Director, Innovation – Deployment

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the team tasked with transforming how Leidos Energy generates and delivers unique value through technology.

• Recognize challenges and opportunities where technology can significantly enhance results.

• Evaluate opportunities based on their value, feasibility, risk, implementation effort, and scalability.

• Quickly assess whether opportunities should be expanded, redirected, or phased out.

• Lead swift development, experimentation, prototyping, and testing processes.

• Decide whether to build, purchase, configure, integrate, partner, or repurpose capabilities.

• Integrate user feedback and operational realities throughout the development process.

• Manage the progression from identified opportunity to operational deployment.

• Address technical, security, workflow, adoption, and organizational needs for successful implementation.

• Collaborate with Operations & Sustainment to transition capabilities into ongoing operations and support.

• Create a repeatable method for moving from problem identification to evidence gathering to deployed capability.

• Oversee the organization, portfolio, resources, investments, and partnerships.

• Provide insights to the Energy CTO and Business Area leadership regarding opportunities, progress, risks, investments, and realized value.

• Build a motivated, engaged team and foster the development of individuals and leaders across the Energy organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or a related technical field, along with 12+ years of relevant professional experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

• Proven experience in leading and developing technical organizations and multidisciplinary teams, including nurturing technical leaders.

• Established track record of advancing multiple technology capabilities, improvements, or technology-driven changes from concept or experimentation to successful operational implementation.

• Demonstrated ability to identify high-impact problems, assess alternative solutions, and utilize evidence to scale, redirect, or terminate technology investments.

• Capability to clearly articulate technology decisions, evidence, risks, and trade-offs to senior business and technical leaders, and to lead effectively across organizational boundaries.

• Preferred: Master’s degree in a relevant technical or business field.

• Preferred: Profound understanding of the energy, utility, engineering, or another engineering-centric industry.

• Preferred: Experience in swiftly developing and scaling technology-driven improvements within a complex or highly regulated environment.

• Preferred: Successful operational experience in a large, matrixed organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Retirement savings plans with company contributions.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Flexible work arrangements and a supportive work environment.