Plans & Policy Officer (PPO) / Executive Officer (EXO)

## Leidos – Beacon Program Opportunity (Northern Virginia)

Leidos, a leading government contractor, is excited to announce our recent award of a significant Intelligence Program in Northern Virginia, known as **Beacon**. This long‑term program offers exceptional opportunities for skilled and dedicated professionals to continue making a critical impact on national security.

We are actively seeking **Plans & Policy Officers (PPO) / Executive Officers (EXO)** (1+ to 20+ years of sponsor/customer‑specific experience) with a current **TS/SCI w/ Polygraph** to collaborate with a team of intelligence professionals in support of operations against priority targets. Candidates will support senior leadership within a fast‑paced Intelligence Community environment. This high‑visibility role serves as a central coordination point for operational, policy, and executive‑level tasking across the Sponsor and broader IC.

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## Key Responsibilities

– **Tasking Management** — Review, vet, prioritize, assign, track, and respond to internal Sponsor and external taskings (IC, Executive Branch, Congressional, and other government entities).
– **Cross‑Community Coordination** — Coordinate complex issues and actions across the Sponsor and Intelligence Community partners.
– **Executive Deliverables** — Prepare executive‑level deliverables including talking points, read‑ahead books, background papers, reports, and briefing materials.
– **Congressional Support** — Support congressional information requests, briefings, and budget‑related actions.
– **Policy & Strategy Development** — Develop and support policies, strategies, and plans to advance mission objectives.
– **Equity & De‑confliction Reviews** — Conduct equity and de‑confliction reviews to ensure alignment and operational effectiveness.
– **Project & Program Support** — Support management of projects, programs, and external liaison relationships.
– **Collection & Operational Analysis** — Assist in analyzing collection and operational issues and help develop corresponding plans, policies, and procedures.
– **Internal Policy Coordination** — Support efforts to develop, defend, and coordinate internal organizational policies, including facilitating resource, technology, and information sharing.

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## Required Qualifications

– **Active TS/SCI with Polygraph (mandatory).**
– **Experience** with customer/sponsor‑specific cable writing, classified databases, and IC tasking processes.
– **Strong written and verbal communication skills** with demonstrated briefing experience.
– **Ability to operate independently** and manage multiple high‑priority actions.

### Experience Levels

– **Level 1** — 1+ years of customer/sponsor‑specific experience and a Bachelor’s degree
– **Level 2** — 3+ years of customer/sponsor‑specific experience and a Bachelor’s degree
– **Level 3** — 7+ years of customer/sponsor‑specific experience and a Bachelor’s degree
– **Level 4** — 12+ years of customer/sponsor‑specific experience and a Bachelor’s degree
– **Level 5** — 20+ years of customer/sponsor‑specific experience and a Bachelor’s degree

**Five (5) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for a college degree.**

CIJ

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## About the Mission

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.

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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.

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## Pay Range

**Pay Range: $50,700.00 – $91,650.00**

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.

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