Senior Program Manager

Program Sr Manager

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is currently seeking a full-time, hybrid Senior Program Manager. The Senior Program Manager will lead, oversee, and be responsible for all work activities under the contract including overseeing task orders related to application development utilizing cloud services, strong financial and program management acumen and be a mentor/coach to team members. The PM provides leadership, communications, and coordination related to all contract matters between GDIT and our customer, and between the local GDIT office and GDIT management offices located in the Northern Virginia area. The Senior Program Manager must also effectively of business and technical efforts of multiple subcontractors and vendors to achieve program objectives. This is a challenging and high-paced position and requires an individual with strong program and project management experience, superb communications skills, strong leadership, and proven ability to manage technical work efforts.

HOW A PROGRAM SR MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Provide overall management of personnel working in a highly technical cloud program
• Develop and foster effective relationships with customers at multiple levels, this will include federal contracting officer’s
• Define and implement effective project management processes tailored to the environment
• Guide technical leads and team members in developing technical work plans and deliverables
• Develop and/or review cost estimates and basis for estimates for highly technical tasks
• Implement financial management rigor of multiple task orders using financial tracking and forecasting methods and tools
• Develop effective working relationships with customers, subcontractors, and vendors
• Prepare, Develop and Conduct Program Management Reviews with Sr. Management
• Developing Job Requisitions and interviewing candidates
• Nurture a work environment where employees are responsible and accountable, pursue learning
• and development, offer best ideas for results and impact, and exhibit a positive energy

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  WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Knowledge Requirements
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  • 10-15 years of full-time program management experience
  • Ability to pass agency level suitability
  • Previous experience managing complex multi-team programs is preferred
  • Candidate should have hands-on experience with Agile tracking applications such as JIRA and Rally
• Experience
  • Candidate must be proficient in Government contracts, development and security standards
  • Candidate must be proficient in planning tools (i.e., work breakdown structure, Gantt chats, critical path analysis, PERT charts, etc.)
  • The candidate must be proficient in budgeting, financial tracking and report development
  • Candidate must have excellent communication and writing skills

• Education Requirements:
  • Minimum: 4-year engineering or management degree from an accredited college in operations research, engineering, business, mathematics, or management science
  • PMP is mandatory
  • Managing programs on cloud experience is mandatory
  • AWS certifications are preferred
  • Scrum certifications are preferred

• Candidate should be flexible to go to client site and/or headquarters located in the Northern Virginia Area 2-3 times a month

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
● 401K with company match
● Comprehensive health and wellness packages
● Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
● Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
● Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
● Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays