Technical Program Manager/Business Development Executive (TPM/BDE)

Category: Leadership and Management Roles

Main location: United States, Virginia, Fairfax

Position ID:J0726-1549

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Description:

CGI Federal is seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead business development and profitable growth for a sector supporting Air Force and broader DoD missions. Serving as a solutions architect and senior technical leader, this role shapes and delivers modernized capabilities across cloud architecture, data engineering, software development, cybersecurity, and advanced analytics. Experience includes demonstrated P&L and growth performance, leading a portfolio of $15 20M+ revenue per year, capturing deals with total contract value greater than $50M, and managing program resources for profitable organic growth.
The TPM owns P&L performance, pricing and margin strategy, pipeline development and conversion, and executive client engagement - translating mission needs into winning, technically differentiated solutions. This leader drives end to end program management (scope, schedule, risk, quality, and delivery), providing hands on engineering oversight to ensure solutions align with DoD/DAF enterprise architectures, Zero Trust/RMF security requirements, interoperability standards, and measurable mission outcomes.
This role bridges growth, engineering, and execution to sustain delivery excellence and year over year expansion.
This role supports a hybrid work environment with travel as required.
This position can be located at any CGI office in the U.S, preferred location is Fairfax, VA; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Business Development & Strategic Growth (55%)
. Lead technical solutioning for proposals, whitepapers, roadmaps, and capture activities.
. Shape and evolve solution offerings aligned to DAF/DoD modernization priorities (cloud, analytics, Zero Trust, digital engineering, automation).
. Develop and manage a robust BD pipeline, partnering with BDEs, capture, and portfolio leadership to convert opportunities into awarded work.
Technical Direction & Engineering Oversight (30%)
. Oversee/validate architecture & integration strategies across complex cloud based data ecosystems.
. Provide hands on technical oversight in data engineering, DevSecOps, API driven interoperability, cybersecurity, and cloud solutioning.
. Facilitate technical design reviews to ensure scalability, performance, security, and compliance with DoD/DAF standards.
. Troubleshoot enterprise scale technical issues and guide rapid resolution paths.
. Translate complex technical concepts into clear, mission relevant narratives for non technical audiences.
Program & Delivery Leadership (15%)
. Own end to end service delivery performance, ensuring contractual, technical, and mission objectives are met.
. Provide technical leadership across multiple teams (direct, matrixed, and global delivery) influencing architecture, engineering practices, solution quality, and on contract growth.
. Lead program planning, risk management, quality assurance, and resource allocation.
. Ensure all deliverables meet schedule, quality, compliance, and mission relevance.
. Represent CGI Federal to senior government stakeholders, ensuring transparency, alignment, and trusted advisor engagement.
Collaboration & Cross Functional Leadership
. Coordinate across engineering, cybersecurity, data, and program leadership teams to ensure cohesive execution.
. Align delivery with enterprise governance, acquisition frameworks, and mission objectives.
. Drive adoption of best practices in Agile/SAFe, DevSecOps, cloud modernization, cyber

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, data science, or related technical field.
. 10 years of related experience.
. Minimum 5 years as a Business Development Executive with a proven track record of winning competitive federal services contracts (>20M) - ideally within the U.S. Air Force client space.
. Demonstrated ability to identify emerging business trends and translate them into strategic recommendations.
. Minimum 3 years managing complex technical programs across a broad spectrum of requirements in data engineering, IT modernization, agile software development, enterprise architecture, or cybersecurity.
. Minimum 3 years of broad experience across cloud solutioning, enterprise IT, DEVSECOPS, data platforms, and digital transformation.
. Prior experience supporting USAF, DoD, or Intelligence Community programs.
. Experience overseeing cloud native data platforms, secure data pipelines, and enterprise data ecosystems.
. Knowledge of automation frameworks, API development, and secure integration patterns.
. Experience with analytics platforms, BI tools, predictive modeling, and ML environments.
. Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and executive briefing skills.
. Active Secret clearance required with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI
Desired qualifications/non essential skills required:
. Scrum Master experience or familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe).
. Experience with Python, Spark, SQL, or similar languages used in data and cloud engineering.
. Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, enterprise data catalogs, and DoD data strategies.
. Understanding of IAM/RBAC/ABAC principles and platforms (AWS IAM, Azure AD, Okta) and compliance frameworks (NIST, FedRAMP, RMF).
. Preferred certifications: PMP/PgMP, AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, Scrum Master/SAFe, Security+ or CISSP (nice to have).
. Active Top Secret (SCI eligibility preferred).
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $143,500.00 $310,700.00.
CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
. Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well being programs
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Skills:

• Business Intelligence
• Capture Management
• Defense
• Result oriented