About this role
The Interactive Design Lead is responsible for designing, building, and owning the interactive experiences and assets that power Leidos’ digital, experiential, and customer-facing storytelling. This role combines hands-on creation with platform-level leadership, shaping how interactive experiences are conceived, executed, and scaled across the enterprise.
The Lead works directly in tools and platforms to create flagship interactive experiences while also defining interaction models, experience architecture, and reusable systems that support web, real-time, immersive, and hybrid environments. This role partners closely with Creative Studio, Digital Technology, Brand Experiences, and external partners to ensure interactive storytelling is intuitive, scalable, and production ready.
Responsibilities
Interactive Platform Creation & Ownership
• Design and build interactive experience platforms used across Leidos, including web-based interactive systems and real-time or immersive environments.
• Create hands-on interactive experiences using technologies such as React-based frameworks, Unity, Unreal, or comparable platforms.
• Establish reusable interaction patterns, experience components, and platform conventions that scale across multiple use cases.
Experience Architecture & Interaction Design
• Own interaction models, user journeys, and experience architecture for complex storytelling initiatives.
• Translate narrative intent, brand standards, and technical content into coherent interactive experiences.
• Define information architecture and interaction logic for multi-layered digital and physical experiences.
Hands-On Prototyping & Execution
• Develop functional prototypes and production-ready interactive experiences for flagship or high-impact initiatives.
• Validate experience feasibility, performance, accessibility, and maintainability through direct implementation.
• Guide and review interactive builds to ensure alignment with defined experience standards.
Collaboration & Enablement
• Partner with Creative Technologists and Experience Designers to scale delivery without diluting quality.
• Collaborate with Digital Platform Product Owners to ensure experience needs are reflected in platform roadmaps.
• Mentor designers and technologists through example, guidance, and shared standards rather than people management.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in design, computer science, digital media or related field. Typically requires 12+ years of relevant experience, however for this role candidates must possess 10+ years of experience spanning interactive experience design and creative technology. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree requirements.
• Demonstrated experience building interactive experiences across web and real-time or immersive platforms.
• Strong expertise in interaction design, UX principles, and narrative-driven experiences.
• Hands-on experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, real-time or immersive platforms such as Unity or Unreal
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Original Posting:
January 23, 2026For 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 $105,300.00 - $190,350.00The 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.
Other facts
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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What you'll do
- The Interactive Design Lead is responsible for designing and building interactive experiences that enhance Leidos’ storytelling. This includes creating hands-on experiences and defining interaction models and reusable systems across various platforms.
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