{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"e0e199fc4cee5cc4c7174441","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e0e199fc4cee5cc4c7174441","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/e0e199fc4cee5cc4c7174441","title":"Program Director","description":"Your Impact\nOwn your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.\nJob Description\nPROGRAM DIRECTOR\n\nOversee complex programs that drive impactful mission outcomes for our customers as a Program Director . Here, you’ll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT.\nThe Program Director serves as the primary point of contract for the Sponsor's Contract Officer Technical Representative (COTR), Praxis/GDIT contract management, financial support personnel, security, management, and others in regard to program needs and coordination. The Program Director manages the daily operations of the program with ultimate responsibility for satisfying all contractual requirements, reporting on progress, managing team personnel, managing risks, and staying within allocated budgets. The primary work location is near Dulles Airport. Standard work-week with reasonable flexibility of hours within each two-week work period. No call-in or pager support required, but occasional after normal hours work to support the team in pushing updates to the production system.\nWHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED\nBring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Program Director must have:\nSecurity clearance level: Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph required\nUS citizenship required\nExperience: Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience managing small to mid-size programs. Working knowledge of the Sponsor's IT requirements, processes, and user environment. Experience controlling resources and funds using priority-based tasking to meet obligations in a resource-constrained environment.\nEducation: Degree in an Information Technology or Engineering discipline.\n\nProgram Specific Duties:\nEnsuring the program is appropriately staffed with qualified personnel.\nEnsuring the preparation and delivery of all reports in a timely manner according to defined schedules.\nEnsuring personnel are up to date with customer and GDIT training requirements, program needs, and anticipating future training needs.\nResource management and cost management.\nPreparing necessary documents for clearance and security requirements and reports.\nDetecting and managing performance issues and concerns quickly.\nResponding to customer requirements and Requests For Information.\nPreparing agendas, metrics, progress report, risks, issues, and other information needed for biweekly meetings with the program's user group.\nPreparing agendas, issues, and other information needed for biweekly meetings with the Sponsor's High-Performance Computing technical team.\nMaintaining appropriate documentation in the program information database within Confluence.\nSupporting biweekly Sprint planning and retrospective meetings as well as monitoring Jira tickets and schedules.\nUpdating, as needed, the Risk Register, Program Management Plan, and other documents.\nMonitoring Quality Assurance and addressing issues.\nSupporting A&A activities and actions. Conducting weekly audit reviews of logs and dashboards.\nBi-weekly POV travel between contractor site near Dulles Airport and Sponsor's headquarters also in Northern Virginia.\nWorking closely with each team member, including the Technical Lead, as well as users, the COTR, ISSM, and others.\nDesired Requirements:\nProject Management Professional (PMP) certification.\nExperience with using Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other cloud-based technologies.\nExperience working within a SCRUM-based development environment.\nExperience supporting software development teams.\nExperience supporting Operations & Maintenance teams for hybrid systems (cloud-based and physical systems).\n\nGDIT IS YOUR PLACE\nAt GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.\n\nGrowth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities\nSupport: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals\nRewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off\nCommunity: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace\n\nOWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY\nExplore a career in program management at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your passion for the mission and delivering results.\n#MD_2026Alumni\n#praxisjobs\nWork Requirements\nYears of Experience\n5 + years of related experience\nmay vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree\nCertification\nProject Management Professional (PMP) | Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Institute (PMI)\nTravel Required\nNone\nCitizenship\nU.S. Citizenship Required\nSalary and Benefit Information\nThe likely salary range for this position is $216,750 - $293,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.\nView information about benefits and our total rewards program.\nOur Identity Verification Process\nAs part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.\nAbout Our Work\nWe are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.\nJoin our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.\nEqual Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans","company":"General Dynamics Information Technology","rawCompany":"generaldynamicsinformationtechnology","city":"Reston","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T15:43:54.796Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"15-1299.09","title":"Information Technology Project Managers","slug":"information-technology-project-managers"},{"code":"11-9151.00","title":"Social and Community Service Managers","slug":"social-and-community-service-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"928110","title":"National Security","slug":"national-security"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Program Director","description":"Your Impact\nOwn your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.\nJob Description\nPROGRAM DIRECTOR\n\nOversee complex programs that drive impactful mission outcomes for our customers as a Program Director . Here, you’ll see the bigger picture on mission initiatives and where your program management career can go at GDIT.\nThe Program Director serves as the primary point of contract for the Sponsor's Contract Officer Technical Representative (COTR), Praxis/GDIT contract management, financial support personnel, security, management, and others in regard to program needs and coordination. The Program Director manages the daily operations of the program with ultimate responsibility for satisfying all contractual requirements, reporting on progress, managing team personnel, managing risks, and staying within allocated budgets. The primary work location is near Dulles Airport. Standard work-week with reasonable flexibility of hours within each two-week work period. No call-in or pager support required, but occasional after normal hours work to support the team in pushing updates to the production system.\nWHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED\nBring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Program Director must have:\nSecurity clearance level: Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph required\nUS citizenship required\nExperience: Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience managing small to mid-size programs. Working knowledge of the Sponsor's IT requirements, processes, and user environment. 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