F-35 JPO Project Manager
Listed on 2026-08-08
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Management
Job Qualifications:
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Government Contracts, IDIQ Contracts, Project Administration
Job Description:
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:
Secret
Public Trust/Other
Required:
None
Job Family:
Program Delivery and Execution
Skills:
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Government Contracts, IDIQ Contracts, Project Administration
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship
Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Join General Dynamics IT and be a part of the team of men and women that solve some of the world's most complex technical challenges. We are seeking a Project Manager to join the F-35 program in Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) leads life-cycle management of the F-35 Lightning II, the fifth-generation joint strike fighter serving the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Cooperative Program Partners (CPP), and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers across multiple classification levels.
Support incluses Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Special Access Programs (SAP), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). The F-35 JPO Security Directorate provides full-spectrum, multi-disciplined security support to protect F-35 technology and information across the enterprise and throughout the acquisition and sustainment lifecycle, spanning Continental United States (CONUS) and overseas operations globally.
The role of the Project Manager is to provide senior-level management oversight for assigned F-35 JPO security program areas, ensuring timely and compliant delivery of security support services across assigned functional disciplines and performance locations:
- Manage day-to-day security program activities within assigned task order scope, ensuring deliverables meet Government acceptance standards and schedule requirements
- Develop and maintain project schedules, deliverable tracking systems, and performance status reports in accordance with contract requirements
- Coordinate with Government personnel and the Program Manager on task execution, staffing assignments, and corrective action planning
- Provide senior-level oversight of contract deliverable quality control processes within assigned security disciplines and locations
Required Qualifications:
- Master's Degree, OR Bachelor's Degree plus four (4) years of additional work experience in program or project management in a DoD environment
- A minimum of ten (10) years of experience managing DoD security programs or multi-discipline security support operations
- Demonstrated experience with one or more DoD security disciplines, including General Security (GENSEC), Industrial Security (INDUSEC), Information Security (INFOSEC), Personnel Security (PERSEC), or Physical Security (PHYSEC)
- Experience supporting joint program office security operations for defense acquisition programs preferred
- Top Secret clearance required
WHAT CAN GDIT OFFER YOU?
- Excellent customizable health benefits (Medical, Dental and Vision)
- 401K with company match
- Educational Assistance and eLearning
- Flexible work week
- Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement
- Rewards and Recognition programs
- Innovative and collaborative environment encouraging of highly motivated critical thinking
The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly
Hours:
40
Travel Required:
10-25%
Telecommuting Options:
Onsite
Work Location:
USA OH Dayton
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards At GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of 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. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees 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.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as 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. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
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