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Executive Program Manager Category: Leadership and Management Roles
Main location: United States, Virginia, Washington
Position ID:J0926-0184
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Description: The Executive Program Manager leads the full U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Disability Examination (MDE) enterprise, providing strategic oversight, disciplined governance, and proactive risk management for a nationally distributed, high volume federal program. This executive ensures seamless coordination across all operational domains-including clinical services, information technology, scheduling, quality assurance, and enterprise reporting-to achieve the VA's stringent timeliness, accuracy, and performance objectives. Their leadership establishes organizational stability, operational excellence, and government confidence in the execution of a mission critical national program.
This position is located in our Fairfax Virginia office, with an expectation of being on our client site in Washington, DC up to 3 times per week.
Your future duties and responsibilities:• Provide executive oversight of ATO readiness, full Risk Management Framework (RMF) package development-including system categorization, control selection, implementation, assessment, authorization artifacts-and direct the enterprise continuous monitoring strategy.
• Champion enterprise cybersecurity posture across EMS platforms, customer portals, APIs, and interconnected systems.
• Lead strategic implementation of vulnerability management, incident response, risk mitigation, and audit engagement.
• Ensure organizational alignment with federal cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection requirements.
• Cultivate high level partnerships with customer ISSOs, system owners, program leadership, and federal auditors to maintain trust and transparency.
• Shape cybersecurity governance, reporting, and long range security roadmap for the enterprise.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years leading large federal healthcare, medical examination, or operationally complex programs.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred.
• Proven success managing geographically distributed teams and multi disciplinary operations.
• Demonstrated ability to meet Service Level Agreement (SLA) driven performance requirements.
Desired Qualifications
• Program Management Professional (PgMP) or SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) certification.
• Experience with VA systems such as the Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS), the Disability Automation System (DAS), and the Exam Management System (EMS).
• Background in high volume claims processing, healthcare operations, or federal benefits program
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $165,300.00 $305,800.00.
CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
. Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well being programs
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- English
- Project Management
- Health Care Payers
- Hospitals and Health Providers
- Human & Social Services (Fed)
- PMI Project Management Prof
- Quality assurance
