Program Manager

Customer Value Partners

$160K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Eligible for Public Trust clearance
  • BS/BA with 10 years or MS/MA/MBA with 6 years of relevant experience, or 15 years of experience in lieu of a degree
  • Experience supervising large, multidisciplinary teams
  • Proven track record managing multi-application federal IT contracts
  • 15+ years in IT program/portfolio management
  • 5+ years leading federal IT contracts
  • PMP certification preferred
  • Experience with AI/cloud modernization initiatives
  • Working knowledge of a comprehensive technology stack including various programming languages and tools.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary contractor contact for cost, schedule, performance, and quality management
  • Lead staffing, risk management, and resource optimization for all tasks
  • Facilitate the transition to AI-readiness and accommodate new application demands
  • Supervise technical decision-making across diverse technologies
  • Oversee portfolio prioritization and governance alignment
  • Manage change control and governance processes
  • Ensure compliance with FISMA Moderate and related frameworks
  • Lead adherence to AI usage and governance standards.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with a minimum of 2 days per week on-site
  • High-visibility contract leadership role
  • Opportunity to lead an innovative portfolio of NIH business applications
  • Engagement with cutting-edge AI and cloud technologies
  • Work within a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic government environment.
Full Job Description
Overview

CVP is seeking an experienced Program Manager to serve as the Government's single contractor focal point for the NIH Center for Information Technology (CIT) enterprise application portfolio. This is a high-visibility, contract-wide leadership role responsible for a dynamic portfolio of NIH business applications spanning operations and maintenance, modernization, cloud migration, and AI-readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary contractor point of contact for cost, schedule, performance, and quality across the entire portfolio
  • Lead staffing, subcontractor integration, risk management, and resource optimization across all task areas
  • Drive AI-readiness transition planning and ensure the team can absorb new applications and surge requirements
  • Govern technical decisions across a broad enterprise technology stack without being the hands-on architect for every application
  • Oversee portfolio prioritization and reporting in alignment with NIH EPLC/SDLC governance
  • Coordinate TRB/CAB change management and ARB governance processes
  • Ensure FISMA Moderate, RMF/ATO/JCAM compliance and vulnerability remediation across the portfolio
  • Lead compliance with OMB M-24-10 and the AI Usage and Governance framework


Qualifications

  • Must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance
  • BS/BA + 10 years of relevant experience; OR MS/MA/MBA + 6 years; OR 15 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
  • Demonstrated experience supervising and coordinating large, multidisciplinary technical workforces
  • Experience managing large, multi-application federal IT contracts
  • 15+ years of IT program/portfolio management experience
  • 5+ years leading large, multi-application federal IT contracts
  • PMP certification strongly preferred
  • Experience with AI/cloud modernization programs
  • Working fluency across the enterprise technology stack including: .NET/Java/modern web frameworks, GitHub/GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Maven/Gradle/Docker, automated testing/accessibility tools, ServiceNow/Jira/Confluence, SQL Server/Oracle/Azure SQL/Amazon RDS, Power Platform/SharePoint/Drupal, IBM BAW/OpenText/MuleSoft, SAML/Entra/SiteMinder, Tenable/Nessus, Splunk, and Azure/AWS/GCP

Location: Hybrid, minimum 2 days per week

Salary Range: $160,000 - $180,000 (depending on experience)

This role is pending program award

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