Director of Project Management

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $116.3k - $210.3k / year

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Leidos

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1969

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Consulting • Logistics

Leidos is a leading systems integrator in science, technology, and engineering, providing solutions that transform and enable the missions of its customers. The company operates across various markets, including aviation, defense, energy, government, healthcare, intelligence, science, and space. Leidos is involved in AI, digital modernization, cyber operations, and integrated and mission software systems. With a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability, Leidos also engages in charitable efforts and community enrichment programs. Additionally, it contributes to developing solutions for counter-unmanned aerial systems and electric vehicle infrastructure for military applications.

📋 Description

• Lead a team of Project Managers delivering complex transmission, substation, distribution, and system planning engineering projects. • Provide executive oversight for projects delivered under EPC, Progressive Design-Build, and Engineering Services contracts. • Drive consistent project execution practices to improve safety, quality, schedule performance, client satisfaction, and profitability. • Establish governance processes for identifying and resolving project risks, scope changes, resource constraints, and commercial issues. • Ensure engineering execution aligns with contractual obligations, construction sequencing, and client expectations. • Lead engineering project execution supporting construction-led EPC prime contractors. • Ensure engineering deliverables support procurement, construction sequencing, commissioning, and EPC milestones. • Partner with Construction, Procurement, Project Controls, Engineering, Operations, Business Development, and Executive Leadership. • Manage engineering changes, field issues, RFIs, and construction support activities. • Maintain financial responsibility for revenue, gross margin, utilization, backlog, forecasting, and cash flow. • Manage contract scope, commercial risk, change orders, claims avoidance, project controls, earned value, and PMO governance. • Lead, mentor, coach, and develop Project Managers, Project Controls professionals, and Project Coordinators. • Monitor project health, lead executive project reviews, and implement portfolio recovery strategies. • Standardize project management tools, procedures, governance, and reporting. • Lead workforce planning, resource utilization, staffing forecasts, and workload balancing. • Develop strategic relationships with utility clients and EPC partners and support account expansion. • Develop capture strategies and participate in capture planning, proposals, pricing reviews, executive presentations, and bid/no-bid decisions. • Support contract negotiations and represent Leidos at industry conferences and client meetings.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related field. • 12+ years of progressive experience managing engineering and EPC project portfolios within the electric utility industry. • 7+ years leading Project Managers or project management organizations. • Demonstrated success managing engineering services under EPC, Design-Build, or Engineering Services contracts. • Experience supporting engineering organizations serving as subcontractors to construction-led EPC prime contractors highly preferred. • Strong understanding of the EPC project lifecycle, including engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and project closeout. • Demonstrated experience managing multimillion-dollar project portfolios with full financial accountability. • Proven experience negotiating scope changes, managing commercial risk, and improving project profitability. • Experience developing PMO processes, governance, and organizational standards. • Strong understanding of project controls, forecasting, earned value management, and portfolio reporting. • PMP certification preferred. • Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred. • Executive presence and exceptional communication and relationship-building skills. • Ability to lead through influence across matrix organizations. • Strategic thinking balancing client needs, operational priorities, and financial objectives. • Strong commercial acumen and sound business decision-making. • Ability to lead organizational change and continuous improvement initiatives. • Conflict resolution, negotiation, and executive presentation skills. • High emotional intelligence and passion for mentoring and developing future leaders.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health and Wellness programs • Income Protection • Paid Leave • Retirement • Competitive compensation