Req ID: RQ213576
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: Program Instruction Support
Skills:
Collaborating,Planning,Training and Development
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
TRAINING SR MANAGER
The Protective Technology Branch (PTB) coordinates and implements protection requirements for multiple high threat posts and provides technical security countermeasures and systems that counter the risk to personnel and facilities worldwide. To align with the specific requirements of the Diplomatic Security Protective Technology Branch (PTB), the responsibilities must bridge the gap between high-level instructional strategy and the practical, technical needs of field technicians .
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As the Senior Training Manager, you will be the architect of a specialized technical workforce. Your primary focus is to ensure that every technician is a multi-capable asset ready for global deployment.
Key Responsibilities & Performance Areas
As the Senior Training Manager, you will be the architect of a specialized technical workforce. Your primary focus is to ensure that every technician is a multi-capable asset ready for global deployment.
Multi-Disciplinary Cross-Training Development
Integrated Skillsets: Design and implement a robust "Cross-Training Matrix" that allows technicians to gain proficiency across diverse disciplines.
Module Scalability: Develop tiered learning paths (Level I, II, and III) that enable technicians to pivot between specialties based on mission-critical needs.
Blended Learning: Utilize a mix of classroom instruction, "sandbox" laboratory environments, and field-simulated exercises to ensure theoretical knowledge translates to hardware mastery.
Deployment Readiness & Compliance
Readiness Monitoring: Maintain accurate, real-time training records to ensure all personnel meet the specific "Ready-to-Deploy" (RTD) criteria for international assignments.
Currency Oversight: Implement an automated tracking and notification system to manage certification expirations, ensuring no lapse in technician eligibility for high-threat theater deployment.
Gap Analysis: Regularly identify personnel who are "stagnant" in their training and intervene with tailored development plans to maximize the billable, deployable headcount.
Curriculum Auditing & Technical Evolution
Strategic Audits: Conduct audits of all training materials to ensure they reflect current Protective Technology Branch (PTB) field procedures and Department of State Standards.
Technology Insertion: Collaborate with PTB engineers to integrate new hardware (e.g., advanced biometric scanners, AI-driven surveillance, or updated RF equipment) into the curriculum immediately as they are adopted by the program.
Feedback Loops: Incorporate post-deployment "After Action Reports" (AARs) from the field into the curriculum to address real-world technical challenges and "lessons learned."
Professional Delivery & Operations
Execution Excellence: Oversee the professional delivery of training, ensuring instructors maintain a high standard of classroom management and technical accuracy.
Resource Management: Manage the lifecycle of training equipment, toolkits, and "mock-up" security consoles used for hands-on instruction.
Global Reach: Ensure curriculum can be efficiently deployed both at the primary training facility and via mobile training teams (MTTs) for OCONUS (Outside Continental United States) delivery when required.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
The Training Sr Manager must have:
? Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
? Minimum of ten (10) years of experience or the equivalent combination of education/training and/or experience/military training.
? Prior Supervisory experience
? Familiarity with the Dept of State or Government processes and procedures preferred but not required.
? Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, SharePoint, and mobile applications.
? Security clearance level: Must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance with the ability to obtain TOP SECRET.
? US citizenship required.
? Role requirements: Prior Supervisory experience . Occasional travel may be required.
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
? Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home remove if ineligible
? Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.
The likely salary range for this position is $142,792 - $172,500. 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.
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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