Senior Product Manager – Developer Relations and Ecosystem

Senior Product Manager – Developer Relations and Ecosystem Position Overview Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager – Developer Relations and Ecosystem to join our growing Office of Technology (OOT) team and help shape the future of our next-generation technology platform. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in building and expanding a new developer ecosystem, driving innovation, collaboration, and adoption of emerging technologies. As part of a growing team, you will help establish the developer experience, tools, partnerships, and programs that enable developers and technology partners to build, integrate, and innovate on our platform. The ideal candidate brings a strong technical background, experience scaling developer platforms and ecosystems, and a passion for building engaged developer communities. You will work closely with product, engineering, and technology leadership to create a seamless developer experience, expand strategic partnerships, and drive adoption of new capabilities supporting critical missions. Location: The ideal candidate will be based near a Leidos facility in Reston/Northern Virginia, Huntsville, AL, San Diego, CA, or another Leidos location. While this role supports telework flexibility, onsite presence may be required based on business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end developer experience, including developer onboarding, engagement, and ongoing platform adoption.
• Define sandbox platform requirements and success criteria to enable developers to build, test, and integrate solutions.
• Design, launch, and scale a developer certification program to support ecosystem growth and technical proficiency.
• Establish and manage partner and vendor integration programs to expand platform capabilities and strategic partnerships.
• Own and manage the application marketplace roadmap, ensuring alignment with product strategy and ecosystem needs.
• Lead monthly developer office hours and quarterly developer summits to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engagement.
• Define and track developer adoption, engagement, and ecosystem growth metrics to measure success and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Build and nurture an active developer community, promoting collaboration, innovation, and thought leadership.
• Drive ecosystem expansion with goals of engaging 50+ developers in Year 1 and enabling 100+ integrations by Year 2.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of product management experience, with a strong focus on developer platforms, tools, or ecosystems.
• Demonstrated success building, growing, and scaling developer ecosystems and driving platform adoption.
• Strong technical foundation, including hands-on coding experience and an understanding of developer workflows, APIs, SDKs, and integration technologies.
• Experience establishing and managing strategic technology partnerships, partner integrations, and ecosystem programs.
• Proven ability to design, launch, and scale developer certification programs.
• Strong developer community-building skills, with experience driving engagement through technical events, forums, and developer outreach.
• Demonstrated thought leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage both technical and business stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate across product management, engineering, business development, and technology leadership to execute ecosystem growth strategies.

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Original Posting:

November 13, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 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.