
Policy Team Lead
Bethesda, MDJob$159–194K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Policy Team Lead will lead a contractor and subcontractor team providing policy support to a government customer’s Chief Information Office in the Northern Virginia area. The role directs contractual, technical, engineering, programming, maintenance, and administrative efforts; monitors progress and briefs leadership; and serves as the primary customer interface on technical execution and project issues. The position is contingent on contract award.
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Title:
Policy Team Lead
At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.
Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.
Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.
Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.
Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
Why Join Us?
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Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
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Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
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Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
This is a contingent position based upon contract award
KBR is seeking a highly qualified candidate to act as Team Lead for a team providing policy support to the Chief Information Office (CIO) at a government customer in the Northern Virginia area. The Policy Team Lead will lead and manage a team of contractors / subcontractors, directing their efforts and overseeing the associated contractual, technical, engineering, programming, maintenance, and administrative efforts. They will monitor progress and brief leadership on program status and milestones while acting as the primary point of contact with the government customer on technical execution and project issues. The Policy Team Lead will work with the customer(s) to maintain a thorough understanding of the mission as it relates to policy and of and programmatic ore requirement changes to ensure effective support.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Manage, plan and direct the execution of the contractual, technical, engineering, programming, maintenance, and administrative efforts of the team.
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Brief leadership on program progress, status, and achievement of milestones.
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Be the primary interface customer(s) on technical and project issues.
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Maintain awareness of the customer’s mission and any potential impacts to that mission.
Required Qualifications:
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CURRENT and ACTIVE TOP SECRET / SCI security clearance
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Requires four years of experience as a project manager.
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Experience providing technical support materials for senior leaders such as strategic papers, options analyses, executive briefings.
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Experience overseeing or guiding portfolio/program performance, resource planning
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Experience with acquisition/procurement strategy to include vendor management and enterprise licensing concepts.
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Required Education \ Relevant Experience:
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Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data analytics, software engineering, or related technical field and 8 years of experience
Desired Qualifications:
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Experience translating mission priorities into actionable IT roadmaps, investment plans, and measurable outcomes as it relates to counterintelligence and security missions.
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Experience with Al architecture patterns (model hosting, vector search/RAG, data pipelines, APIs, orchestration)
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Experience briefing senior leaders and driving cross-team delivery.
Basic Compensation:
$159,100 - $194,400 (This range is for Washington DC Metro Area Only).
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
Additional Compensation:
KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.
Belong, Connect and Grow at KBRAt KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 22,903 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$159–194K/yr
- Maryland median$107–170K/yr280 salary ranges
- US median$107–175K/yr14,329 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $177K, is 27% above the Maryland median midpoint ($139K) — in the top quarter of Project Manager salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 376 open Project Manager jobs in Maryland and 22,903 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (19,687 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,397 of the 22,903 open Project Manager jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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