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Deputy Program Manager leading C5MI’s federal SAP S/4HANA financial modernization program. Directing the PMO, delivery execution, milestones, costs, risks, and government deliverables.
Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day execution of a large-scale, greenfield SAP S/4HANA financial management modernization program for a Department of War organization
- Assume Program Director responsibilities and decision authority during the director’s absence
- Lead and develop the program management office across nine financial process areas
- Direct project managers, integrated master schedulers, project controls analysts, and agile delivery leadership
- Own the integrated master schedule, critical path analysis, dependency management, and schedule risk assessment
- Manage the program risk and issue register, mitigation planning, ownership, burn-down tracking, and escalation
- Manage workstream-level cost performance, forecasts, variance explanations, and estimates at completion
- Direct production, quality review, and on-time delivery of CDRL deliverables, monthly status reports, and milestone artifacts
- Govern staffing, onboarding, clearance processing, resource ramp plans, and utilization management
- Coordinate subcontractors and teaming partners, including statements of work, deliverable acceptance, invoicing review, and schedule integration
- Establish the program operating rhythm, including stand-ups, sprint and increment planning, program management reviews, change control boards, and government working groups
- Prepare and lead milestone gate reviews through design, production readiness, and closeout
- Monitor performance against the performance work statement and quality assurance surveillance plan, driving corrective action
- Coordinate cutover, go-live, and hypercare planning with release management, functional delivery, and data migration leadership
- Set performance expectations, coach employees, conduct evaluations, and address performance or conduct issues
- Develop employees through mentoring, training, stretch assignments, and succession planning
- Foster an inclusive, respectful, high-performing team environment
- Plan and prioritize work, manage staffing, and escalate resource risks
- Apply company policies and employment practices and partner with HR on employee relations
- Communicate decisions and changes and align stakeholders across matrixed, cross-functional, and client environments
- Adhere to company policies, core values, security policies, and confidentiality requirements
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or 14–18 years of professional experience and 8–11 years of people leadership experience without a degree
- 10–15 years of professional experience and 5–8 years of people leadership experience with a Bachelor’s degree
- People leadership experience must include managing other people leaders
- 8+ years of federal program or project management experience, including defense programs with formal milestone review and government acceptance processes
- Experience as a deputy program manager, delivery manager, or equivalent senior delivery leader on an enterprise system implementation
- Experience leading a program management office with direct supervision of project managers, schedulers, and project controls personnel
- Proficiency in integrated master schedule development and management, critical path analysis, and schedule risk assessment
- Experience managing formal risk registers, corrective action plans, and government-facing status reporting
- Experience with Agile and traditional waterfall/hybrid delivery methodologies in a regulated environment
- Experience coordinating subcontractors and teaming partners on a multi-vendor delivery team
- PMP certification or equivalent program management certification required
- Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one prior to assignment; requires U.S. citizenship
- Ability to travel up to 50% to client sites
- Master’s degree is a plus
- Experience delivering SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA implementations in a federal or defense environment is a plus
- Experience with SAP Activate, fit-to-standard, and clean-core approaches is a plus
- SAFe Agilist, SAFe Release Train Engineer, or equivalent scaled agile certification is a plus
- Familiarity with FIAR, DoD 7000.14-R, and FFMIA is a plus
- Experience with earned value management systems such as ANSI/EIA-748 is a plus
- Experience supporting CDRL and DID deliverable production is a plus
Benefits:
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Bonus opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Personal development support
- Reasonable accommodation for disability or religious observance
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