Deputy Program Manager / Operations Lead - TS/SCI with Polygraph

About this role

Type of Requisition: Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

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

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Program Delivery and Execution

Job Qualifications: Skills: Agile Methodology, IT Program Management, Scrum Methodology, Technical Risk Management Certifications: None Experience: 7 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description: Why GDIT Are you ready to be a part of an elite team at GDIT, working on a large-scale, pioneering National Intelligence program? This is an incredible opportunity to immerse yourself into an environment that fuses innovation, speed, and security to safeguard our Nation. At GDIT, you'll thrive in a dynamic and collaborative setting, where your technical skills will be both challenged and expanded. This program offers the chance to engage with cutting-edge technologies and contemporary development practices in support of a vital mission. You'll play a critical role in addressing some of the most intricate security and operational challenges facing Intelligence and Homeland Security today. Come join us and contribute to a mission that truly matters, while advancing your career alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry. 

What You’ll Achieve The Operations Lead plays a strategic, high-impact role at the IDIQ level, embedded within the PMO and serving as Deputy Program Manager. You will oversee the operational execution across all task orders. Focus on day-to-day execution, customer delivery, and internal coordination across multiple task orders and product lines. In this role, you will: • Contract & Task Order Execution • Support the program manager in overseeing all awarded task orders under the IDIQ.

• Help ensure performance against contract requirements (schedule, scope, quality, SLAs/metrics).

• Track deliverables and milestones, coordinating with task leads and functional teams.

• Assist or create CDRL documentation (i.e. Risk register, PMR, etc.)

• Customer & Stakeholder Engagement • Act as a secondary point of contact for government counterparts when the PM is unavailable or delegates.

• Participate in regular customer meetings, status reviews, and technical discussions.

• Gather, clarify, and communicate evolving customer needs across the project team

• Financial & Resource Management (in a support role) • Assist with monitoring cost, schedule, and performance at the task order level (e.g., CPI/SPI, labor burn, funding status).

• Support staffing plans across task orders, including onboarding, backfill planning, and coordination with Talent Acquisition.

• Help balance prime vs. subcontractor labor to meet program targets for direct labor and profitability, as guided by the PM.

• Performance Management & Delivery Quality • Monitor key performance indicators and service levels for task orders.

• Identify underperformance or risk areas early and coordinate corrective actions.

• Risk, Issue, and Change Management • Maintain and contribute to the program risk/issue register for the IDIQ and individual task orders.

• Help identify and track risks, issues, and dependencies; drive mitigation actions with task leads.

• Support contract and scope change processes (e.g., ROMs, ECPs, modifications) by coordinating technical and cost inputs.

• Proposal & Growth Support (On-Contract Growth and New TOs) • Coordinate proposal activities for new task orders or modifications under the IDIQ (schedules, inputs, reviews).

• Work with capture, BD, and technical leads to develop compliant, compelling responses.

• Track pipeline and awarded work under the IDIQ to support growth planning and resourcing.

• Team Coordination & Internal Communication • Coordinate across cross-functional teams (technical, operations, finance, HR, security, subcontracts) when necessary.

• Lead internal status meetings, action tracking, and communication of priorities when delegated by the PM.

• Help ensure consistent use of standard processes, tools, and reporting formats across task orders.

• Compliance & Governance • Help ensure adherence to contract terms, security requirements, and internal GDIT policies.

• Support audits, reviews, and data calls (e.g., contractual reporting, internal management reviews).

• Ensure accurate and timely program reporting and documentation. • stakeholders

Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

• TS/SCI with Polygraph

• 7+ years of experience in agile software development and/or DevOps,

• Experience in technical management, technical understanding, analyzing information, great communications skills, resource management, problem solving, strategic planning, quality management and risk.

• Skills and Abilities: • Agile & Scrum Methodologies

• Budgeting & Financial Planning

• Risk Management & Assessment

• Stakeholder Communication

• Performance Tracking (KPIs)

• Project Management Software

• Process Improvement

• Problem Thinking & Critical Thinking

• Collaboration & Teamwork

• Leadership & Mentorship

• Adaptability and Flexibility

• Conflict Resolution & Negotiation

Desired Skills and Experience • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire

• Experience with ITIL (i.e. ITIL 4 certification)  and ServiceNow preferred

• Experience with managing FFP completion base contracts

The likely salary range for this position is $195,240 - $264,148. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: None

T elecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includ

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