Chief Product Officer (Project Management)

Leidos QTC Health Services within the Leidos Health & Civil Sector has an opening for a Chief Product Officer (CPO). This is a Vice President level role, reporting to the Leidos Health and Civil Chief Technology Officer.

The CPO is a senior-level executive responsible for overseeing the entire product development process, from vision to execution, ensuring timely and successful delivery of products. It is a role that's about driving innovation, shaping product experiences, and making strategic product decisions that impact the company's growth. The selected candidate will play a critical leadership role in aligning product strategies with business goals and managing cross-functional teams.

We prefer candidates willing to be based in San Dimas, CA; San Antonio, TX; Nashville, TN; or Reston, VA. Some travel may be required to other company facilities or customer sites.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Developing and implementing the product engineering vision, objectives, and roadmaps aligned with company strategy. 
• Strategic Vision: Cultivate a strategic vision for the product, understanding how it fits into the overall company goals. 
• Customer-Centricity: Develop a strong customer-centric mindset, focusing on creating products that meet real customer needs. 
• Data-Driven Decisions: Become proficient in using data to inform product decisions and measure success. 
• Product lifecycle: Owning the entire product lifecycle – from ideation, to development, release, and iteration – is running smoothly and efficiently.
• Team Management: Overseeing and developing engineering teams, including engineers, managers, and potentially other relevant roles. 
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Building strong relationships and ensuring alignment across various departments like product, design, marketing, and sales. 
• Process Improvement: Identifying areas for improvement in the product engineering process and implementing solutions. 
• Performance Measurement: Establishing and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and identify areas for improvement. 
• Innovation and Change Management: Driving innovation and leading organizational change to improve the product engineering process. 
• Customer and Industry Relationships: Building and maintaining relationships with customers and industry experts to stay informed about trends and best practices. 
• Budget and Resource Allocation: Managing budgets and allocating resources to ensure the successful delivery of products. 
• Technology Strategy: Participate in the definition and implementation of the long-term technology strategy aligned to the lines of business and Business Area strategy/goals
• Application Modernization: Must have gone through major mission critical application modernization and transformation to include, migrating legacy applications to cloud
• Business Area Leadership Support: Consult with business leadership on potential solutions to customer's recognized and unrecognized problems and barriers
• Technology Partnerships: Seek partnerships with strategic suppliers, renowned universities, and research institutions to increase learning opportunities; sponsor research projects that take Business Area solutions to the next level, and where possible, showcase developing technology both internally and externally
• Talent Development: Identify and recruit new technical talent, to include development and mentoring mid-to-senior level technical staff
• Collaboration: Be a lead collaborator for all technical matters internally and external to the Business Areas and to any other organization within Leidos

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or related field with 15 years of relevant software development experience
• Prior experience leading large and complex product development teams
• Understand the principles and core tenets of DevOps, such as automation, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), infrastructure as code, and the importance of collaboration between development and operations teams
• Proven track record of:
  • delivering products faster time-to-market, higher product quality, and better customer experience
  • securing business buy-in by translating product vision into clear, data-driven insights
  • incorporating low-code/no-code technologies into product strategy
  • building and deploying custom applications rapidly to meet customer needs
• Demonstrated experience in anticipating customer needs and technological trends to shape new market entries and drive business growth
• Hands-on experience leading large mission critical applications through their transformation journey
• Knowledge of foundational technologies such as rapid and secure software development, cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)
• Enterprise IT domain experience and technical competence; specifically, IT technology related to End User services, Compute and Storage, Cloud, Application Development
• Strong oral and written communication skills, along with public speaking skills
• Ability to influence and persuade others, as well as handle difficult negotiations requiring a well-developed sense of strategy
• Foundational certifications from AWS & Salesforce
• Ability to mentor, lead, and promote talent
• Ability to obtain Public Trust level security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Math, Science, Engineering, or related field
• Advanced professional certifications from AWS & Salesforce
• Active DoD Secret security clearance

Additional Information:

• Travel requirements: 25%
• Telework: 25%

About Leidos QTC Health Services

Leidos QTC Health Services collaborates closely with government and non-government customers to address current and future program needs within the health services domain. We specialize in disability-focused medical examinations, independent medical exams and review services, occupational health services, diagnostic testing, and case management solutions. As innovators, we focus on advancing technologies that improve service delivery, with a particular emphasis on enhancing accessibility for examinees in rural communities. With a proven track record of continuous improvement and steady growth, we now handle over 2 million appointments annually. Visit www.qtcm.com for more information.

Compensation 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. As a result, we offer meaningful and engaging careers to support you and your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

This role may fall under the Service Contract Act (SCA), a federal law which provides for a U.S. Department of Labor-prescribed minimum prevailing rate of pay and certain benefit levels. Where appropriate, Company-provided benefit plans such as comprehensive leave, holiday, medical, dental, life, accident, disability coverages, retirement plan contributions, and other health and welfare benefits and payments are utilized to meet these obligations. 

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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 QTC Health Services will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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