Deputy Program Manager w/active Top Secret clearance

LMI•Washington, DC

16h•Onsite

About The Position

LMI is seeking a Program Manager to lead cost, schedule, and performance execution for an enterprise IT modernization, cybersecurity, operations, and sustainment contract across secure Government locations. The role integrates task-order delivery, financial stewardship, staffing, technical execution, and quality assurance. The position is based in the Washington, DC metro area and includes travel to program locations. Availability during core business hours is required; onsite presence and additional coordination may be needed based on program needs. The Program Manager is accountable for disciplined program controls, proactive risk management, transparent reporting, and measurable outcomes while avoiding disruption to mission-critical services. The position requires a bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of progressive experience managing complex federal programs or projects, including enterprise IT or mission-support delivery. Applicants must have experience supporting classified Government environments and meeting applicable personnel and facility security requirements. TS/SCI clearance is required, and candidates must be eligible for SAP access as required by the Government. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. The target salary range is $130,000–$210,000. LMI notes that the range is not a guarantee of compensation; individual salaries depend on factors including location, internal equity, business considerations, contract requirements, and candidate qualifications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Program Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
At least 8 years of progressive experience managing complex federal programs or projects, including enterprise IT or mission-support delivery.
Demonstrated accountability for program cost, schedule, and performance, including budget oversight, schedule baselines, forecasting, and recovery planning.
Experience leading federal contract or task-order execution, customer reviews, staffing coordination, deliverable acceptance, and subcontractor oversight.
Experience developing and maintaining program management plans, integrated schedules, risk registers, and recurring financial and performance reports.
Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams and communicate program status and risks to senior Government and contractor stakeholders.
Experience supporting classified Government environments and meeting applicable personnel and facility security requirements.
Active TS/SCI clearance and eligibility for Special Access Program access as required by the Government.
U.S. citizenship, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Availability during core business hours; onsite presence and additional coordination may be required based on program needs.
Travel to multiple program locations as required by task-order needs.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent program management credential.
Experience managing single-award IDIQ contracts and firm-fixed-price task orders.
Experience with Microsoft Project, financial management tools, performance dashboards, and earned value or comparable program controls.
Familiarity with ITIL-based service management, NIST Risk Management Framework, Zero Trust, and secure enterprise modernization.
Experience supporting SCIF facilities, SAP programs, transition activities, and multi-site IT operations.

Responsibilities

Own program execution across the base task order, aligning authorized scope, staffing, milestones, deliverables, and performance commitments with the period of performance, funding, and contract requirements.
Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan integrating scope, cost, schedule, risk, quality, communications, and staffing management.
Build and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule with critical milestones, dependencies, schedule drivers, and recovery actions; provide monthly baselines and updates as needed.
Manage task-order budgets, labor and subcontractor expenditures, forecasts, funding burn rates, and estimates to complete; identify variances and implement corrective actions.
Coordinate task-order proposal inputs, including technical approach, staffing plans, execution schedules, and price or cost estimates; ensure work starts only after task-order issuance and required funding authorization.
Lead recurring Program Management Reviews with the Contracting Officer’s Representative and stakeholders, presenting progress, cost and schedule health, risks, decisions, and mitigation actions.
Prepare Monthly Status Reports covering accomplishments, planned activities, issues, risks, financial status, and funds expended versus remaining.
Maintain a program risk register; track technical and programmatic risks; and drive mitigation, issue escalation, change control, and decision documentation.
Oversee quality assurance and performance measurement against contractual service-level agreements, acceptable quality levels, and Government surveillance expectations; ensure timely remediation of deficiencies.
Integrate delivery leads across enterprise architecture, infrastructure, application modernization, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data, service desk and operations and maintenance, training, and transition activities.
Lead staffing and subcontractor coordination to maintain qualified, cleared resources and continuity of operations across geographically dispersed secure sites.
Plan and govern transition-in, transition-out, and modernization milestones while minimizing mission disruption and maintaining service availability.