Business Analytics and Automation Lead

Location: Reston, VA

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

The Contracts function at Leidos is at the heart of all our work for our customers. When you join the Contracts function at Leidos, you will have opportunities to work with diverse and interesting teams across our customer base and all the functions of the company. You will support program teams who are providing solutions that transform business and change the world, from managing the world’s longest supply in Antarctica and delivering cargo to the International Space Station, to performing ground-breaking cancer research, developing autonomous naval vessels and supporting service members and veterans across the world. You will be part of a proud legacy of entrepreneurship and innovation, solving the most complex problems for our customers, the nation and the world.

Leidos is seeking a detail-oriented and technically skilled Business Analytics and Automation Lead to support the best-in-class enterprise contracts and supply chain function’s people, tools, and systems.  This exciting role provides the opportunity for significant visibility to the business through support of strategic and challenging initiatives in the areas of analytics and automation.  The ideal candidate will bring a balance of project management, business analysis, process improvement, and technical skills such as data modeling, ETL, SQL and work with low-code / no-code tools.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Analytics:

Lead enterprise-grade reporting and dashboard development initiatives

Execute and manage executive reporting deliverables under tight deadlines, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with strategic objectives

Deliver spend, contract, compliance, and operational analytics solutions that drive measurable business value

Support master data governance initiatives including data quality monitoring, issue remediation, and controls to ensure data integrity and audit readiness

Automation and AI:

Identify, prioritize, and manage delivery of business process automation initiatives through low-code / no-code automation and other workflow technologies

Support AI use case identification, testing, validation, and lifecycle management in partnership with technical and business stakeholders

Deliver intelligent contract and spend analytics solutions that enhance visibility, compliance, and operational efficiency

Project Leadership:

Lead cross functional analytics and automation projects from requirements definition through deployment to sustainment

Partner with CIO and business process analysts to support system enhancements, upgrades, and optimizations

Ensure timely delivery of compliance reporting requirements in support of SOX, DFARS, and other internal and external regulatory obligations.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires BS and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience with degree in engineering, information systems, business analytics, or other relevant field.
• Demonstrated proficiency delivering systems implementation projects.
• Demonstrated experience delivering business process improvements utilizing automation, workflow tools, or other AI-enabled techniques
• Strong analytics aptitude with attention to detail and solid business acumen.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with demonstrated experience managing senior level stakeholders
• Highly motivated, self-directed, and capable of operating independently in a fast-paced environment
• US citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with enterprise systems such as Costpoint and major SaaS platforms (Salesforce, Microsoft built applications).
• Familiarity with procurement, subcontracts, and US Government contracting

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:

Pay Range:

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.