Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Agile Methodology, Financial Management, People Management
Certifications:
None
Experience:
7 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Program Director

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Program Director who leads a team providing development and O&M support for a portfolio of business applications. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Program Director you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Program Director joining our team to ensure that our contract performance is aligned with our customer's mission objectives. The environment is highly collaborative where staff and contractors work closely to design and build applications to support mission users.

HOW A PROGRAM DIRECTOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Manages and is responsible for the successful completion of all tasks in assigned program area with annual revenues of $25M and above
• Daily interaction with senior customer and technical managers as well as on contract resources to include corporate leverage organizations.
• Primary responsibility is to manage all resources and costs, including fluctuation in resource demand, personnel selection and assignments, cross-functional skills, maintaining staff availability in an effort to align program resources with mission objectives.
• Opportunity to coordinate closely with customer senior management to meet strategic goals.
• Serve as the single focal point for the areas of activity to include project status, tasking, schedule, performance and problem resolution.
• Partner with customer and contractor technical management team to build and maintain a programmatic plan of approach to support the development and execution of 20+ new business functions/applications.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: BA/BS or equivalent
• Required Experience: 7+ years of related experience
• Required Technical Skills: Familiar with industry standard project management approaches and methodologies.
• Security Clearance Level: TS SCI with Polygraph
• Required Skills and Abilities: collaboration, communication, Knowledge of information technology and software development domains, contract management, budgeting, planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Preferred Skills: Technical writing, agile software development, software development lifecycle, knowledge of software platforms (ServiceNow and Salesforce), experience providing PM support on a government contract
• Location: On Customer Site (Chantilly, VA)
• US Citizenship Required

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

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The likely salary range for this position is $182,882 - $247,428. 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:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Chantilly

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.