Job Description

Description

Leidos is seeking a senior Growth Lead to oversee business development, capture management, and strategic growth for the Intel Solutions organization within the Intelligence Sector.

Intel Solutions supports high-priority missions across ODNI, DIA, and DTRA, delivering capabilities in all-source analysis, collection enablement, counterproliferation and threat reduction, critical counterterrorism operations, identity intelligence, and secure enterprise modernization.

The Growth Lead will lead a team of BD professionals and capture managers, ensuring strong pipeline development, disciplined pursuit execution, and exceptional customer engagement. This role requires deep mission familiarity, strong IC/Defense Intelligence relationships, and the ability to drive a high-performing growth organization aligned with Leidos' Intelligence Sector strategy.

Top Responsibilities

• Lead growth strategy and multi-year pipeline development aligned with ODNI, DIA, and DTRA priorities.
• Oversee all BD and capture activities across the Intel Solutions account portfolio.
• Guide capture managers through major pursuits ($100M+), ensuring strong competitive strategies and mission-aligned solutions.
• Strengthen relationships with senior IC and Defense Intelligence leaders.
• Partner with P&L, engineering, and solution teams to shape differentiated offerings.
• Mentor and mature a team of BD personnel and capture managers.

Mission-Focused Areas of Responsibility

The Growth Lead will oversee growth efforts across mission domains including:

• Intelligence analysis and tradecraft modernization
• Data integration, exploitation, and analytic platforms
• Intelligence collection and mission enablement
• Cloud modernization, secure enterprise operations, and cross-domain solutions
• Counter-WMD, threat reduction, and counterterrorism intelligence support

Required Background

• Bachelor's Degree with 15+ years' relevant experience or a Master's degree with 13+ years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Proven leadership overseeing BD and capture teams supporting ODNI, DIA, DTRA, or similar IC/Defense Intelligence missions.
• Strong understanding of intelligence workflows, analytic production, collection support, data ecosystems, and/or counterterrorism operations.
• Demonstrated success influencing large, complex competitive procurements ($100M+ preferred).
• Ability to direct distributed teams and establish accountability and performance discipline.
• Excellent communication, customer engagement, and relationship-building skills.
• Active TS/SCI clearance (polygraph strongly preferred) or ability to obtain.

Ideal Candidate Attributes

• Executive presence and strong communication skills with senior government officials.
• Deep IC mission insight combined with strong business acumen.
• Skilled at developing long-term customer and partner relationships.
• Effective mentor and coach for BD and capture talent.
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-visibility environments.

If 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.

Original Posting:

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.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.

About Leidos

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

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