Project/Task Manager - Joint Management System - Army

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$88K — $117K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of related experience
  • Strong skills in project management and planning
  • Proven leadership abilities in technical and operational contexts
  • Familiarity with contract and subcontractor oversight
  • Relevant technical certifications preferred (e.g., 8570 IAM Level I, ITIL® 4)

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and manage complex programs to achieve impactful mission outcomes
  • Develop and document project plans, proposals, and task orders
  • Coordinate project activities and liaise with clients and vendors
  • Conduct gap analyses and manage testing and installation stages
  • Drive innovation through identifying and adopting new tools and processes

Benefits

  • Variety of medical plan options with Health Savings Accounts
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Paid time off including vacation and holidays
  • Short and long-term disability benefits
  • Life and critical illness insurance options
Full Job Description

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Collaboration, Deliverables Management, People Management, Project Management, Project Planning

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

PROJECT/TASK MANAGER

Oversee complex programs that drive impactful mission outcomes for our customers as a Project/Task Manager . Here, you’ll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Project/Task Manager, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). You will support the design, development, engineering, integration, and technical and operational support to employ specified NIPRNET, SIPRNET, and Deployed Forces (DF) portions of the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN).
●Lead/Manage/Support our customer’s mission by providing technical, administrative, and operational leadership to assigned projects or tasks; including contract and subcontractor oversight. Participate in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, and task‑order and administrative reporting to drive clarity and progress. Document gap analysis, staging, installation, and testing within established schedule, operational, and costing parameters to ensure capabilities are fielded effectively. Conduct planning and provide recommendations to the client on task workload; assist the Government in synchronizing requirements across the project lifecycle within cost, schedule, and performance, identifying issues in project meetings. Attend customer meetings and serve as primary client liaison as needed; interact with vendors, other agencies, and client staff on behalf of the customer to remove roadblocks and accelerate delivery. Coordinate development of deliverables and products; ensure quality assurance of project deliverables and manage day‑to‑day operations of the capability to standard. Assist in validating spend plans and quantifying equipment and associated costs; coordinate, execute, and track shipments to meet fielding timelines. Create documentation, briefings, and project plans necessary to support NETCOM; provide coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensure all reviews and approvals are received. Maintain current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned; participate in special projects as required to advance mission outcomes.
● Collaborate with team members, the customer and vendors to apply architecture to Army Enterprise programs at various lifecycle stages.
● Drive innovation by identifying where emerging tools increase resiliency, reduce latency, or enhance secure communications; promoting cloud, automation, and AI adjacent efficiencies wherever possible; using root cause analysis to uncover systemic issues that could benefit from new processes or tools; conducting risk review sessions that push creative problem solving; implementing continuous improvement cycles during staging, installation, testing, and fielding; creating shared collaboration channels to accelerate cross agency coordination.
● Utilize project & task management tools such as Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams for meeting coordination, chat collaboration and MS Outlook for Task order communication and coordination.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Project/Task Manager must have:
● Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
● Experience: 5+ years of related experience
● Technical skills: 8570 IAM Level I Certification; ITIL® 4 Foundation Certification, Computing Environment certification.
● Security clearance level: Secret.
● US citizenship required.
● Role requirements: Proven ability to provide technical, administrative, and operational leadership across complex IT projects; proficiency in contract/subcontractor management; strong planning and documentation skills (project plans, proposals, reports); demonstrated capability to perform gap analysis and manage staging, installation, and testing activities; excellence in client communications and cross‑agency/vendor coordination; disciplined quality assurance and day‑to‑day operations management; fiscal acumen for spend plan validation and cost quantification; logistics coordination for equipment shipments; ability to produce clear briefings and project artifacts; commitment to continuous learning and participation in special projects.

The likely salary range for this position is $88,130 - $117,300. 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 AZ Fort Huachuca

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.

 

 

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