Quality Assurance Manager

Are you ready for a rewarding career opportunity?

Unleash your potential at Leidos, where we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success.

We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a investment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

The Project :

The National Security Sector of Leidos has a career opportunity for a talented Quality Assurance Manager to support a program in the Cyber & Analytics Business Area.

This position serves as the member of a team with the responsibility to ensure the highest quality service is provided to our customer through the generation and control of program processes, performance of regularly scheduled internal process audits and the consistent facilitation of structured improvement activities.

The successful candidate will be an agent for change, possess high energy, have a passion for quality, and be self-motivated.

The environment demands the ability to quickly establish working relationships with coworkers / customers in various national capital region locations.

Must have a current DoD TS / SCI with Poly security clearance to be considered.

Your greatest work is ahead!

The Mission

The Leidos National Security Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide.

Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data diagnostics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence diagnostics and operations.

Our team is solving the world’s toughest security obstacles for customers with can’t fail missions. From scanning for illicit material at ports and borders to predicting future events and instability up to five years in advance, our products help customers make the world safer.

Are you ready to join a team dedicated to a mission? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, submit your resume with us today!

Your Main Goal :

Manage program instantiation of the Quality Management System (QMS)

Deploy and implement appropriate QMS processes

Integrate closely with the program team to implement and execute the QMS

Recommend, facilitate, track and report on continuous process improvement activities

Implement audit practices for internal processes and products

Ensure adherence to all standards, Leidos policies, and best practices

Support the development and collection of performance metrics

Track, analyze and report to program management on trends found in the performance metrics

Provide the program manager with timely metrics and audit outcomes to gauge progress towards quality objectives

Report to higher level management on Quality Achievement and act as liaison for enterprise quality initiatives for the program.

Review and submit contract deliverables

Ensure compliance with PWS, QASP, EENG, ISO (namely 9001 : 2015) for the program as applicable

Create, update, adopt a Tailored Process Baseline (TPB) for the program as applicable

Document and work to resolve nonconformities and requirement escapes via root cause analysis and corrective / preventive action

Support Leidos reporting, such as Quality Management Reviews, In Process Reviews, Weekly Activity Reports, and Monthly Operational Reviews

Other duties as required

What Sets You Apart :

Must have a current DoD TS / SCI w / Poly security clearance to be considered.

Experience providing Quality Management with Software Development and IT Service Management Projects

BA degree and 8-12 years of relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Experience auditing to external quality standards such as ISO9001 / ISO20000 / AS9100 / CMMI Dev or Svc

Experienced with peer reviews and process auditing

Experience collecting and analyzing metrics

Ability to multi-task, complete tasks without direct supervision, and function in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

Excellent verbal and written skills

Proficiency with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, & Project)

Ability to support limited domestic travel

You Might Also Have :

Certified Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

Experience with Agile principles

Understanding of ITIL principles (ITIL Foundation training or equivalent)

Formal auditor training

Clearance :

Must have an active DoD Top Secret / SCI w / Poly security clearance to be considered.

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Original Posting Date :

2024-07-24

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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

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.