Project Execution Manager

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support our nation's defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure.

Job Description

We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that’s important. GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day.

GDIT is seeking a Project Execution Manager to help support our DISA J6 Enterprise Transport Management - Next-Gen (DISA J6 ETM-NG) program located in Arlington, VA.

Meaningful work and personal impact:

• Primary point of contact and point of escalation for assigned project.
• Responsible for scope, schedule and budget management.
• Maintain project documentation and ensure status, risks and issues are kept up to date for project. Proactively keep assigned government project manager informed.
• Provides input to and maintains the project scope, schedule, and budget for customer requirements .
• Oversees all work and takes corrective action as necessary to ensure success of assigned tasks.
• May serve as technical lead for assigned tasks or customer portfolio.
• Provides technical, administrative, and operational management of assigned projects, including contract and subcontractor management.
• Supervises assigned project staff.
• Develops technical project plans, proposals, reports, and task order and administrative reporting.
• Reviews future project requirements and develops strategies for future work.
• May also perform high-level technical services on assigned tasks.
• Conducts planning and provides recommendations to client on task workload.
• Attends customer meetings and serves as primary client liaison for project execution.
• interacts with vendors, other agencies, and other client staff on behalf of the client.
• Coordinates development of deliverables and products.
• Ensures quality assurance of project deliverables.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.
• Participates in special projects as required.

What you’ll need to succeed (Required):
Bring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Project Execution Manager must have:

• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in leu of degree.
• Experience: 5+ years managing enterprise IT, infrastructure, networking projects.
• Security clearance level: Active Secret required.
• Certifications: Current PMP certification or ability to obtain PMP certification within 6 months of hire required.
• Role requirements: Demonstrated MS Project, Excel and Word experience. Requires ability to work under pressure and prioritize tasks.

GDIT is your place. At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.

Own your opportunity. Explore 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.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

5 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP) | Project Management Institute (PMI) - Project Management Institute (PMI)

Travel Required

Less than 10%

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required