Solutions Director / ARMA Sector CTO

GDIT is seeking a Solutions Director/ARMA Sector CTO with deep Department of Defense experience and fluency especially with the United States Special Operations Command and the Geographical Combatant Commands. This CTO will help drive the business strategy and technical solutions needed to win and execute our most complex, large scale and strategic programs while working with the Defense CTO and our numerous GDIT capabilities. This is one of the company's most important customer-facing roles, and it will give you the opportunity to provide the strategic direction of our Department of Defense go to market approach and interact with bleeding-edge technologies that we bring to our customers. To be successful in this role you must be able to translate relevant details about technologies into a language that DOD personnel appreciate and can be understood by management and other stakeholders.

You will have the opportunity to get your hands dirty by helping with program execution and will stay relevant through learning new skills and technologies. We have amazing labs where you will have access to emerging technology and will be able to dabble in the latest and greatest technologies. The responsibility for determining our customers' needs and priorities, crafting technical solutions responsive to those needs, helping to shape customer acquisitions, and positioning GDIT to win makes this both a challenging and rewarding opportunity!

Duties include but are not limited to:

During Solution & Capture:

• Lead technical solution strategy throughout the Capture and Proposal lifecycle, from early Qualification through Proposal submission.
• Contribute to GDIT win strategies and lead the development of technical win themes and solution readiness plans.
• Engage current and prospective customers to understand critical needs, socialize and vet solutions, and advise on strategies to shape acquisitions that achieve desired results.
• Identify and select the best technical solutions and approaches to meet anticipated or actual acquisition requirements.
• Lead solution design and the development of key artifacts including, but not limited to architectural models, process diagrams, concepts of operation, etc.
• Develop unsolicited technical recommendations, collateral and RFI/SSN responses to engage prospective customers and position GDIT to win.
• Collaborate with GDIT technical service areas and lines of business to identify and bring the best technical and business strategies and solutions to differentiate GDIT.
• Contribute to teaming strategies including identifying and vetting potential partners.

During Pre-Proposal Planning & Proposal Response & Execution:

• Work with GDIT’s ARMA Sector to meet with ARMA customers to achieve deep mutual understanding of objectives and how they connect with GDIT technical offerings.
• Support DOD’s objectives by Tailoring/Enhancing GDIT enterprise offerings for purposes of:
  • Fostering adoption of GDIT solutions across the DOD
  • Developing a point of view that addresses tactical edge requirements
  • Advocating for customer’s key program initiatives within GDIT
• Craft differentiated, innovative technical approaches to bridge seams within DOD enterprise IT programs, such as SITEC-M.
• Tailor existing GDIT offerings/ Identify/Create new offerings; and go to market in a manner that would help DOD achieve key mission objectives
• Ensure readiness of solution and proposal support team to prepare a compelling and compliant response to the government's solicitation.
• Coach and advise more junior solution architecture and proposal support resources.
• Ensure integration of technical solution with all sections and volumes of the proposal.
• Review proposals and provide critical feedback needed to strengthen our solution and proposals.
• Help GDIT to stand out in this highly competitive and opportunity-rich market!
• Act as a bridge between program execution teams and GDIT’s deep technical bench to give the best possible support to the customer’s mission.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline.
• Experience designing and delivering solutions in USSOCOM and/or the GCCs.
• 20+ years of experience in directing program activities to meet client and organization work objectives and have served clients to coordinate activities, negotiate tasks, and solve problems.
• Experience in the development, drafting, and writing of Technical and Program Management solutions in context of USSOCOM, the GCCs, and/or other parts of the DOD.
• Experience supervising technical and administrative staff.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in applying service delivery business models and technologies to deliver successful outcomes that support and enhance customer mission capabilities
• Demonstrated understanding of service model conceptualization, design, business case analysis, and implementation.
• Firm knowledge across and experience in several of the following areas: Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Managed Services, Cybersecurity, Software Application Development, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science.
• Outstanding oral and written communications skills.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in application and best practices of ITIL Framework.
• Able to leverage out of the box relationships such as academic, small business and other relationships to identify and build Enterprise IT / Managed Services solutions and services, including Concept of Operations (ConOps) development and labor estimation.
• Demonstrated ability to strategize and co-develop solutions that accelerate DoD customers’ attainment of mission objectives.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

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