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Contract Program Manager - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology • Washington, DC • 20h ago

Req ID: RQ222171

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Program Delivery and Execution

Skills:

Artificial Intelligence (AI),Data Analytics,DevSecOps,Machine Learning (ML)

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT is hiring a seasoned Contract Program Manager to lead a high-visibility, mission-critical program delivering enterprise DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Observability, FinOps, and AI-enabled services across multiple classification domains. You will serve as the primary customer interface , providing strategic leadership, technical oversight, financial management, and workforce direction for a large, complex mission environment supporting thousands of developers and hundreds of mission applications.

You will own the full business, technical, financial, and performance lifecycle for the program-ensuring delivery excellence, customer satisfaction, and operational success.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Customer Engagement

Serve as the primary point of contact for all technical, cost, schedule, and contractual matters.

Build trusted relationships with senior government stakeholders and mission partners.

Provide strategic direction, program governance, and executive-level reporting.

Financial & Business Management

Own full P&L responsibility, including forecasting, budget execution, revenue, and margin performance.

Lead cost optimization in collaboration with the Sponsor's FinOps team.

Oversee monthly financial status, performance metrics, CDRLs, and risk reporting.

Agile Delivery & Technical Execution

Lead program delivery using the Sponsor's Lean Agile framework and MVI (Minimum Value Increment) approach.

Oversee design, build, sustain, and support activities across the platform ecosystem.

Ensure high-quality delivery of DevSecOps, CI/CD, cloud, observability, and security services.

Staffing & Workforce Management

Direct a large, multi-disciplinary team of cleared and uncleared personnel.

Lead hiring, onboarding, performance evaluations, and personnel development.

Manage staffing pipelines, backfill readiness, and continuity planning.

Innovation & Modernization

Drive continuous improvement and technology insertion, including AI/ML, Agentic AI, Zero Trust, and multi-cloud capabilities.

Leverage GDIT corporate capabilities and reach-back resources to enhance mission value.

Identify and pursue opportunities for organic program growth.

Compliance & Security

Ensure full compliance with all Sponsor policies, security requirements, ICD 503/704/705, NISPOM, and GDIT internal standards.

Support A&A activities, documentation, and audits across multiple domains.

Required Qualifications

TS/SCI with Polygraph

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related field.

10+ years of experience directing large-scale technical programs within the IC or DoW.

Demonstrated success managing cost, schedule, performance, and profitability.

Experience leading Agile software delivery, DevSecOps pipelines, and cloud-centric technical programs.

Strong leadership, communication, and customer-interface skills.

Preferred Qualifications

PMP, SAFe, ITIL, or similar certification.

FinOps certification or cloud economics experience.

Experience with AWS, Azure, and/or GCP multi-cloud environments.

Experience introducing emerging technologies (AI/ML, automation, observability).

Prior leadership of programs supporting >1,000 developers.

Why GDIT

Meaningful mission impact across the Intelligence Community

Opportunities for technical innovation and modernization

Competitive compensation, benefits, and professional development

A culture of integrity, collaboration, and mission-centered delivery

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 - $199,278. 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 26,000 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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