Program Manager

The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing programs of comparable size and complexity, including personnel and subcontractor management, Client planning, contract financial and performance monitoring, IT strategic planning, risk management, transition activities, and executive-level Government reporting. Our five-layer architecture — Salesforce (Engagement), Databricks (Data), ServiceNow (Orchestration), Pega (Decisioning), and Oracle HR (Capacity) — puts data at the common thread of every solution we build for federal agencies and the citizens they serve.

Varmoda is seeking an experienced Program Manager (PM) to lead a complex, mission-critical enterprise IT and cybersecurity program supporting the Department of Defense (DoD).

The Program Manager will provide overall program leadership and oversee integrated delivery supporting the DC3 CIO, Authorizing Official (AO), and Cybersecurity organizations. The program encompasses enterprise IT operations, hybrid cloud and infrastructure, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data and business intelligence, AI/ML, and program-management activities across geographically distributed environments.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing programs of comparable size and complexity, including personnel and subcontractor management, Client planning, contract financial and performance monitoring, IT strategic planning, risk management, transition activities, and executive-level Government reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overall program execution supporting the DC3 CIO, Authorizing Official, and Cybersecurity organizations.
• Manage prime-contractor and subcontractor performance across enterprise IT, cloud, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data, AI/ML, and operational-support workstreams.
• Direct program staffing, schedules, resources, financial performance, deliverables, risks, and performance monitoring.
• Develop, maintain, and execute the Program Management Plan (PMP), including:
  • Program organization
  • Staffing matrix
  • Operating procedures
  • Integrated program schedule
  • Communications approach
  • Resource-management processes
• Determine Client requirements based on workload, required capabilities, technical skill sets, labor categories, security requirements, service levels, performance locations, and operational coverage.
• Develop staffing models and resource plans aligned with program requirements and operational demands.
• Provide IT leadership and accountability and support IT strategic planning across the program.
• Monitor contract financial, operational, and performance results, including:
  • Labor utilization
  • Expenditures
  • Financial forecasts
  • Staffing levels
  • Program schedules
  • Performance metrics
  • Financial and operational variances
  • Corrective actions
• Manage subcontractor staffing, performance, reporting, quality, and contract compliance.
• Develop and maintain the Risk Management Plan.
• Lead the identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, escalation, and reporting of program risks.
• Provide Government stakeholders with required program reporting covering performance, staffing, schedules, financial status, risks, corrective actions, and decisions requiring Government involvement.
• Lead the required 30-calendar-day transition-in effort.
• Maintain a comprehensive transition-out plan covering:
  • Responsibilities
  • Personnel
  • Program documentation
  • Systems access
  • Institutional knowledge
  • Government property
• Maintain continuity of key personnel and manage vacancies and substitutions in accordance with Government notification and approval requirements.
• Ensure applicable personnel complete mandatory Government training.
• Ensure required personnel maintain applicable DoD 8140 qualifications and certification records.
• Brief senior Government stakeholders on program performance, staffing, financial status, risks, corrective actions, performance metrics, and required decisions.

Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from an accredited college or university in one of the following:

• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Management Information Systems (MIS)
• Engineering

Certification

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Clearance

• Current active TS/SCI clearance

Experience

• At least ten (10) years of experience managing a program of similar size and complexity to this PWS.
• At least five (5) years of experience overseeing and determining Client requirements for projects similar in size and complexity to this PWS, consisting of diverse technical skill sets and labor categories.
• At least five (5) years of experience performing IT leadership and accountability, IT strategic planning, and financial and performance monitoring of contracts, including performance metrics.
• Demonstrated experience managing:
  • Personnel
  • Subcontractors
  • Staffing and Client requirements
  • Schedules
  • Resources
  • Program risks
  • Financial performance
  • Deliverables
  • Customer and Government reporting
• Demonstrated experience developing Client and staffing plans based on:
  • Workload
  • Technical capabilities and required skill sets
  • Labor categories
  • Service levels
  • Security requirements
  • Geographic coverage
  • Operational demands
• Demonstrated experience monitoring:
  • Labor utilization
  • Expenditures
  • Forecasts
  • Staffing levels
  • Performance metrics
  • Financial and operational variances
  • Corrective actions
• Demonstrated ability to brief senior Government stakeholders regarding program performance, staffing, financial status, risks, corrective actions, and required Government decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing a large DoD enterprise IT, cybersecurity, cyber-operations, or digital-modernization program.
• Experience supporting a DoD CIO, Authorizing Official (AO), CISO, or Cybersecurity Directorate.
• Experience managing a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract, including labor utilization, forecasts, variances, performance metrics, and corrective actions.
• Experience leading cleared personnel across multiple CONUS and OCONUS locations.
• Experience managing multiple subcontractors or associate contractors within an integrated service-delivery environment.
• Experience overseeing multiple technical and operational workstreams, including:
  • Service Desk
  • NOC/SOC
  • Cloud
  • Infrastructure
  • DevSecOps
  • Cybersecurity
  • RMF/ATO
  • Data
  • AI/ML
• Experience developing staffing and Client models supporting:
  • 24/7 operations
  • Cleared positions
  • Diverse technical skill sets and labor categories
  • Surge requirements
  • Geographically distributed operations
• Experience leading the transition of a mission-critical DoD IT or cybersecurity program while maintaining continuity of operations.
• Experience briefing senior DoD executives, CIOs, AOs, CISOs, Contracting Officers, and CORs.
• Working knowledge of:
  • DoD 8140
  • Risk Management Framework (RMF)
  • ATO/cATO
  • Zero Trust
  • DoD cloud impact levels
  • Enterprise IT Service Management

Program Environment
The Program Manager will oversee or coordinate delivery across a broad DoD technology environment that includes:

• Enterprise IT and service-desk operations
• Global hybrid cloud and infrastructure
• DevSecOps and software engineering
• SOC/NOC and cybersecurity operations
• RMF, ATO/cATO, and Zero Trust
• DoD 8140 requirements
• Data and business intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Classified and unclassified DoD environments
• Geographically distributed CONUS and OCONUS operations