Senior IT Program Manager

Gunnison Consulting Group • Washington, DC

12h • Hybrid

About The Position

Serve as the accountable senior leader for a complex, multi-year VA enterprise modernization and systems-integration program. Lead end-to-end program execution, including mobilization, transition, discovery, planning, implementation, Initial Operating Capability (IOC), operational stabilization, and continuous improvement. Establish and lead an integrated PMO supporting program controls, integrated master scheduling, financial/resource management, risk management, deliverables governance, quality management, and executive reporting. Direct multiple concurrent technical and functional workstreams, ensuring dependency management, risk visibility, integrated execution, and on-time delivery. Partner with the Deputy Program Manager / IOC Lead to drive accelerated IOC readiness, implementation sequencing, milestone achievement, and issue resolution. Act as the principal customer-facing delivery executive for VA executives, program leadership, technical stakeholders, business owners, and teaming partners. Translate mission objectives into an executable roadmap, governance cadence, integrated delivery plan, staffing model, performance measures, and decision framework. Lead program-level planning and control for ITSM/ESM, asset/configuration management, service catalog, workflow automation, integrations, data management, reporting, testing, training, and organizational change. Oversee staffing, key-personnel readiness, surge planning, subcontractor/teaming-partner coordination, and workforce retention. Ensure disciplined execution of schedules, resource plans, risk/issue registers, decision logs, executive dashboards, status reports, quality plans, and deliverable calendars. Manage financial performance and forecast labor/subcontractor needs in partnership with contracts and finance. Lead executive steering committees, program reviews, milestone reviews, risk reviews, and integrated workstream meetings. Identify and mitigate risks involving readiness, data, integrations, dependencies, staffing, stakeholder alignment, and schedule compression. Support proposal, oral presentation, customer-engagement, and post-award transition activities as a potential named key person.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience delivering large, complex federal IT, digital transformation, enterprise-platform, ERP, or systems-integration programs.
• 10+ years in senior program or portfolio management roles with accountability for delivery, customer engagement, staffing, schedule, financial performance, risk, and subcontractor/team leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading an enterprise program with multiple concurrent workstreams, significant technical interdependencies, and a large multidisciplinary workforce.
• Demonstrated experience leading a program at significant scale—preferably $100M+, 75+ FTEs, or a comparably complex portfolio of enterprise initiatives.
• Experience establishing and operating a PMO, including integrated master scheduling, program controls, risk/issue management, financial/resource management, configuration/change control, reporting, and deliverables management.
• Proven experience leading accelerated implementation, transition, modernization, or operational-readiness efforts with fixed milestones and high executive visibility.
• Experience managing complex stakeholders across business, IT, security, architecture, operations, procurement, and executive leadership.
• Experience managing prime/subcontractor teams, staffing pipelines, surge requirements, partner accountability, and cross-company delivery governance.
• Experience using Agile, hybrid Agile, and/or iterative delivery methods within formal federal program-management controls.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to lead senior customer meetings, brief executives, resolve escalated issues, and communicate delivery tradeoffs clearly.
• PMP certifications
• Current training or demonstrated experience in Agile delivery, Scrum, SAFe, or a comparable scaled/enterprise Agile approach.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of federal program-management disciplines, including performance-management concepts, integrated scheduling, risk management, and formal governance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain all required VA suitability, access, and system credentials.
• U.S. citizen or otherwise eligible to obtain and maintain all required VA access, suitability, and system credentials; confirm final eligibility restrictions upon RFP release.

Nice To Haves

• Remote work may be available depending on customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program execution, including mobilization, transition, discovery, planning, implementation, Initial Operating Capability (IOC), operational stabilization, and continuous improvement.
• Establish and lead an integrated PMO supporting program controls, integrated master scheduling, financial/resource management, risk management, deliverables governance, quality management, and executive reporting.
• Direct multiple concurrent technical and functional workstreams, ensuring dependency management, risk visibility, integrated execution, and on-time delivery.
• Partner with the Deputy Program Manager / IOC Lead to drive accelerated IOC readiness, implementation sequencing, milestone achievement, and issue resolution.
• Act as the principal customer-facing delivery executive for VA executives, program leadership, technical stakeholders, business owners, and teaming partners.
• Translate mission objectives into an executable roadmap, governance cadence, integrated delivery plan, staffing model, performance measures, and decision framework.
• Lead program-level planning and control for ITSM/ESM, asset/configuration management, service catalog, workflow automation, integrations, data management, reporting, testing, training, and organizational change.
• Oversee staffing, key-personnel readiness, surge planning, subcontractor/teaming-partner coordination, and workforce retention.
• Ensure disciplined execution of schedules, resource plans, risk/issue registers, decision logs, executive dashboards, status reports, quality plans, and deliverable calendars.
• Manage financial performance and forecast labor/subcontractor needs in partnership with contracts and finance.
• Lead executive steering committees, program reviews, milestone reviews, risk reviews, and integrated workstream meetings.
• Identify and mitigate risks involving readiness, data, integrations, dependencies, staffing, stakeholder alignment, and schedule compression.
• Support proposal, oral presentation, customer-engagement, and post-award transition activities as a potential named key person.

Benefits

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!
• bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed