About Leidos

Leidos is a trusted innovation partner to the U.S. Navy, leading advancement in undersea warfare, autonomy, open architectures, and mission-critical maritime technologies. Growth in the Maritime Business Area is a core pillar of Leidos’ NorthStar 2030 strategy, with significant investment focused on expanding undersea capabilities and strategic market leadership.

The Opportunity

Leidos is seeking a Senior Business Development (BD) Director to lead undersea warfare growth across the U.S. Navy and broader DoD maritime community. This is a high-impact, strategic leadership role responsible for shaping long-term growth strategy, driving major captures, and positioning Leidos as a premier undersea warfare partner. The ideal candidate brings deep domain expertise, executive-level customer relationships, and a proven record of winning complex, mission-critical programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior growth leader for undersea warfare, shaping and executing market and capture strategies aligned with enterprise and Maritime growth objectives.
• Build, maintain, and expand executive-level relationships across Navy undersea operational, technical, and acquisition communities.
• Identify, qualify, and mature a robust portfolio of undersea opportunities supporting near-, mid-, and long-term growth.
• Lead and oversee capture strategies for priority pursuits, ensuring disciplined execution across the full BD lifecycle.
• Partner with Maritime leadership, capture executives, program managers, and solution architects to align investments, offerings, and messaging.
• Drive competitive positioning and differentiation through deep understanding of customer needs, mission priorities, and competitor capabilities.
• Coordinate across Leidos business areas to deliver integrated, enterprise-level solutions to customer challenges.
• Execute to annual bookings, revenue, pipeline, and award targets.
• Guide development of marketing collateral, white papers, and thought leadership that highlight Leidos’ undersea capabilities.
• Represent Leidos at senior-level industry forums, tradeshows, customer engagements, and strategic planning events.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to enhance market intelligence, opportunity shaping, and pipeline execution.

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance; active clearance strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 15+ years of experience; or Master’s degree with 10+ years of experience.
• Deep understanding of undersea warfare missions, platforms, sensors, and systems; previous submarine officer preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership in business development and capture within the aerospace and defense industry.
• Proven success leading and winning large, complex undersea or maritime defense programs.
• Established senior-level relationships with U.S. Navy and DoD stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of government acquisition processes, contracting, and customer buying behaviors.
• Ability to lead and influence across organizational and geographic boundaries.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive and flag-level briefings.
• Willingness to travel up to approximately 33%, including CONUS and OCONUS, as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• DAWIA Level III and/or PMP certification.
• Experience with PPBE processes.
• Familiarity with operational test and evaluation.
• Formal training in Business Development, Capture Management, or Strategic Growth Leadership.

Why Leidos?

At Leidos, you’ll shape the future of undersea warfare while influencing some of the Navy’s most critical modernization efforts. You’ll work alongside top-tier technologists, operators, and strategists in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, leadership, and impact.

Apply today to help define the next generation of U.S. Navy undersea dominance.

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 4, 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.