Description
The VP, Platform Solutions is a senior leadership role responsible for driving large-scale change initiatives across the Health and Civil Sector. This includes spearheading platform reengineering, cloud migration, digital transformation, and other key strategic technology projects. The Platform Solutions Leader will work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure that transformation efforts align with the company’s long-term vision and business objectives. This role requires a visionary leader who can navigate complex challenges, inspire cross-functional teams, and deliver impactful results.
In this role, the individual will be responsible for developing and executing a sector-wide technology strategy that supports the company’s overall corporate technology vision. The Platform Solutions Leader will provide strategic & operational guidance to business area leaders and division managers to drive technology innovation and business growth across multiple verticals within Health & Civil Sector.
Primary Responsibilities:
Team Leadership:
- Build, mentor, and lead high-performing teams responsible for driving transformation initiatives.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.
- Act as a technical subject matter expert, guiding engineering teams and cross-functional teams
Strategic Leadership:
- Develop and implement a sector-wide transformation strategy, focusing on digital transformation, cloud migration, and platform reengineering.
- Align transformation initiatives with corporate goals and sector-specific objectives.
Operations Management:
- Oversee the planning, execution, and monitoring of strategic transformation programs.
- Ensure timely, within-budget delivery of programs while maintaining quality and effectiveness.
- Develop metrics and KPIs to measure the success of transformation efforts and course-correct when necessary.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Lead cross-functional teams, foster collaboration between departments, breaking down silos and ensuring holistic problem-solving approaches.
- Serve as the key point of contact for sector-wide transformation communications and status reporting.
Technology & Innovation:
- Drive platform reengineering, cloud migration, and the adoption of innovative technologies to enhance infrastructure and customer experiences.
- Identify and implement emerging technologies and best practices that enhance operational efficiency and innovation.
- Stay informed on industry trends and continuously lead the company through improvement initiatives.
New Business Growth:
- Partner with Business Area CTOs and other senior leaders to ensure alignment between technology strategies and the overall business development plan.
- Actively participate in ongoing strategic growth campaigns and support business development opportunities.
Customer & Market Engagement:
- Engage with existing and potential customers to showcase the company’s problem-solving capabilities using technically-sound solutions.
- Support business growth by leveraging technology solutions to meet evolving customer needs and support on-contract growth opportunities.
Education & Experience:
Minimum Requirements:
- Masters or equivalent experience and 20+ years of prior relevant experience
- 15 + years of progressive application development and platform modernization experience, 10+ years of product strategy/product management experience
- 12+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.
- Experience in leading complex transformation initiatives, including platform reengineering and cloud migration.
- Experience in managing cross-functional teams and collaborating with senior leadership to achieve business goals.
- Proven track record of driving innovation within established organizations and implementing new technologies.
- Experience in managing multiple complex cloud migration or platform modernization initiatives
- Has leveraged an understanding of technology trends to drive forward application cloud migration
- Strong project management skills and team-building skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead large, multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and inspire teams across functions.
Preferred Experience
- Expertise in change management and organizational development.
- Ability to establish and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, increasing market penetration and growth opportunities.
- Experience in product management and cloud operations at a large enterprise with a diverse portfolio.
- Demonstrated success in fostering relationships that lead to increased opportunities with new and existing clients.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and other delivery organizations to achieve mutual business success.
- Industry experience: Healthcare, Transportation
- Federal experience
Original Posting Date:
2024-10-23
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 $207,200.00 - $333,000.00
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.
