Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GovCIO is hiring a Program Manager to lead a large, complex program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role oversees program delivery, financial management, staffing, customer relationships, and distributed teams supporting federal IT and transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and accountability for program execution, delivery performance, financial management, staffing, and customer satisfaction
- Manage large, multidisciplinary teams and subcontractor partners supporting complex federal IT and transformation initiatives
- Serve as the primary interface with senior government stakeholders, building trusted relationships and effectively navigating challenging customer dynamics
- Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve program risks, performance concerns, and contractual issues
- Drive accountability across delivery teams, ensuring timely execution of milestones, deliverables, and contractual commitments
- Oversee program budgets, labor utilization, forecasting, staffing plans, and financial performance
- Collaborate with corporate leadership, contracts, finance, and business development teams to align program execution with customer priorities and business objectives
- Lead executive-level briefings, program reviews, and customer communications with professionalism, transparency, and confidence
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience. Commensurate experience may be substituted for degree
- 10+ years of program or project management experience, including at least 5 years leading large, complex federal IT programs
- Direct experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), with demonstrated knowledge of VA organizational structures, stakeholder environments, and program delivery expectations
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale programs with significant budgets, multidisciplinary teams, and multiple subcontractors
- Proven success managing demanding federal clients and high-stakes stakeholder relationships
- Strong understanding of federal contracting, contract execution, financial management, and performance accountability
- Exceptional executive presence, communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills
- Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions, manage competing priorities, and resolve complex delivery challenges in fast-paced environments
- Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and driving measurable program outcomes
- Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, management, or a related discipline
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance
- Experience supporting multiple VA administrations or enterprise-level VA initiatives
- Established relationships with senior VA government stakeholders
- Experience supporting enterprise modernization, digital transformation, or large-scale federal technology initiatives
- Experience managing Time & Materials (T&M) contracts, subcontractor performance, and complex labor-based delivery models
- Experience navigating politically sensitive or high-visibility federal initiatives
Benefits
- Fully remote position located within the United States.
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