Description
We are seeking a qualified and experienced Program Change Manager with proven experience leading large-scale, complex change initiatives within the Defense environment. Experience in Identify Credential Access Management (ICAM) is highly desirable. This role is responsible for designing, leading and embedding sustainable change across complex programs, ensuring that business, operational, cultural and behavioral change is effectively adopted and benefits are realized.
Candidates will demonstrate depth and breadth of experience across the end-to-end change lifecycle, including:
- Program-level change strategy development and execution aligned to business objectives
- Stakeholder engagement and change impact management across customer, supplier and internal teams
- Mobilization of change activities during program start-up and transition phases
Responsibilities:- Lead the program-level change management strategy, aligned to delivery, commercial and customer objectives
- Assess and manage change impacts across people, processes, technology and operating models
- Develop and execute change plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training and adoption activities
- Provide change leadership across multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed teams
- Partner with Senior Program Manager and Technical Leads to integrate change into delivery plans
- Support recovery and transformation initiatives for complex or at-risk programs
- Establish and track change adoption and benefits realization metrics
- Engage with customers and suppliers to ensure change is understood and embedded
- Contribute to internal and external reporting at weekly, monthly and quarterly forums
- Identify, manage and mitigate change-related risks and dependencies
- Create and maintain comprehensive change documentation and artefacts
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on change readiness, adoption and sustainability
Basic Requirements: - DoD Top Secret Clearance
- Minimum bachelor's degree from accredited college or university
- 8 years of Change Management experience
- A proven track record delivering program-scale change in complex environments
- Strong experience in change management methodologies
- Experience working alongside Agile and Waterfall delivery models
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including influencing senior and customer level
- Ability to operate across business, technical and operational communities
- Strong analytical capability, with experience assessing change, impact and readiness
- Experience supporting transformation, recovery or large-scale transition initiatives
- Line management or functional leadership experience (desirable)
- Preferred Requirements:
- Knowledgeable of the guidelines provided by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), DoD 5000 series, and ICD 801 policies.
- Understanding of agile software development, enterprise service operations, sustainment, support, and integration, ICAM/IdAM, and Zero Trust.
- Relevant certification in Change Management, Agile or equivalent
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Original Posting:May 22, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00
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.
About LeidosLeidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
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