Program Manager – Intelligence Support
Location: Fort Meade, MD
Clearance Required: Current Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI)
Leidos is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead a large, diverse team supporting critical Counterintelligence (CI), Counterterrorism (CT), and HUMINT missions at Fort Meade.
This role oversees a broad intelligence support scope, including analytical operations, cyber and forensics support, technology protection, and advanced computer science functions that directly enable national‑level investigations and mission success.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of 100+ personnel across multiple locations, ensuring seamless support to CI, CT, and HUMINT mission partners.
- Oversee intelligence, analytical, cyber, forensics, technology protection, and computer science functions supporting investigative and operational requirements.
- Manage all aspects of program performance, including cost, schedule, risk, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and mission priorities.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with government customers, mission partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure effective utilization of system resources, production schedules, and workflow processes.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks while driving continuous improvement across operations.
- Coordinate solutions to production‑related challenges, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.
- Provide executive‑level reporting, briefings, and decision support to senior leadership.
Required Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) – Active and current.
Education Requirements
Option 1:
- Bachelor’s degree in Intelligence, Business, or related field
- 14+ years of relevant and combined management experience, with at least 2 years occurring within the last 2 years
Option 2:
- Master’s degree in Intelligence, Business, or related field
- 12+ years of relevant and combined management experience, with at least 2 years occurring within the last 2 years
Experience Requirements
- Proven experience managing large programs (100+ personnel) across multiple geographic locations and mission areas.
- Demonstrated experience supporting the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community, performing program or project management for complex, multi‑disciplinary efforts.
- Strong background in coordinating mission support across CI, CT, HUMINT, cyber, and analytical domains.
Preferred Experience/ Education:
- Prior work as an intelligence analyst within the DoD or IC
- HUMINT collection experience
- Counterintelligence investigations or operations experience
- Graduate of an intelligence analysis course
- HUMINT collection course graduate
- Counterintelligence Special Agent credentials
This is a high‑impact leadership role supporting some of the nation’s most sensitive and mission‑critical intelligence operations. You will shape program strategy, guide a talented workforce, and directly influence national security outcomes
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Original Posting:June 22, 2026
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 $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
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.
