IT PROGRAM MANAGER (POLICY AND PLANNING)

About the role

As an IT Program Manager (Policy and Planning) at DMDC, you'll lead critical, multi-year initiatives. You will manage the full product lifecycle, from vision and requirements to executing strategic roadmaps. Leveraging expert knowledge of IT life-cycle management and DoD systems, you will drive strategic planning, formulate IT policies, and oversee investment and performance management. Lead complex programs and deliver innovative technical solutions powering global personnel operations.

Responsibilities

• Manages one or more major, multi-year IT initiatives by leading, coordinating, and ensuring the overall success of the program is aligned with critical agency priorities.
• Serves as a Program Manager, responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle. This includes gathering and prioritizing requirements, defining the product vision, and creating the product strategy and roadmap.
• Develops and maintains strategic plans, assesses policy needs, develops policies to govern IT activities, and provides policy guidance to IT management, staff, and customers.
• Performs a wide range of IT management activities including strategic and capital planning, investment control, workforce planning, policy development, resource management, and information security management.

Qualifications

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service as listed below:

• Expert knowledge of public laws, regulations, and policies affecting Information Technology (IT) life-cycle management, strategic planning, investment management, and performance management.
• Expertise in all aspects of project and program management to develop time-phased action plans, create project controls, monitor project progression, and deliver status reports and briefings.
• Comprehensive knowledge of IT procedures and techniques to resolve management problems and improve processes.
• Experience using, updating, and interpreting data from various DoD systems such as the Integrated Business Framework, DoD Information Technology Portfolio Repository, and Data Center Inventory Management.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Occasional Travel
• Work Schedule: Full-time
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible
• Security Clearance: Secret
• Position sensitivity and risk: Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk
• Background check type: National security

Skills

• Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Customer Service - Works with clients and customers to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
• Oral Communication - Expresses information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Pay

$121,785 - $172,980 per year

Schedule

Full-time