Staff VP, Health

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$215K — $276K *
Healthcare
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in federal health government operations and business development.
  • Strong background in program leadership and mission delivery.
  • Demonstrated expertise in federal contracting and IT transformation initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of emerging health technologies including AI/ML and cybersecurity.
  • Exceptional communication and strategy development skills.

Responsibilities

  • Support the EVP on top-priority programs and strategic initiatives.
  • Monitor KPIs, synthesizing insights and surfacing issues for EVP attention.
  • Translate strategic goals into actionable workstreams and track progress.
  • Provide strategic analysis and risk identification for key decisions.
  • Lead special projects on behalf of the EVP, focusing on transformations and improvements.
  • Contribute to division-wide growth strategies and business development plans.
  • Serve as a senior leader during customer engagements and executive reviews.

Benefits

  • Variety of medical, dental, and vision plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching and pre/post-tax contributions.
  • Flexible work weeks and a range of paid time off including parental and military leave.
  • Short and long-term disability and life insurance options offered.
  • Regular reviews of the benefits package to ensure competitiveness and value.
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Executives

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Business Growth, Executive Leadership, Federal Government, Strategic Direction
Certifications:
None
Experience:
15 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

You will have opportunity to play a leadership role in serving our Federal Health customers by supporting technology and mission challenges across multiple agencies. The breadth and scale of our portfolio ensure you can take on new challenges as our business and mission impact continue to grow.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Executive Division Support
  • Support the EVP of the Federal Health Division on top-priority programs, strategic initiatives, enterprise transformation efforts, and cross-agency activities.
  • Monitor KPIs & operational dashboards, synthesizing insights and surfacing issues requiring EVP attention.


Strategic Planning & Division Initiatives
  • Drive EVP-level priorities by translating strategic goals into clear workstreams, tracking progress, and ensuring cross-functional coordination.
  • Act as a strategic advisor-providing analysis, risk identification, and recommendations on key decisions. Identify operational risks early and help build mitigation/response plans.
  • Provide thought leadership and drive alignment with corporate initiatives, technology roadmaps, and mission-driven outcomes.
  • Stand up and lead special projects on the EVP's behalf (e.g., transformation initiatives, customer escalations, internal process improvements).


Growth, Pricing & Proposal Strategy
  • Engage in business development planning, contributing to division-wide growth and capture strategies across federal health agencies; in particular for large, complex opportunities.
  • Review pricing Basis of Estimates (BOEs) to ensure competitiveness, accuracy, completeness, and
  • Partner with pricing, capture, and solutioning teams to ensure proposals reflect differentiated value.


Program Leadership & Strategic Delivery
  • May serve as executive lead for large enterprise programs, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong customer engagement, and alignment with mission outcomes.
  • Represent the Federal Health Division as a senior leader during customer engagements, executive reviews, and enterprise strategy sessions.


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of senior leadership experience in federal health government agency operations, business development, program leadership, and mission delivery.
  • Demonstrated ability to grow business and drive strategy across multiple Federal Health agencies.
  • Extensive background in federal contracting, including operations, capture, procurement, and mission-focused IT or digital transformation initiatives.
  • Deep understanding of emerging federal health technologies such as AI/ML, Zero Trust, cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise architecture.
  • Exceptional communication, executive presence, and strategy development skills; ability to work effectively across GDIT leadership and with senior government leaders.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
  • Willingness to work in a hybrid environment with travel to customer sites as needed.


The likely salary range for this position is $215,467 - $276,000. 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:
10-25%

Telecommuting Options:
Hybrid

Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church - 3150 Fairview Park Dr (VAS095)

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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