Director, Program Startup and Transition Management

SAIC•Reston, VA

16d

About The Position

The Director of Program Startup and Transition Management develops startup and transition solutions, plans, and materials; supports proposal development and post-submission startup and transition planning; and serves as the startup/transition manager for select enterprise and business group efforts. This role requires significant expertise in large-program startup and transition strategies, methodologies, and execution. Superior written and oral communication skills are essential. Periodic travel for extended periods may be required to lead and manage startup and transition activities. The Director develops reusable startup and transition artifacts for solution architects and supports business development, capture, and proposal efforts through written materials and presentations. The role creates integrated plans and schedules covering technical and non-technical phase-in activities, prepares program leadership to manage the environment after startup or transition, and leads contract or task-order startup and transition for SAIC Federal/Government customers. These efforts may last from a few days to several months and are generally conducted on-site with the client. Following award, the Director leads execution directly and through indirect reports, ensuring on-time delivery without disrupting customer operations or service delivery. The role mentors the startup/transition team, builds trusted relationships with customers and program teams, provides regular status reporting, and proactively escalates risks and issues while developing mitigations and contingencies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 18 years of large, complex program or project management experience, or a master’s degree and at least 16 years of such experience.
Significant experience with large, complex program management spanning technical and non-technical aspects of government contracts or programs, particularly startup, transition, and transformation management.
Experience with firm-fixed-price and defined-deliverable programs.
Experience with complex engineering, integration, and production programs.
Experience with complex enterprise IT programs.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly for proposals, client presentations, and program management.
Experience developing comprehensive solutions and written plans and schedules for program startup and transition.
Experience with multiple clearance levels, such as Public Trust, Secret, and Top Secret, and the processes for managing them.
At least 10 years of experience with Federal and DoD customers in program management, transition management, and/or service delivery leadership roles.
Experience with program, project, and transition management processes, tools, and protocols.
Experience managing people, teams, or programs.
Ability to obtain clearance up to the Top Secret level.
Demonstrated ability to solution, author, and lead startups and transitions throughout the opportunity capture life cycle.
Experience as a Program Manager and working with Program Managers.
Experience managing programs or teams with 50 or more resources.

Nice To Haves

PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
Active clearance (DoD, NASA, DHS, Public Trust, etc.).

Responsibilities

Develop reusable startup and transition artifacts and materials for solution architects across the company’s capture portfolio.
Support business development, capture, and proposal efforts with written artifacts and verbal communications or presentations that explain the details and value of startup and transition management.
Create comprehensive, integrated startup/transition plans and schedules, generally in Gantt format, covering technical and non-technical phase-in activities.
Prepare program leadership to manage the environment after startup or transition.
Manage startup or transition of contracts and task orders for SAIC Federal/Government customers, generally on-site with clients and for periods ranging from a few days to months.
Upon award, lead and manage startup or transition execution directly and through a team of indirect reports, ensuring on-time delivery and continuity of customer operations and service delivery.
Provide guidance, direction, and mentoring to the startup/transition team.
Build trusted relationships through proactive communication and transparency with customers and program teams.
Deliver daily and weekly status reports to SAIC corporate leadership, customers, and other program stakeholders.
Proactively escalate challenges, risks, and issues to SAIC and client leadership, and develop mitigations and contingencies.