Senior Growth Lead
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.
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