Enterprise Leadership & Culture Architect

Description

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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos seeks an Enterprise Leadership & Culture Architect to support Human Resources: Culture & Employee Engagement team at Leidos Global Headquarters in Reston, Virginia. This exciting position offers a unique career opportunity for dynamic people who possess excellent communication and organizational skills within a creative team environment.

Primary Responsibilities. The Enterprise Leadership & Culture Architect is responsible for designing and maintaining a cohesive leadership development architecture that operationalizes the organization's High Performing Teams (HPT) framework, core values, and leadership behaviors. This role ensures conceptual integrity across leadership programs and embeds culture activation into every level of leader progression. LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK DESIGN: Develop and implement multi-tiered leadership curriculum that moves beyond "management" to "architectural leadership"-teaching leaders how to build and sustain elite team dynamics. Serve as doctrinal steward for leadership behavior expectations. Design the multi-level leadership development architecture (new leaders enterprise leaders). STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: Ensure that Culture, Leadership Development, Engagement, performance management, recognition, and talent strategies are structurally as measurable parts of success. STRATEGIC ARCHITECT: Proven ability to translate abstract leadership principles and values into concrete, scalable behaviors and learning paths. SYSTEMS THINKER: Ability to see the "big picture" of how leadership development intersects with business operations and bottom-line results. DATA-DRIVEN EVOLUTION: Utilize organizational health metrics and engagement data to identify cultural gaps and iterate on leadership interventions. Develop performance metrics and frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness of leadership development structures. CHANGE NAVIGATION: Act as a strategic advisor to senior executives, helping them model HPT principles to drive organizational agility and employee engagement. Partner with executive stakeholders to refine leadership expectations. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS: Ability to plan, execute, and monitor organizational leadership development projects.

Multiple openings at various levels. The various position's minimum education and experience requirements are as follows:

• P5: BA/BS degree or equivalent and 12+ years of prior relevant experience in enterprise leadership development/design, organizational transformation, or related field. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

• P6: BA/BS degree or equivalent and 15+ years of prior relevant experience in enterprise leadership development/design, organizational transformation, or related field. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

Basic Qualifications.

Excellent communication skills:Excellent written and verbal communication to effectively interact with multiple stakeholders

Organizational skills:Ability to manage multiple tasks, projects, workstreams and prioritize effectively

Time management skills:Efficiently manage project timelines and deadlines

Attention to detail:Ensure accuracy in project documentation and reporting

Ability to set direction, develop and lead talent strategies that are aligned with business strategy including scoping organization components of complex transformations with interconnected workstreams and dependencies.

Problem-solving skills:Identify and address project challenges proactively

Technical proficiency:Experience supporting program activities using the Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and PowerPoint

Teamwork:Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals

Preferred Qualifications.

MA/MS degree in Leadership Development/Design, Organization Transformation, or related field strongly preferred, and 10+ years of prior relevant experience in organizational development/design, leadership, or related field.

Successful track record of working with C-Suite level leaders.

Superior interpersonal, facilitation, communication, and consulting skills.

Ability to assess needs, influence, collaborate, deliver, and partner at the most senior levels in the organization.

Expert technical knowledge in areas of organization effectiveness, talent management, compensation, change management, and HR processes.

Previous experience in a large consultancy (strategy, organization, or human capital practices) a significant plus.

Experience working in large, multi-national corporations in a highly matrixed, complex structure.

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.

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.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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 Leidos

Leidos 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.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.