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Program Director leading C5MI’s large-scale SAP S/4HANA financial modernization program for the U.S. Department of War. Owning delivery, P&L, compliance, and executive government relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Own overall program profit and loss, including revenue recognition, margin performance, cost controls, and variance management
- Establish the program operating model, governance cadence, and organizational design
- Approve headcount, subcontractor spend, vendor commitments, and major investments within delegated authority
- Direct delivery of firm-fixed-price, outcome-based milestones across nine financial process areas
- Serve as executive interface to the government program office, senior civilian and military leadership, contracting officer, and contracting officer’s representative
- Lead the integrated program team across program management, architecture, functional delivery, development, testing, data migration, change management, and training
- Govern teaming partner and subcontractor performance, scope, deliverable quality, integration, and subcontracting-plan commitments
- Own risk and opportunity management, including identification, quantification, mitigation, and escalation
- Ensure compliance with DoDI 5000.75, DoDI 5000.87, and 10 U.S.C. § 2222 requirements
- Direct CDRL deliverables, monthly status reporting, integrated master schedule updates, and earned-value or equivalent reporting
- Maintain favorable CPARS ratings and the program’s reference value for future federal pursuits
- Champion audit readiness, financial statement auditability, internal controls, and legacy audit-finding remediation
- Direct workforce strategy, clearance processing, retention, succession planning, and surge capacity
- Partner with C5MI executive leadership on strategy, investment priorities, capability development, and organic growth
- Manage performance expectations, coaching, feedback, recognition, evaluations, development planning, and employee issues
- Develop employees through coaching, mentoring, training, and stretch assignments
- Foster an inclusive, respectful, high-performing environment and reinforce company values
- Plan, assign, and prioritize work; manage workloads and staffing; escalate resource risks
- Apply company policies and employment practices; partner with HR on employee relations and risk management
- Communicate expectations, decisions, and changes across matrixed, cross-functional, and client environments
- Adhere to C5MI policies, procedures, core values, quality assurance, information-security, and confidentiality requirements
- Perform other related tasks as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, with 15–20 years of professional experience and 8–12 years of progressive people leadership experience; alternatively, 18–24 years of professional experience and 10–14 years of progressive people leadership experience without a degree
- 10+ years of experience directing federal or Department of War programs, including direct accountability for program profit and loss
- Experience as Program Manager or Program Director on a federal contract with a total contract value of at least $100 million
- Experience leading integrated delivery organizations of 50 or more personnel across multiple subcontractors or teaming partners
- Experience delivering ERP programs, preferably SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA, in a federal or defense environment
- Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types, and government milestone review and acceptance processes
- Experience with integrated master schedule management, earned value or equivalent performance measurement, and formal risk management
- Executive-level communication skills, including briefing senior government leadership and representing C5MI in formal program reviews
- PMP certification or equivalent program management certification required
- Active Secret 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 or executive leadership program is a plus
- Nice-to-have: defense business system acquisition and milestone documentation experience; FIAR, DoD 7000.14-R, and FFMIA familiarity; DAWIA Program Management certification; ERP sustainment/O&M experience; MBA, Program Management, or related master’s degree; small business subcontracting plan experience
Benefits:
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life insurance coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Bonus opportunities
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Personal development support
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