Technical Program Manager in Falls Church

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead execution across the teams developing an AI-powered, autonomous vulnerability operations platform. The role sits between vulnerability researchers, software engineers, machine learning engineers, and government stakeholders, and is responsible for translating an evolving technical capability into a product delivered on a predictable release cadence.

• 10+ years of professional experience in technical program management, engineering management, or product development, including delivery of software products to production. \n

• Experience owning technical delivery from concept through production release, including scoping, sequencing, and driving execution across multiple engineering disciplines without direct authority. \n

• Technical fluency sufficient to review design documentation, evaluate estimates, and manage dependencies at the architecture level. Hands-on engineering background . \n

• Experience managing software deployments and release processes at scale across multiple cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped or classified installations, including the constraints those environments place on release cadence and update paths. \n

• Experience delivering in a government or regulated environment, including management of accreditation timelines (RMF, ATO, and continuous ATO) as schedule dependencies. \n

• Experience managing programs which incorporating AI/ML or agentic components. \n

• Demonstrated ability to communicate program status, risk, and tradeoffs to engineering teams, executive leadership, and customer stakeholders.

• Prior experience supporting vulnerability research, offensive security, or cyber operations programs \n

• Experience transitioning research or prototype capability into a sustained product \n

• Active security clearance \n

• Certifications such as PMP, \n

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For 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.

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Pay Range:Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00\n

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The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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About Leidos

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n Kudu Dynamics is Leidos Owned Company, forged out of a decade of experience in computer network operations and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers and engineers have experience spanning centuries of research, development, and operations missions - across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Kudu Dynamics, a Leidos company is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow’s threats and build the next of capabilities., Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.