Description
Leidos has an immediate opening for a Sector Security Director to lead the Leidos National Security Sector enterprise security organization in Reston, Virginia.
This position is responsible for envisioning and aligning security’s contribution to the National Security Sector’s strategic growth objectives and customer requirements. The successful candidate should have strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of the Intelligence Community and DoD and its associated industrial regulatory framework with the demonstrated capability to align those competencies to support business growth in the areas of National Security analysis and operations, applied tradecraft, and systems development and modernization. The National Security Sector Security Director also serves as a strategic advisor to the Sector President and operations staff for personnel security clearance reform, clearance and classified facility reciprocity and growth enablement.

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Understands the vision and direction of the National Security Sector President; formulates, executes and oversees plans and objectives to support that direction; integrates plans at the strategic and operational level of the supported organization
• Leads, manages and directs subordinate and matrixed security staff in support of National Security Sector business objectives while aligning the overall security effort with the broader Leidos security enterprise; measures performance, develops the organization as needed to support the National Security Sector including staff professional competencies
• Develops innovative approaches to solve complex and novel challenges consistent with corporate and customer risk appetite while maintaining excellence in regulatory and contractual compliance
• Actively manages threats to and vulnerabilities within the National Security Sector in conjunction with Corporate Insider Risk Management, Emergency Management, Counterintelligence, and International Security programs
• Implements and provides guidance to management on security issues such as security education, classified document control, security investigations, classification control, classified construction standards, and personnel clearances
• Directs the analysis of security breaches and disciplinary actions related to security violations and incidents within the National Security Sector; prepares reports of findings, implements remediation and risk mitigations consistent with those findings

KNOWLEDGE:

• Requires in-depth management and leadership knowledge to lead teams or manage across multiple functions within Leidos
• Requires in-depth knowledge of DoD and Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs)
• Requires advanced business knowledge in National Security Sector support functions, advanced management and leadership capability
• Required working knowledge of supporting merger and acquisition activities and associated organizational integration tasks

TYPICAL EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Broad practical experience across multiple security professional disciplines within the organization, combining theory, past practical experience, and the organization’s business practices
• Requires a BA/BS and 12+ years of prior relevant experience in a relevant field. Additional years experience may be used in lieu of degree.
• Must have 12+ years of experience supervising of leading teams or projects in progressively challenging assignments at least one of which is functionally equivalent to this position
• Demonstrated mastery of executive level briefings, prior experience managing organizational budgets and large projects
• Must posses a TS/SCI clearance.
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• Understands the vision and direction of the National Security Sector President; formulates, executes and oversees plans and objectives to support that direction; integrates plans at the strategic and operational level of the supported organization
• Leads, manages and directs subordinate and matrixed security staff in support of National Security Sector business objectives while aligning the overall security effort with the broader Leidos security enterprise; measures performance, develops the organization as needed to support the National Security Sector including staff professional competencies
• Develops innovative approaches to solve complex and novel challenges consistent with corporate and customer risk appetite while maintaining excellence in regulatory and contractual compliance
• Actively manages threats to and vulnerabilities within the National Security Sector in conjunction with Corporate Insider Risk Management, Emergency Management, Counterintelligence, and International Security programs
• Implements and provides guidance to management on security issues such as security education, classified document control, security investigations, classification control, classified construction standards, and personnel clearances
• Directs the analysis of security breaches and disciplinary actions related to security violations and incidents within the National Security Sector; prepares reports of findings, implements remediation and risk mitigations consistent with those finding