Program Risk Manager

• Must have an active DOD Top Secret or active DOE Q clearance. Active, meaning the individual granted a clearance is briefed and currently occupies a position for which the clearance is required.*

Leidos is hiring a Program Risk Manager to support the Weapons Modernization Program. This individual will be responsible for providing technical and programmatic risk (threat and opportunity) management support and subject matter expertise in the identification and management of program risks for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). This individual will serve as the primary interface between the Federal Program Office (FPO) and the NNSA national labs and weapons production facilities, for managing the risk program. This includes responsibility for performing qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques and providing recommendations on risk handling strategies. The work performed is extensive in scope and preference is for an experienced individual with demonstrated NNSA risk management expertise or an individual with a technical or programmatic risk management background with a willingness and aptitude to learn in a fast paced environment.

The individual must be self-starting, possess the ability to work in a highly dynamic environment, and have an ability to interface with a broad range of federal and military senior staff and leadership. This requires coordinating with Federal Program Directors and Engineers, Program Managers and Risk Engineers at the NNSA national labs and weapons production facilities, and other DOD partners to draft discrete and cogent risks to inform stakeholder technical and programmatic decisions. The individual must understand and explain the technical and programmatic drivers for program risk.

This full-time contractor-support position is located on-site at the NNSA offices in Albuquerque, NM.

Roles/responsibilities include:

• Ensure the FPO is implementing sound risk and issue management practices in compliance with Federal Requirements.

• Provide subject matter expertise and support on the required approach to proactively identify, assess, monitor, and manage risks and issues with the NNSA national labs and weapons production facilities, to develop effective risk handling strategies and issue management plans.

• Continuously monitor the program to identify potential risks, including threats and opportunities that may impact the program.

• Assess the likelihood and impact of identified risks by using qualitative and quantitative risk analysis for schedule, cost, and uncertainty using Deltek Acumen Fuse or other industry standard software to identify potential program impacts.

• Team with sites to select handling plan strategies and develop responses for identified risks. This includes identifying potential off ramps based on the effectiveness of risk responses.

• Monitor risk management efforts by regularly reviewing and updating handling plans to ensure they remain effective and relevant throughout the risk exposure window.

• Effectively communicate risk information to all stakeholders, including the Federal Program Director to ensure awareness of risks and their handling plan strategies.

• Produce recurring risk reports that summarize current risk environment, mitigation efforts, and changes in status. Ensuring reports are clear, concise, and actionable, as needed.

• Foster a culture of risk awareness within the FPO, the NNSA national labs, weapons production facilities and DOD partner sites. Includes encouraging proactive risk identification and open communication about potential risks.

• Ensure the program complies with best practices related to risk management.

• Validate risk information (handling plan activities, risk assessments) is well documented, up-to-date, and accessible in the Active Risk Manager (ARM) repository.

• Evaluate and validate risk mitigation costs for inclusion in management reserve and contingency allocation decisions.

• Lead recurring (weekly, monthly, quarterly) programmatic risk management meetings with the FPO, NNSA national labs, nuclear weapon production facilities as well as DOD partners.

• Execute strategies to ensure risks and issues are appropriately documented, tracked, evaluated, and managed in accordance with the program's risk management plan.

Required Clearance, Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.

• Currently possess an active DOE Q or active DOD Top Secret clearance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience in writing and editing briefings for senior and executive managers.

• Demonstrated experience implementing modeling and simulation tools for cost and schedule risk impact analysis.

• Knowledge of program and project management/scheduling tools and techniques.

• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite with particular emphasis on word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet applications (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).

• Travel as business needs require (approximately 25% of the time).

Preferred Qualifications:

• NNSA/DOD interagency experience.

• Nuclear weapons experience; however, will consider other relevant work experience.

• Experience using ARM software for project risk management.

• Experience performing risk uncertainty/probability analysis using tools such as Deltek Acumen Fuse.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

• Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) Certification.

• Experience with risk management for NNSA weapons programs.

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Original Posting:

March 25, 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 $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

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.