Senior Product Manager - Platform and Architecture

About the role

Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager – Platform and Architecture to join our growing Office of Technology (OOT) team and help shape the next generation of innovative technology solutions supporting critical missions.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the development of a new, scalable technology platform, working at the intersection of product strategy, software engineering, and technical architecture. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical product management expertise and a passion for building enterprise-grade platforms that are secure, scalable, and designed for complex mission environments.

In this role, you will drive the technical product vision and requirements, guide architectural decisions, and partner closely with engineering, security, and technology leadership to bring innovative capabilities from concept through launch. You will have the opportunity to influence foundational platform decisions, establish technical standards, and help build solutions that will shape the future of Leidos' technology offerings.

The ideal candidate will be based near a Leidos facility in Reston/Northern Virginia, Huntsville, AL, San Diego, CA, or another Leidos location. While this role supports telework flexibility, onsite presence may be required based on business needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Author and maintain Platform Product Requirements Doc throughout Concept, Build, Launch with a focus on continued prioritization and focus of the engineering teams towards the development of a scalable platform 

• Define technical architecture requirements (edge and core profiles, two-profile runtime) 

• Design SDK and API surface (language bindings, contract definitions) 

• Define compliance and certification framework (ATO/RMF, FIPS 140-2, DO-178C) 

• Approve technical decisions with CTO/Chief Architect 

• Coordinate with Security/Compliance on accreditation strategy 

• Own performance and scalability targets 

• Drive multi-tenancy and data isolation architecture 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE 

• 12+ years of product management in infrastructure/platform products 

• Strong technical foundation: CS degree or equivalent 

• Experience shipping enterprise platforms with SDKs and APIs 

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (ATO/RMF, FIPS 140-2) 

• Understanding of real-time systems and performance optimization 

• Experience writing technical specifications and ICDs 

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.

Original Posting

November 13, 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 $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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.