Director, Hypersonics Growth - Defense Sector

Leidos is seeking a Director, Hypersonics Growth to lead and execute growth strategies across the hypersonics portfolio. This role is responsible for identifying, shaping, and capturing new business opportunities aligned to customer mission needs across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Department of Energy.

The Director will report to the VP Kinetics Growth and work closely with technical, program, financial, and executive leadership to drive sustainable growth, mature customer relationships, and position Leidos as a trusted hypersonics mission partner.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the hypersonics growth strategy aligned with business area, division, and enterprise objectives.
• Identify, qualify, and shape new business opportunities from early customer engagement through contract award.
• Serve as Business Development Lead for priority hypersonics pursuits.
• Develop and implement win strategies, including customer engagement plans, competitive assessments, and teaming strategies.
• Establish and maintain senior-level customer relationships across DoD Services, OSD, DARPA, MDA, AFRL, ONR, SDA, DOE, and other relevant organizations.
• Own and manage the hypersonics growth division’s budget, staffing, and pipeline, including oversight of growth and capture budgets, workforce planning, and pipeline development and forecast accuracy.
• Partner with technical and program leadership to align internal capabilities, IRAD investments, and solution architectures to emerging requirements.
• Coordinate across Leidos business areas to drive integrated, enterprise solutions and optimize resource utilization.
• Support proposal development activities, including reviews, solution shaping, pricing alignment, and executive messaging.
• Monitor market trends, threat developments, and acquisition strategies impacting hypersonics programs.
• Contribute to long-range strategic planning, division operating plans, and growth performance metrics.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Aerospace, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience supporting DoD, DOE, or national security programs or relevant military service.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in growth, capture management, or business development, program management for complex technical programs.
• Demonstrated understanding of hypersonics-related technologies, including hypersonic weapons or vehicles, propulsion systems, thermal protection systems and materials, modeling and simulation, or test and evaluation infrastructure.
• Proven experience leading competitive new business pursuits resulting in successful contract awards.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical, programmatic, financial, and acquisition stakeholders.
• US Citizen with ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a technical discipline.
• Prior experience in senior Business Development, Capture, or Program Management role.
• Existing customer relationships within the hypersonics mission space.
• Experience supporting Department of Energy programs, laboratories, or acquisition organizations.
• Familiarity with OTAs, rapid acquisition pathways, and classified program environments.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Active or previous DOE Q clearance.

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Original Posting:

October 20, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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.