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

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Pipeline

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

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

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

7 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

None

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required