Program Director
General Dynamics Information Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $170,000 - $230,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
SDLC
About the role
- Management of the overall change control over the program(s).
- Works in collaboration with key stakeholders across different internal/external settings to facilitate the implementation of strategic, operational and performance improvement objective
- Accountable for connecting the business and the technical needs of the program(s), driving execution, establishing effective communication and have the customer experience firmly as their focus.
- Manage communication of system design and development activities to client.
- Establish and maintain effective communication throughout the program.
- Promote team skill development and coaching
- Execute contract administration activities.
- Manage all phases of programs from inception through completion.
- Ensure that System Design and Development is performed in accordance with the existing SDLC.
- Executes and oversees processes that accurately estimate design and development efforts.
- Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, identifies program problems and obtains solutions, such as allocation of resources or changing contractual specifications.
- Initiates recommendations to implement improvements to new and existing client’s programs.
- Acts as primary customer contact for program activities, leading program review sessions with customer to discuss cost, schedule, and technical performance.
- Is the single point of accountability, empowered to ensure the program meets its success criteria
- Participates in the negotiation of contract and contract changes.
- Coordinates the preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements and specifications, operating budgets and financial terms/conditions of contract.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- 10 years of related experience
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience managing a staff of over fifty (50) in a complex IT environment.
- Five (5) years’ or more experience simultaneously managing large scale concurrent projects and effectively responding to unanticipated business priorities.
- Minimum of five(5) years in design, development, implementation, operations, maintenance, and modifications of a large MMIS or insurance application.
- Demonstrated comprehensive experience managing the planning, developing, testing, and implementing of software application changes.
- Demonstrated comprehensive experience using the proposed software development life-cycle methodologies and COTS products.
Benefits
- a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- dental plan options
- a vision plan
- 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
- full flex work weeks where possible
- a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year
- GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
- short and long-term disability benefits
- life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
change control managementsystem designsoftware development life cycle (SDLC)program managementcontract administrationproject managementsoftware application developmentCOTS productsplanningtesting
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationcoachingleadershipproblem-solvingcustomer focusteam developmentnegotiationorganizational skillsstakeholder management
Certifications
Bachelor's degree