Deputy Program Manager

C5MI Insight

6d•$160,000 - $200,000

About The Position

C5MI is hiring a Deputy Program Manager to serve as the senior delivery leader for a large-scale, greenfield SAP S/4HANA financial management modernization program for a Department of War organization. The role is accountable for day-to-day execution of the program baseline and is empowered to assume the Program Director’s duties and authorities when the Program Director is absent. The position is contingent upon contract award. The Deputy Program Manager leads the program management office and directs process area project managers, integrated master schedulers, project controls, and agile delivery staff. The role translates program strategy into executable plans; oversees cost and schedule performance across workstreams; manages risks and issues; and ensures contractual deliverables are completed on time and to quality standards. The program includes nine concurrent financial process areas aligned to a five-gate milestone structure. The position includes people-management responsibilities, including setting expectations, coaching and developing employees, planning and prioritizing work, managing staffing within approved parameters, and addressing performance and compliance matters. Travel to client sites may be required up to 50%, varying with client program schedules. The role requires adherence to certified processes, quality assurance activities, and information security policies protecting sensitive information.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or qualifying professional experience without a degree. A master’s degree is a plus.
With a bachelor’s degree: 10–15 years of professional experience and 5–8 years of people leadership experience. Without a degree: 14–18 years of professional experience and 8–11 years of people leadership experience.
People leadership experience must include managing other people leaders.
At least 8 years of federal program or project management experience, including defense programs with formal milestone review and government acceptance processes.
Demonstrated experience as a deputy program manager, delivery manager, or equivalent senior delivery leader on an enterprise system implementation.
Experience leading a program management office, including direct supervision of project managers, schedulers, and project controls personnel.
Proficiency in integrated master schedule development and management, critical path analysis, and schedule risk assessment.
Experience managing formal risk registers, corrective action plans, and government-facing status reporting.
Experience with Agile and traditional (waterfall or hybrid) delivery methodologies in a regulated environment.
Experience coordinating subcontractors and teaming partners on a multi-vendor delivery team.
PMP certification or equivalent program management certification required.
Must hold an active Secret security clearance or be able to obtain and maintain one before assignment; U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Active Secret security clearance at time of hire.
Experience delivering SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA implementations in a federal or defense environment.
Experience delivering within SAP Activate using a fit-to-standard, clean-core approach.
SAFe Agilist, SAFe Release Train Engineer, or equivalent scaled agile certification.
Familiarity with federal financial audit drivers, including the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness methodology, DoD 7000.14-R Financial Management Regulation, and FFMIA.
Experience with earned value management systems (ANSI/EIA-748) or equivalent performance measurement baselines.
Experience supporting contract data requirements list and data item description deliverable production.

Responsibilities

Direct day-to-day program execution across nine financial process areas, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and quality commitments are met at each milestone gate.
Assume the Program Director’s responsibilities and decision authority during the Program Director’s absence.
Lead and develop the program management office, including process area project managers, integrated master schedulers, project controls analysts, and agile delivery leadership.
Own the integrated master schedule, critical path analysis, dependency management, and schedule risk assessment across concurrent workstreams.
Own the program risk and issue register; drive mitigation planning, ownership assignment, burn-down tracking, and escalation of material risks.
Manage workstream-level cost performance with program cost and earned value management staff; review forecasts, variance explanations, and estimates at completion.
Direct production and quality review of contract data requirements list deliverables, monthly status reports, and milestone review artifacts, ensuring on-time delivery.
Govern program staffing and onboarding, including position requisitions, clearance processing, resource ramp plans, and utilization management within approved labor parameters.
Coordinate subcontractor and teaming partner execution, including statement-of-work adherence, deliverable acceptance, invoice review, and schedule integration.
Establish and enforce the program operating rhythm, including stand-ups, sprint and increment planning, program management reviews, change control board activities, and government working group participation.
Prepare and lead milestone gate reviews, including pre-design approval, preliminary design review, critical design review, production readiness review, and closeout.
Monitor program performance against the performance work statement and quality assurance surveillance plan metrics, and drive corrective action when performance trends adversely.
Coordinate cutover, go-live, and hypercare planning with release management, functional delivery, and data migration leadership.
Travel to client sites as required, up to 50% depending on client program schedules.
Participate in quality assurance activities and protect sensitive information in accordance with security policies and certified processes.
Perform other related tasks as assigned by the direct supervisor.
Set employee performance expectations; provide coaching, feedback, and recognition; conduct goal-setting, evaluations, and development planning; and address performance, conduct, and attendance issues.
Develop employees through coaching, mentoring, training, and stretch assignments; identify development needs and support succession planning within scope.
Foster an inclusive, respectful, high-performing environment and reinforce accountability, collaboration, company values, and professional standards.
Plan, assign, and prioritize work; manage workloads and staffing within approved parameters; and escalate resource risks or constraints.
Apply company policies and employment practices consistently, partner with HR on employee relations matters, and identify and mitigate people, delivery, and compliance risks.
Communicate expectations, decisions, and changes clearly; align team objectives with business priorities; and collaborate across matrixed, cross-functional, and client environments.
Adhere to C5MI policies and procedures and conduct oneself consistently with company core values.
Maintain a positive and respectful attitude, report to work on time and prepared, meet productivity standards, protect company proprietary information, and treat vendors, customers, and team members with respect and dignity.
Safely perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.