Operations Manager - DDLC Support

Operations Manager – DDLC Support

The Operations Manager – DDLC Support leads day-to-day delivery operations for DDLC task areas, ensuring consistent, high-quality execution across multiple workstreams and locations in alignment with client requirements and contract objectives. This role plans, directs, and coordinates operational activities, manages scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risks, and partners closely with IT, logistics, security, and other stakeholders to optimize processes and drive continuous improvement. The manager oversees a dispersed workforce and subcontractors, manages frequent procurement of materials and equipment, and ensures adherence to corporate policies, Federal contracting standards, and performance metrics across all assigned DDLC efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations for DDLC task areas, ensuring services are delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with contract, quality, and performance standards across multiple places of performance.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate project and program activities, including work planning, staffing, task assignments, and resource allocation to meet operational goals and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Oversee cost, schedule, and performance baselines for assigned DDLC work, including budget management, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis to leadership and the client.
• Coordinate closely with IT, logistics, security, facilities, and other enabling teams to ensure infrastructure, tools, and support services are in place for seamless operations and continuous service improvement.
• Manage subcontractor performance, including onboarding, scope definition, deliverable tracking, quality oversight, and issue escalation and resolution as needed.
• Implement and champion standardized operational processes, documentation, and metrics that align with CMMI Level 3, Agile best practices, and the company's delivery operations and service management frameworks.
• Monitor operational risks and issues, lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and maintain risk, issue, and action logs for leadership and client visibility.
• Develop, maintain, and present operational reports and dashboards such as volume, throughput, SLA attainment, quality, and workforce utilization to internal leadership and external stakeholders.
• Provide people leadership to a dispersed team, including performance management, coaching, workforce planning, and fostering a culture of accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, information security requirements, and client-specific governance, including support for audits, inspections, and reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Operations Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 8 years of recent, relevant experience planning, directing, coordinating, and managing IT or operations projects/programs of similar scope and complexity, including multi-site or worldwide delivery with a dispersed workforce.
• Demonstrated experience managing cost, schedule, and performance for Federal government contracts or large enterprise programs, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting responsibilities.
• Proven experience managing subcontractors and vendor relationships, including contract compliance, delivery oversight, and issue resolution.
• Active Project Management Institute certification as either a Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP).
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate across IT, logistics, security, and other functional areas to achieve operational outcomes.
• Candidates must possess a current secret security clearance and reside in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading operations in an enterprise or Federal environment that uses CMMI Level 3 processes and Agile/DevOps practices for IT and service delivery.
• Prior experience managing programs that include call center, telephony, cloud/IT infrastructure sustainment, cyber security, and/or software application sustainment workstreams.
• Familiarity with ITIL-aligned service management, workforce management, and performance measurement practices such as SLAs, KPIs, and OLAs within managed services or delivery operations.
• Experience working within or alongside large Federal contractors or shared-services delivery centers, including coordination across multiple contracts, tasks, and stakeholders.
• Advanced skills in developing and presenting operational metrics and executive-level briefings, including the use of standardized reports and dashboards to communicate performance, risks, and improvement initiatives.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

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Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.