Deputy Program Manager w/active Top Secret clearance

LMI•Washington, DC

1d•$130,000 - $210,000•Onsite

About The Position

LMI is seeking a Deputy 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 to sustain mission-critical services. Success requires disciplined program controls, proactive risk management, transparent reporting, and delivery of measurable outcomes without disrupting operations. The position is based in the Washington, DC metro area and involves travel to multiple program locations, with frequency determined by task-order requirements. Availability during core business hours is required; onsite presence and additional coordination may be needed based on program needs. The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance and eligibility for Special Access Program access as required by the Government. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

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/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 security clearance; eligibility for Special Access Program (SAP) 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.

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 execution across the base task order, ensuring scope, staffing, milestones, deliverables, and performance commitments align with the period of performance, funding, and contract requirements.
Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan (PMP), integrating scope, cost, schedule, risk, quality, communications, and staffing management.
Build and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), including 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/cost estimates; ensure work begins only after task-order issuance and required funding authorization.
Lead recurring Program Management Reviews (PMRs) with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and stakeholders, presenting progress, cost and schedule health, risks, decisions, and mitigation actions.
Prepare Monthly Status Reports (MSRs) covering accomplishments, planned activities, issues, risks, financial status, and funds expended versus remaining.
Establish and maintain a program risk register; track risks and drive mitigation, issue escalation, change control, and decision documentation.
Oversee quality assurance and performance against SLAs, AQLs, and Government surveillance expectations; drive timely remediation of deficiencies.
Integrate delivery leads across enterprise architecture, infrastructure, application modernization, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data, service desk/O&M, 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.
Travel to multiple program locations as required by task-order requirements.