Program Manager

Definitive Innovative Solutions•Washington, VA

4d•$165,000 - $185,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Definitive Innovative Solutions (DIS) is seeking a Program Manager to lead enterprise IT operations and modernization for customers across cloud infrastructure, application development, cybersecurity, data management, identity and access management, and accessibility. The position is hybrid and requires the ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance. The Program Manager serves as the primary contractor point of contact for DIS and its clients, providing hands-on leadership that combines program management expertise with technical judgment. The role guides multidisciplinary teams, supports reliable operations, and delivers secure, accessible, and cost-effective solutions while aligning work with customer priorities. The Program Manager oversees program execution, staffing, budgets, schedules, risks, quality, deliverables, and subcontractor performance. The role coordinates technical delivery and operational activities in an integrated SecDevOps environment, ensuring that cybersecurity, privacy, accessibility, quality, and government approval processes are incorporated throughout the system development lifecycle. The position also manages transitions, stakeholder coordination, and recommendations for automation, process improvement, and emerging technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field, plus at least 10 years of IT experience.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or a comparable program/project management credential.
Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams responsible for enterprise cloud operations, application development, and modernization.
Experience managing federal IT programs, including government stakeholder engagement, contract deliverables, staffing, financial management, and performance reporting.
Experience with SecDevOps and Agile delivery, including sprint coordination, release planning, configuration management, and operational support.
Working knowledge of cloud architecture, containerized applications, APIs, identity and access management, and data services sufficient to guide technical discussions and manage delivery risks.
Working knowledge of federal cybersecurity and privacy requirements, including FISMA, the NIST Risk Management Framework, FedRAMP, and assessment and authorization processes.
Understanding of Section 508 accessibility and its integration into the system development lifecycle.
Experience developing integrated schedules, budgets, forecasts, resource plans, risk registers, and management dashboards using project and financial management tools.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive briefings, technical reporting, and cross-functional issue resolution.
Ability to satisfy applicable background investigation, credentialing, training, and system-access requirements.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field and at least 12 years of IT experience.
Experience supporting a federal civilian agency.
Familiarity with ITIL service-management practices and CMMI process-improvement approaches.
Experience establishing or transitioning multidisciplinary delivery organizations while maintaining service continuity.
Experience with cloud cost management, operational automation, and government-approved AI or emerging technology evaluations.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary contractor interface with the COR and designated government stakeholders, ensuring clear communication, responsive issue resolution, and customer satisfaction.
Lead architects, engineers, developers, cybersecurity specialists, accessibility professionals, and support personnel in an integrated SecDevOps environment.
Contribute technical expertise in an area of specialization and coordinate specialists to resolve architecture, operational, security, and delivery issues.
Develop and maintain the Program Management Plan and integrated master schedule, including tasks, milestones, deliverables, staffing, dependencies, risks, and government review periods.
Manage contract execution within authorized scope, funding, and staffing levels, and coordinate proposed changes through established processes with the COR and Contracting Officer.
Direct workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, performance management, coverage, and succession planning to maintain qualified staff and uninterrupted services.
Manage program budgets, labor utilization, estimates, forecasts, invoices, and cost reconciliation; track actual and projected expenditures by project, contract line item, accounting number, and task.
Maintain management dashboards covering delivery progress, resource utilization, financial performance, cloud consumption, and cost-optimization opportunities.
Conduct biweekly status meetings and submit monthly status reports by the fifth business day; ensure timely agendas, minutes, decisions, and action tracking.
Maintain the program risk and issue register, assign mitigation owners, escalate unresolved concerns, and coordinate government review of risk-acceptance requests.
Coordinate development sprints, infrastructure maintenance, application releases, and approved migrations while managing dependencies and protecting ongoing operations.
Ensure changes follow approved architecture, configuration-management, change-control, and release-management processes.
Integrate cybersecurity, privacy, human-centered design, Section 508 accessibility, and quality reviews into planning, development, testing, and operations.
Coordinate security assessments, authorization support, vulnerability remediation, POA&M tracking, incident-response activities, and required reporting with responsible technical leads.
Implement the Quality Control Plan, monitor agreed service levels, and drive corrective actions; ensure verification and validation activities maintain required independence from development.
Ensure deliverables are complete, accurate, reviewed, and submitted for government acceptance; maintain operational documentation, technical artifacts, and performance evidence in approved repositories.
Identify opportunities for automation, shared services, process improvement, and emerging technology evaluation; present recommendations and oversee implementation following government approval.
Manage transition-in, knowledge transfer, and transition-out activities, including transfer of documentation, assets, responsibilities, and operational knowledge.
Coordinate with client service providers, vendors, other contractors, and program stakeholders to resolve dependencies and support enterprise service delivery.
Manage subcontractor performance, deliverables, staffing, and contractual obligations to ensure integrated program execution.
Perform other duties as assigned.