Vice President, Human Resources- Energy

Shape the people and organizational strategy behind one of Leidos’ five growth pillars under the NorthStar 2030 Strategy. As Vice President, Human Resources for Leidos Energy , you will serve as the senior HR executive for a ~$1.3B business with ambitions to exceed $2B in the next few years. As a core member of the Energy Leadership Team, you will partner directly with the Business Area SVP to shape the organization, leadership, talent, culture, and workforce capabilities required to deliver the business strategy and scale for growth. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people, guided by a commitment to doing right by our customers, our people, and our communities. Leidos Energy is an ENR top-ranked energy engineering provider serving a broad range of investor-owned utilities, cooperative utilities, energy project investors and developers, power generators, and well-known industrial clients. Our commercial services include electric and gas transmission and distribution (T&D); generation, investor, and developer consulting and analysis; energy efficiency facility engineering; utility energy efficiency program design and implementation; digital utility services; communication system engineering; and project management across a broad range of energy-related projects. Based in Reston, Virginia, this role sits at the intersection of Leidos’ deep government-market expertise and a rapidly evolving energy and infrastructure market. It offers a distinctive opportunity for an HR executive to help build and scale a growth-oriented commercial business while leveraging the capabilities and resources of a Fortune 500 enterprise. This is not a traditional HR leadership role. We are seeking an enterprise business leader who happens to bring exceptional human capital expertise. The Vice President, Human Resources will lead the people strategy for Energy while helping the business navigate significant growth, organizational transformation, workforce evolution, and integration. This leader will be expected to anticipate what the business will need next, not simply respond to today’s requirements. The ideal candidate is a commercially minded, strategic HR executive with strong business acumen, executive presence, and a demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into organizational and workforce actions. They will bring the judgment and courage to challenge constructively, the agility to operate in a rapidly changing environment, and the ability to move seamlessly between enterprise strategy and execution. Reporting Relationship: The VP serves as a core member of the Energy Leadership Team and principal people and organization advisor to the Energy Business Area SVP, with direct reporting to the Homeland Sector SVP of Human Resources. This leader will work closely with Leidos HR Centers of Excellence and enterprise HR functions to bring the full capabilities of Leidos to the Energy business. Why This Opportunity Enterprise-visible leadership role tied to a strategic Leidos growth pillar Opportunity to shape the organization and workforce behind a $1.3B → $2B+ growth journey Ability to build the leadership, talent, culture, and capabilities required for the next chapter of Energy Opportunity to lead significant organizational transformation and integration A career pathway that blends commercial energy, infrastructure, technology, and the scale and capabilities of a Fortune 500 enterprise Primary Responsibilities Serve as the principal advisor to the Energy Business Area SVP on organization, leadership, talent, culture, workforce strategy, and organizational effectiveness Translate Energy’s growth strategy into an integrated people and organizational strategy capable of supporting the path from $1.3B to $2B+ Operate as a business leader first, bringing a strong understanding of the business, customers, markets, financial drivers, and competitive environment to people-related decisions Shape the organizational model required for growth, including structure, leadership capabilities, spans and layers, workforce composition, and operating effectiveness Build a forward-looking workforce strategy that anticipates changing skill requirements, capacity needs, emerging technologies, and evolving business models Lead talent and succession strategies that strengthen the leadership pipeline and ensure critical capabilities are available ahead of business demand Attract, develop, engage, and retain differentiated talent in highly competitive engineering, technical, digital, and energy labor markets Partner with business leaders to build a high-performance culture characterized by accountability, agility, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement Lead organizational change and transformation, ensuring leaders and employees are equipped to successfully navigate growth, integration, restructuring, and evolving ways of working Play a leadership role in inorganic growth activities, including M&A, integrations, joint ventures, and other portfolio-shaping activity, from diligence and organizational planning through integration and value realization Ensure the organization captures the full people and organizational value of acquisitions by bringing together talent, culture, capabilities, and operating practices Accelerate responsible adoption of AI and emerging technologies across the workforce, helping reshape work, increase productivity, build new capabilities, and prepare employees and leaders for the future Use workforce analytics and business insights to identify trends, anticipate risk, and improve executive decision-making Partner across HR Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated talent, compensation, benefits, learning, workforce planning, employee relations, and organizational solutions aligned to business priorities Lead and develop a high-performing HR team while leveraging the broader Leidos HR operating mode