Description

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Director of Corporate Development to join our corporate finance team in Reston -VA. In this role, you will report directly to our SVP of Corporate Development and be a key participant in inorganic growth for all of Leidos’ global businesses, which includes leading the company’s mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic equity investments. You will also provide leadership in due diligence, financial modeling and negotiations for our transactions.

Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Grow and support the development of a strategic opportunity pipeline focused on M&A and strategic investments,
• Investigate and evaluate potential mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and venture investments to determine if such activities are in line with our organization's overall strategy
• Engage with senior-level executives across the enterprise to proactively identify and execute strategic growth opportunities
• Be responsible for the analysis, identification, and valuation of market trends and strategies
• Lead teams performing due diligence and developing business cases
• Develop financial forecast models including discounted cash flow analyses
• Support and drive business unit target identification and analysis
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with the investment banking community to keep the “pulse of the market”
• Lead the negotiation and execution stage of our acquisitions, divestitures and minority investments
• Support the integration of corporate acquisitions and transition for corporate divestitures

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 13+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience leading Mergers & Acquisitions transactions at a public company, investment bank, or private equity firm.
• Extensive experience in running/leading complex due diligence processes. This includes framing diligence objectives, coordinating the execution of the diligence procedures, and reporting diligence findings to senior leaders.
• Deep finance and accounting expertise, and ability to partner with forensic accountants, as applicable.
• Proven, relevant and recent experience leading both buy-side and sell-side transactions, preferably with experience in the government services or defense systems sector.
• Strong project management skills; able to manage multiple projects, take on new responsibilities, and handle ambiguity and novel issues.
• Collaboration at all levels of the company, entry-level to the executive leadership team.
• Excellent executive-level communication skills as well as proven negotiation skills.
• US citizenship is required and able to obtain security clearance as needed.

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You’ll fit right in.

Original Posting:
September 8, 2025

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 $148,850.00 - $269,075.00

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.