IT Program Manager (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Program Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Coding Languages, Developing Proposals, Leadership, People Management, Program Management

Certifications:

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a motivated, customer-oriented IT Program Manager to add to our mature Account Team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

We are looking for a highly technical Program Manager to lead a software development team and program. The ideal candidate will have a growth centric mindset and experience and capabilities with Capture Management, Business Development, and/or Proposals. This individual will apply program management techniques to ensure the on-time, high-quality delivery of products and ensure their compliance with all contract requirements. You will also act as a liaison between the CDC and GDIT to identify and manage reach-back support for new technical requirements and subject matter expertise, as needed. You will have hands-on program and project responsibilities and balance project execution with business development.

Remote work will be considered; however, someone local the Atlanta area is strongly preferred.

How You Will Make An Impact:

• Manages and is responsible for the successful completion of all tasks in assigned program area including technical work, financial and business development activities.
• Identify and win executable business for CDC clients through applying expertise in the business development life cycle; from opportunity identification through shaping, capture and proposal, and contract startup and execution.
• Leverage senior-level leadership and extensive CDC relationships.
• Use experience with capture and business development while leveraging functional expertise to build addressable market and increased technical solutions development work.
• Lead complex negotiations with industry partners to build teams supporting procurements.
• Lead captures for technical bids, including identifying and comprehending clients requirements and buying patterns, developing complex technical solution options, and building a cost-competitive industry team that can deliver client impact through a winning bid.
• Drive market-based competitive intelligence, market assessments, client assessments, and strategic planning efforts to support expanding specific client-based opportunity portfolios and pipeline.
• Work with the GDIT CDC Account team to establish and navigate key stakeholder relationships and keep the business leadership team informed and engaged in advancing strategic partnerships with clients and industry partners.
• Act as hands-on program or project manager managing teams in the areas of DevOps, Cloud implementations, data analytics, or other technology projects.
• Responsible for profitability and revenue growth of assigned program(s).
• Assures quality of program products, services, and deliverables, including participating in reviews, audits, and site visits.
• Coordinates and monitors sub-contractor activities and administers subcontractor deliverables and finances.
• Develops, reviews, and approves plans, schedules, consulting agreements and other program documents.
• Prepares and provides various reports and technical reviews to senior management as requested.
• Ensures compliance with relevant corporate and government policies and standards.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED (required):

• BA/BS degree (or equivalent experience) and 5+ years of IT, Software Development, Program/ Project Management experience
• Strong technical background including experience in a similar mission critical technical environment with a significant number of direct staff.
• Experience with managing multiple IT projects, including adjusting to shifting priorities and solving problems quickly
• Experience supporting federal government agencies in either project management and/or capture management capacities required.
• Experience with business development activities for federal government contracts
• Proposal development experience

WHAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER (preferred):

• Masters degree in Information Systems or MBA
• 2+