community customers
Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) is preferred but not required
Company
Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO
Leadership Team
James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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