DCIS Program Manager

About the role

Location: Norfolk, VA, USA (On‑site)

GC2IT is seeking a DCIS Program Manager to support NATO Allied Command Transformation. The role involves efficiently dealing with issues and changes using established processes, accurately capturing and assessing programme changes, and providing situational awareness.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently deal with issues/changes that arise by using established processes, direction and guidance.
• Accurately and comprehensively capture, assess, and provide situational awareness over any changes to the programme and its projects.
• Capture and log all programme issues affecting DCIS.
• Facilitate identification and sequencing of activities and milestones.
• Contribute to a continuous process of quality improvement.
• Thoroughly review Joint Staff Reports, Management Products, and project specifications for clarity and content.
• Utilize qualitative and quantitative techniques to perform programme and project quality reviews and audits.
• Support the Bi‑Strategic Commands (Bi‑SCs) in capturing and interpreting Operational Lessons Identified (LI) from current operations and exercises, identify potential gaps in DCIS capability, and ensure revisions to CPPs remain coherent with NATO CIS capability delivery.
• Pro‑actively identify risks, assess impacts, and develop responses to decrease the probability of negative events and increase the probability of positive outcomes.
• Establish and maintain the programme risk log based on the Risk Register product.
• Establish a continuous process to identify, estimate, evaluate, and prepare responses to programme risks.
• Perform periodic programme risk assessments and reviews.
• Reconcile relevant reporting databases to ensure project expenditure is accurately represented to the stakeholder group.
• Understand, record and exploit the sources and value of information pertaining to DCIS capability development.
• Assist and engage in the communication of timely, analysed and well‑presented information to affected stakeholders.
• Implement best practices, enhancing both institutional and C3 Enterprise ability to manage DCIS (and related) knowledge and information.
• Directly support the DCIS Programme Director and may travel to meetings and conferences for up to 30 days per year.
• Collaborate and support Contractors DCIS C1, C3 and C4 as demand requires.
• Perform additional tasks as required by the COTR related to the labor category.

Requirements

• University degree in project or programme management, electronics engineering, computer science, telecommunications, systems engineering, information systems and technology, or an equivalent/closely‑related discipline. Substantial experience may substitute for the degree when combined with MSP, PRINCE2 or PMI certification.
• Minimum 5 years in project management of communications or information systems integration, implementation or operation, using MSP, PRINCE2 or PMI methodology.
• Minimum 3 years managing risk and issues in a complex, interdependent programme environment.
• Minimum 3 years applying change management in a capability programme environment.
• Minimum 3 years utilizing qualitative and quantitative techniques to perform programme and project quality reviews and audits.
• Minimum 2 years capturing and interpreting Operational Lessons Identified (LI), identifying potential capability gaps.
• Minimum 3 years in deployable CIS or Signals capacity (or closely related) as a subject‑matter‑expert.
• Minimum 3 years working in NATO or multi‑national military environment.
• English proficiency equivalent to STANAG 6001 SLP 3333, or equivalent/native proficiency where permitted.
• Active NATO, U.S., or National SECRET (or higher) security clearance as specified by the solicitation.
• Citizenship in a NATO member nation and a valid passport with no applicable NATO travel restrictions; disclose all citizenships as required.

Physical Demands

While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk, use hands and fingers, communicate, and reach; may occasionally stand, kneel, stoop, crouch, bend, twist, and lift or move up to 10 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Work Environment

Work is generally performed in an office or approved remote environment, as applicable to the position, with moderate noise. Mission requirements may include travel, meetings, exercises, workshops, or short‑notice on‑site support as stated in the contract.

Additional Information

GC2IT provides equal employment opportunities in accordance with applicable law. Employment is contingent upon meeting all contract‑specific eligibility, security, citizenship, and access requirements.