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Senior Compliance Manager

Category: Testing/Quality Assurance

Main location: United States, Alabama, Huntsville

Position ID:J0926-0561

Employment Type: Full Time

U.S. - Work-life flexibility

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Position Description:

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Compliance Manager to support a high visibility federal modernization program. This senior role ensures alignment with federal compliance standards, supports policy interpretation, coordinates with legal and governance stakeholders, and serves as a liaison between program execution teams and oversight entities. The position plays a critical role in sustaining contract compliance, guiding policy adherence, and enabling informed decision making across technical, operational, and programmatic domains.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Compliance Oversight & Governance Alignment
• Interpret, implement, and maintain adherence to federal compliance standards, organizational policies, security requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Track evolving regulatory requirements and policy changes; advise leadership on impacts, risks, and mitigations.
• Develop and maintain compliance documentation, processes, procedures, and reporting mechanisms.
• Conduct internal reviews to validate alignment with program constraints, legal requirements, and security policies.
Policy Analysis & Advisory Support
• Analyze federal policies, legal guidance, procedural updates, and governance directives relevant to the program.
• Provide clear summaries, implications analyses, and actionable recommendations for contract leadership.
• Support development of internal policy frameworks, SOPs, governance artifacts, and compliance models.
• Ensure program activities align with federal mandates, acquisition rules, and enterprise governance structures.
Stakeholder Liaison & Coordination
• Serve as a liaison between program leadership, legal/governance stakeholders, security teams, and mission partners.
• Facilitate communication across the program to resolve compliance questions, clarify policy interpretations, and mitigate risks.
• Support coordination with COR, CO, OGC, CIO governance bodies, and mission oversight officials.
• Prepare briefings, decision papers, responses to government inquiries, and compliance-related deliverables.
Risk, Issue & Process Management
• Identify compliance gaps, vulnerabilities, risks, and areas needing corrective action.
• Support audits, assessments, reviews, and quality assurance activities.
• Recommend process improvements to enhance compliance posture, documentation rigor, and operational consistency.
• Track and manage compliance-related actions, deadlines, and risk mitigation plans.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
• Must have Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in compliance, governance, legal liaison roles, or policy analysis for federal programs.
• Strong understanding of federal regulations, security policies, governance frameworks, and contracting principles.
• Experience in drafting compliance artifacts, SOPs, policy analysis, and governance documentation.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and coordination skills.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and interface with senior government officials.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or other national security missions.
• Background in federal acquisition compliance, data governance, privacy policy, security governance, or enterprise risk management.
• Certifications such as CIPP G, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, or similar compliance/policy-oriented credentials.
• Familiarity with IT modernization, cloud governance, or classified program requirements.

Due to the nature of this government contract, US Citizenship is required.

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