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Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Leadership, Program Management, Strategic Planning

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a GDIT Program Manager for the Hybrid Architecture and Development for Experimental Systems (HADES). GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. HADES is a mission-critical upcoming contract to provide engineering, sustainment, and operation of R&D ground system infrastructure for the US Space Operations Command, Delta 50.

At GDIT, people and culture are our difference. As the HADES Program Manager you will be the difference to our customer and our employees. Our customer’s success depends on an experienced Program Manager joining our team to ensure GDIT integrates and coordinates all activities to achieve the HADES mission and contract performance, schedule, deliverable, and cost objectives.

HOW THE PROGRAM MANAGER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

  • Oversee scheduling, resourcing, asset inventory, risk, performance quality to optimize organizational efficiencies, drive performance management, and ensure continual service improvement and innovation efforts across the project life cycle

  • Ensure customer outcomes are achieved while addressing opportunities to increase quality, reduce cost, and minimize risk

  • Provide expertise in business process and system analysis, design, improvement, and implementation efforts

  • Manage employee compensation and benefits

  • Ensure safety and security of personnel and government property

  • Maintain Communications and Stakeholder Engagement plan

  • Coordinate with key Customer stakeholders to fully understand Customer requirements, expected outcomes, and areas of concern

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

  • Education:

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

  • Required Experience:

    • 10 years of increasing leadership experience managing DoD contracts of $100M or more in a single location, or

    • Retired Military Leader (ML) having held a Branch Chief position managing $100M budget and associated contracts

  • Required Technical Skills:

    • Agile & Scrum Methodologies

    • Budgeting & Financial Planning

    • Risk Management & Assessment

    • Stakeholder Communication

    • Performance Tracking (KPIs)

    • Project Management Software

    • Process Improvement

  • Security Clearance Level:

    • Active TS w/ SCI eligibility

  • Required Skills and Abilities:

    • Problem Thinking & Critical Thinking

    • Collaboration & Teamwork

    • Leadership & Mentorship

    • Adaptability and Flexibility

    • Conflict Resolution & Negotiation

  • Preferred Skills:

    • Active Project Management Professional (PMP)

    • ITIL 4 certification

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in program management at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.

The likely salary range for this position is $166,280 - $224,968. 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:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA NM Albuquerque

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.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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