Software Delivery Lead

Job Family:

IT Project Management

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

Guidehouse is looking for a Associate Director/Director of Software Delivery to join our team. Guidehouse is responsible for building and expanding GrantSolutions, a shared service platform of over 1500 federal grant programs demonstrating a new model of how agencies and departments across the Federal Government work together to eliminate duplication of services and leverage resources and technology.   

• GrantSolutions consists of 10+ software products and a full spectrum of support and consulting services to help Federal agencies maximize the value of their grant investments. 

• We serve 150,000+ users across the country and around the world.

• We manage $80B+ annually across 10+ Cabinet-level Departments.

• Our business model and technologies have led to incredible growth and has become one of the most innovative organizations in government, repeatedly recognized with awards.

What You Will Do:

• Technical and project leadership to the software development and Government customer teams, including multiple scrum teams and subcontractors.

• Plans and oversees the execution of multiple simultaneous software development projects from requirements gathering to production release.

• Collaborates cross organizationally (e.g. operations, customer care) to ensure the successful launch and user adoption of software releases.

• Collaborates with key customer and user community representatives including Government teams to prioritize work and establish release plans.

• Oversees the sustainment of software products in production.

• Assumes key role in the reporting of software development status to executive management and Government customer.

• Utilize metrics (e.g. defect rate, cost/schedule vs plan (EVM)) to report performance and drive process improvements in a CMMI Level 3 assessed organization.

• Oversees employee development including performance management through subordinate managers and direct reports.

• Works cross functionality to assess business requirements in support of future technology needs and requirements.

What You Will Need:

It’s an exciting, meaningful program with a great team – over 200 people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. The Associate Director/Director of Software Delivery is a critical member of Guidehouse’s senior program leadership team and reports to Program Management. If you would like to join us, please read on. We expect a successful candidate has:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

• Bachelor's Degree

• Worked extensively in the Federal contracting space

• Minimum of TEN (10) years of experience with FIVE (5 ) years of progressively responsible management positions.

• Experience delivering and supporting large-scale Enterprise-wide software-based systems including a full range of support services (account management, consulting, help desk, analysis).

• Understanding and applied knowledge of Agile software development on large scale project deliveries.

• Experience leading and applying process improvement and change through quality management frameworks such as CMMI.

• Demonstrated a strong understanding of Government contracts and business operations – having had budget management with profit/loss responsibility

• Managed integrated teams of employees and subcontractors involving more than 50+ individuals in multiple geographic locations. This includes multiple, simultaneous scrum teams.

• Displayed a collaborative leadership style while directing multiple team leaders/managers on a complex and dynamic program with broad scope.

• Demonstrated strong people management skills – career development, performance management, etc.

• Mastered the range of full life cycle project management from developing plans through successful execution to closeout.

• Worked effectively with customer leadership in an ‘embedded’ setting.

• Demonstrated exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Executed programs with mission critical information security policies and regulations.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Prior experience serving as a senior technical leader on a large Federal IT contract ($100M+)<