Portfolio Manager

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or management discipline.
• 15+ years managing large-scale federal IT programs or application portfolios.
• Experience leading multiple software development or operations teams.
• Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, and modern IT service delivery.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills.
• PMP certification.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, or management discipline.
• 15+ years managing large-scale federal IT programs or application portfolios.
• Experience leading multiple software development or operations teams.
• Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, and modern IT service delivery.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills.
• PMP certification.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a CBP Background Investigation.

How You'll Make An Impact

Lead portfolio planning, transition, and delivery across assigned applications and services.
Provide leadership and oversight to technical teams, ensuring quality delivery and continuous improvement.
Manage portfolio schedules, backlogs, risks, and dependencies in alignment with BEMSD priorities.
Partner with BEMSD stakeholders, vendor partners, and development teams to coordinate delivery, manage customer expectations, and resolve operational challenges.
Drive service improvements through analysis of business processes, workflows, and technology solutions.
Oversee delivery of projects, enhancements, incidents, and change requests to maintain reliable, high-quality services.
Evaluate technologies and operational approaches to improve performance, resiliency, and efficiency.
Brief BEMSD and GDIT leadership on portfolio performance, risks, priorities, and recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical or management discipline.
• Prior DHS—preferably CBP—program experience.
• ITIL certification.
• Experience managing application modernization or transition activities.
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar IT service management (ITSM) platforms.

Benefits

Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
Full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
GDIT Paid Family Leave program providing a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
GDIT regularly reviews its Total Rewards package to ensure offerings are competitive and reflect what employees have told us they value most.