Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
NACI (T1)

Job Family:
Business Development

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Accountability, Program Management, Strategic Initiative
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

We are seeking a full-time Data Modernization Strategy & Execution Lead to support the CDC's Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST) at the Roybal or Chamblee campus in Atlanta, GA.

OPHDST leads the agency-wide Data Modernization Initiative (DMI) - CDC's effort to replace fragmented, siloed, slow data with a connected, near-real-time public health data enterprise. The work is measured against the Public Health Data Strategy (PHDS), a milestone roadmap now pivoting from building new capabilities to operating and maturing them. This is a high-visibility priority for CDC leadership, and the office is entering the phase where execution discipline matters more than new ambition. This role sits at the center of that work.

How a Data Modernization Strategy & Execution Lead Will Make an Impact

You will own the strategy-and-execution lane for the program - maturing an established data strategy framework, driving milestones to completion, and helping the office turn what exists today into the next generation of what the customer needs. This is not a stand-up role; the framework is built. It needs someone who can grow it, deepen the integration of DMI and platform data, and hold a fragmented set of stakeholders accountable to results.

• Mature and grow an established data strategy and milestone framework - driving development, tracking, governance, and reporting from plan through execution.
• Serve as a trusted, embedded advisor to CDC leadership, building the customer relationships that let you move with the office as its priorities mature.
• Drive milestones to completion across multiple owners and divisions, holding a complex, fragmented stakeholder set accountable to outcomes.
• Deepen the integration of DMI activities and platform data, connecting strategy to what the office can actually direct and measure.
• Translate leadership priorities into coordinated plans, roadmaps, and spend/governance artifacts that keep the program aligned and moving.
• Coordinate across program, communications, data, and administrative functions so strategy and delivery stay one connected effort, not a handoff chain.

What You'll Need to Succeed

Required - Proven Practical Execution

• Bachelor's degree plus 8+ years of relevant experience in public health, data modernization, or federal health program strategy and execution (additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience maturing a strategy or milestone framework to completion in a federal health or data environment - not advising on it from the outside, but driving the work.
• Track record of customer intimacy at the leadership level: understanding what an organization actually needs, helping it see that need clearly, and earning the trust to guide the path.
• Experience holding fragmented, multi-stakeholder programs accountable to milestones and outcomes.
• Strong coordination across program management, data, and operational functions in a complex organization.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a CDC Public Trust clearance and CDC badge.
• Local to the Atlanta metro and within commuting distance of the Roybal or Chamblee campus - on-site presence is required (this is not a fully remote role).

Preferred Qualifications & Attributes for Success

• Current or recent CDC/HHS experience, badge, or familiarity with OPHDST/DDPHSS or an adjacent office.
• Direct experience with data modernization initiatives, integrated data platforms, or public health data strategy.
• Familiarity with federal planning, spend, and governance workflows (e.g., strategic planning, investment/financial tracking, milestone governance).
• Advanced degree in public health, health policy, data science, or a related field. We weigh proven execution over credentials - this is a high-mid-career role, not entry level.
• Comfortable owning a lane and being the person the customer and the team look to for direction.
• Patient and persistent - willing to do the long, unglamorous work of turning a fragmented set of processes into something coherent.
• Reads an organization well; leads through trust and clarity rather than mandate.
• Thrives in a mission environment at the forefront of a national CDC priority.

• Opportunity to support a national public health data priority every day.
• 401K with company match.
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
• Paid vacation and holidays (for eligible employees).
• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.

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The likely salary range for this position is $136,000 - $184,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA GA Atlanta

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.