Director Managed Business Applications

Description

Leidos Office of the Chief Information Officer is seeking a Director of Managed Business Applications. This position offers full time telework.

The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) reports into the Digital Modernization Sector and collaborates across organizational lines to deliver effective enabling digital capabilities to our global employee base. The OCIO team develops, deploys, and manages innovative digital capabilities leveraging industry-leading partnerships and cost-effective deployment and management models. The OCIO is seeking leaders to drive efficient capability delivery and management, more opportunities for innovation, and facilitate data-driven decisions across the enterprise.

This position is to lead our Managed Business Applications team to integrate, configure and support business applications and SaaS integrated tools to streamline Leidos operations and enhance user experience. The team combines technical excellence with deep industry knowledge to configure and integrate sector sponsored applications and provide assistance in building a strategic roadmap and enhance capabilities within the solution.

To excel in this role, you should possess strong technical knowledge across various architectural domains, such as application architecture, infrastructure, data, and security. Additionally, communication, stakeholder management, and project management skills are crucial for collaborating with diverse teams and driving successful outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Cultivate and grow a services-based, platform configuration and integration focused organization that balances technology modernization with cost efficiency
• Lead and influence cross functional teams in strategic design, configuration and integration of SaaS and Enterprise COTS [ecosystem] offerings including Workday, Costpoint, Ivalua and Digital manufacturing tools.

• Manage vendor and business technology team relationships to establish technical roadmaps and establish year over year priorities and budget planning
• Possess and foster a fundamental knowledge of Costpoint, Ivalua, Workday or any other SaaS based enterprise offering and other Enterprise COTS solutioning being offered via CIO.
• Update and continuously manage a clear service catalog of offerings, to best facilitate our global employees' work and enhance productivity
• Drive continuous improvement in project / tool delivery with an increased focus on user experience

• Identify opportunities to reduce technical sprawl, including technology for retirement

• Evaluate new technology, partners, and capabilities for integration into our service catalog along with architects and other enterprise application directors.

• Develop an outcome-based culture and cultivate and reward high performing teams

• Work collaboratively with Digital Transformation & Business Enablement team to develop, codify, and test Customer Zero opportunities

• Identify and drive productivity- and cost-efficiency-driving KPI's
• Contribute to the CIO strategic roadmap of progressive opportunities for modernization, innovation, and system retirement

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology related field and 12+ years of experience in IT management. Additional years of relevant experience, training, and/or professional certifications will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 6+ years of experience leading teams or IT projects with demonstrated competency in the full range of stakeholder management

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Demonstrable experience leading geographically-dispersed technical teams through large scale organizational change

• Demonstrable experience developing and executing a strategic vision through to deliver capabilities to an enterprise
• Technical knowledge of at least one of the following domains: Costpoint, Workday, SaaS integrations/configurations or similar enterprise applications
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills to work closely with numerous stakeholders from diverse organizations.

• Experience managing SaaS and COTS software solutions for an enterprise (Microsoft, AWS, ERPs, etc.)

• Experience with successfully managing P&L responsibilities

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance.

• Engineering background with MBA.