Senior Director, Portfolio Lead
ICFAbout the role
ICF’s Digital Modernization Division is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial, technology department, seeking a motivated Senior Director, Program Management to lead a portfolio of projects, teams of technologists, strategists, architects, analysts, developers, designers, and support staff to support multiple customers and contracts across the division.
You are a team player and can embrace ambiguity to translate client needs using an agile delivery framework to deliver technical solutions that achieve mission value and measurable outcomes. You are a strategic problem-solver that has a willingness to learn and grow with our team and drive our client’s digital transformation journey.
At ICF, we implement smart solutions to drive digital transformation at scale and speed, relentless in making sure it pays off for our clients and committed to helping them achieve mission outcomes. Join our community of mission-driven delivery leaders, project managers, data experts, strategists, and technologists to build agile solutions that meet our clients changing needs.
This role will be based in the Washington DC area. It is a hybrid position with a minimum of 2 days per week in the Reston, VA office.
What you’ll be doing:
Manage a portfolio of digital modernization projects/programs across multiple clients
Actively work with clients to identify and develop new opportunities
Advise government stakeholders to execute a complex set of technology-driven work
Work with government leads, ICF project managers, and technical resources to identify solution strategies, delivery practices, and implementation plans over a series or projects and programs
Provide reach-back and escalation support for IT governance needs of programs, task orders, and project efforts
Manage BPA, program, and project-level execution
Collaborate with other ICF divisions, subcontractors, technology partners, and government customers to lay out program strategy efforts to support delivery and growth
Manage a team of senior managers and technologists to manage time and expectations of multiple projects and team members
Play a key role in supporting growth activities within a defined program and account space
Manage a P&L and meet all financial targets
What you must have:
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in technology related field or business administration from an accredited institution
Project Management Institute (PMI), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance
5+ years of experience managing a profitable P&L
5+ years of experience supporting on-contract growth, including demonstrated year-over-year growth in managed accounts
5+ years of experience contributing to new business and pre-sales activities, including successfully participating in capture and proposal efforts for larger bids ($25M+ total contract value)
5+ years of experience managing and mentoring a team of people
8+ years of large-scale program and/or portfolio management experience in a very fast-paced, dynamic environment
10+ years’ experience analyzing complex problems that impact the project and provide innovative solutions and options that include analysis of schedules, costs, and technology or tools
What we’d like you to have:
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
5+ years managing a profitable P&L of at least $10M in gross revenue per year
10+ years’ experience managing distributed delivery teams with 5 or more people
15+ years’ experience managing projects and contract engagements with high CPARS
15+ years’ experience providing consulting services to the federal government for large scale cloud implementation using AWS, Appian, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and/or Microsoft Dynamics
Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with key clients in target accounts
Expert in analyzing complex problems that impact the project and provide innovative solutions and options that include analysis of schedules, costs, and technology or tools
Participation in an Orals team that resulted in a successful contract award
Understanding of proposal processes and federal acquisition process, including knowledge of standard GWACs/contract vehicles in the digital modernization space
Familiarity with project finance fundamentals and the ability to manage different types of contracts (FFP, T&M, etc.)
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