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If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading! 

The Mission
The Digital Modernization Group of Leidos currently has an opening for an Operations Manager to work at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.  This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the AFNCR ITS mission.  In this mission we provide support services for information systems for Headquarters Air Force (HAF), Air Force District of Washington (AFDW), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other Air Force activities within the AFNCR missions to include the Pentagon, Joint Base Andrews (JBA), Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), and other locations, leased spaces, and alternate sites.  The major support areas are: IT Operations and Maintenance; Plans, Projects, and Engineering.  The senior leaders and national defense missions that are supported require that the AFNCR operations never fail, resulting in a fast-paced, challenging, but also rewarding environment.  

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The 894 CYSS Project Management Lead will work with our customer’s, project managers, internal task or functional staff, and support personnel to execute the AFNCR ITS Program Mission.

The successful candidate will be able to work in a fast-paced environment that requires team interaction and coordination of efforts. The candidate will be accountable for prioritizing, planning, organizing, training, assessing, and managing resources to ensure that projects are executed within scope and time constraints.  While part of a team environment, the Lead will also work individually and may assist other team members on moderately complex projects, tasks, or assignments As a Project Management Lead for the Air Force customer, the candidate will serve as a primary point of contact for select Project Management office projects and activities. 

Your greatest work is ahead! 

The Challenge:

• The 894 Cyber Support Squadron oversees AFNCR-wide actives to complement base-specific communications squadrons, driving projects that have multi-base or AFNCR interoperability impacts.
• As a Project Team Lead for the 894 Cyber Support Squadron, the candidate will serve as a primary point of contact for select Project Management office projects and activities, guiding a $28M project portfolio.
• Trains and guides a staff of 4 to manage workloads, while ensuring compliance with processes and procedures, as well as meeting project deadlines. 
• Assists the 894 CYSS Site Lead in developing and executing the AFNCR IT capabilities roadmap
• Interfaces with DoW officials to coordinate, schedule, and manage discrete Peer Review projects.
• Engages with subject matter experts for assignments and monitoring work activities.
• Lead projects from inception through delivery, coordinating all related functions, tasks and schedule aspects.
• Ensure all related resources across multiple task order and functional, subcontractor and related support organizations have defined tasking, meet project timelines.  
• Primary tasks are related to achieving Leidos P&L responsibilities.
• Coordinates all aspects of projects content across the various involved functions from initiation through project completion, adhering to the 844 CG governance processes.
• Provides hands-on efforts to characterize the project’s content in preparation for input to the appropriate organizations to ensure complete end-to-end execution of the projects.
• Reviews, analyzes and evaluates task output for complete, correct and complaint project submittals to the customer.
• Works with the technical/programmatic subject matter experts to characterize the project solutions for communication/charts for review and approval for submittal to Leidos customers.
• Day-to-day tasks require a hands-on, action-oriented individual.
• Produces briefing / overview slides on all active projects, submits weekly activity reports to the Site Lead, and ensures monthly contract deliverables are submitted on time.
• Manages projects to successful completion, meeting schedule deadlines, service levels, and performance targeted. 
• Participates in regular process improvement and quality initiatives.
• Participates in and providing support for special projects.
• The AFNCR Program is made up of 3 primary sites: JBA (Primary Site), JBAB, and the Pentagon; potential for occasional travel between the sites.

What Sets You Apart:

• BA/BS or equivalent experience and 10+ years of prior relevant experience or MA/MS with 8+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree. 
• Experience in team leadership role.
• Significant experience in project operation/management type environment.
• Demonstrated customer service in high volume, deadline focused environment.
• Experience with process improvement and quality assurance activities.
• Excellent problem-solving and customer service skills
• Analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Flexibility to manage shifting schedules and priorities.
• Strong computer, Microsoft office skills (Outlook, Teams, MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel). 
• PMP Certification within 6 months.

You Might Also Have:

• Requirement Analysis.
• Internal and external customer interfacing skills. 
• Business Development.
• Extensive knowledge of military organizations and prior experience working with the Air Force.
• Clearance Required: 
• Active DoD Secret clearance.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

February 10, 2026

Pay Range:

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.