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Chesapeake, VAJob$83–149K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Leidos seeks a Logistics Program Manager for its Maritime Readiness Division in Chesapeake, Virginia. The role leads logistics planning, management, integration, and execution for Navy surface combatant and Foreign Military Sale programs, coordinating across government, engineering, production, maintenance, and other stakeholders. The manager oversees integrated logistics support, maintenance and supply planning, training, schedules, risks, and deliverables. The ideal candidate has waterfront maintenance, schedule management, supply support, and training management experience.
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Description
The Defense Sector is seeking a highly motivated Logistics Program Manager within the Maritime Readiness Division in our Chesapeake, VA office .
The candidate will be responsible for logistics planning, management, integration, and execution for a Foreign Military Sale Navy program supporting systems upgrades, sustainment material, systems integration support, training, and other efforts related to the transfer and acquisition, operation, and maintenance of naval systems and vessels. The ideal candidate will have experience with waterfront maintenance activity, schedule management, supply support, and training management.
The Logistics Program Manager will lead logistics planning, management, and execution for Navy FOTS surface combatant program requirements. As strategic leader, the successful candidate will coordinate logistics requirements across engineering, technical, production, installation, maintenance, contractor, and subcontractor teams to ensure integrated program execution.
Primary Responsibilities.
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Lead logistics planning, management, and execution for Navy FOTS surface combatant program requirements.
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Serve as the primary logistics interface with the Program Manager, Government stakeholders, NAVSEA, NSWC activities, planning yards, shipyards, and other logistics organizations.
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Direct Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) activities, including maintenance planning, supply support, training, technical documentation, support equipment, and related logistics requirements.
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Develop and maintain logistics plans, schedules, milestones, and resource requirements aligned with overall program objectives.
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Coordinate logistics activities across engineering, technical, production, installation, maintenance, contractor, and subcontractor teams to ensure integrated program execution.
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Manage maintenance planning activities and ensure maintenance and support requirements are identified and incorporated into program execution.
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Manage supply support activities, including provisioning, spares, repair parts, material requirements, and resolution of supply issues affecting program performance.
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Plan and oversee training requirements and associated training support for shipboard systems, equipment, operations, and maintenance.
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Assess logistics impacts associated with system modifications, modernization, installation, configuration changes, and maintenance activities and develop recommended solutions.
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Monitor logistics cost, schedule, performance, risks, deliverables, and dependencies and implement corrective actions as required.
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Prepare and present logistics status, risks, issues, recommendations, briefings, and deliverables to Government and program leadership.
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Lead logistics planning and execution supporting Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requirements and coordinate activities with U.S. Government and international stakeholders.
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Lead logistics risk management activities and implement mitigation strategies to support readiness, availability, and lifecycle supportability.
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Ensure logistics activities and deliverables comply with contractual requirements and applicable Navy, NAVSEA, DoD, and FMS policies and processes.
Basic Qualifications.
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Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of prior relevant experience in , including at least five (5) years of experience in Navy Project Management involving all aspects of the Logistics Support Planning and Execution on surface combatant programs, and five (5) years of experience in logistics planning and execution activities supporting a surface combatant program/project office (i.e., NAVSEA, NSWC, planning yards) to include experience in maintenance planning, supply support, and training
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Demonstrated experience with Foreign Military Sales programs
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Demonstrated experience managing logistics for geographically dispersed and/or OCONUS (Outside Continental United States) operating environments.
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Strong technical writing, editing, analytical, and information organization skills, with the ability to communicate complex, technical tasks clearly and concisely.
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Ability to work independently, manage rapidly changing priorities, and effectively lead cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
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Willingness and ability to travel internationally and work in maritime, industrial, or forward-deployed environments, including visits onboard vessels in port.
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Active Secret clearance
Preferred Qualifications.
- Current PMP Certification is preferred.
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Original Posting:
October 26, 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 $82,550.00 - $149,225.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/) .
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
REQNUMBER: R-00195354
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.
How this job compares
Set against the 973 open Logistics Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$83–149K/yr
- Virginia median$87–137K/yr24 salary ranges
- US median$86–120K/yr626 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $116K, is 3% above the Virginia median midpoint ($113K) — in the middle half of Logistics Manager salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 36 open Logistics Manager jobs in Virginia and 973 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Deloitte2 open
- Huntington Ingalls Industries2 open
- Serco2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Logistics Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 862 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 193 of the 973 open Logistics Manager jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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