Air Force Technical Program Director

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Title: Air Force Technical Program Director

Category: Business Consulting

City: Fairfax, Virginia, United States

CGI Federal is seeking a Air Force Technical Program Director to lead business development and profitable growth for a branch sector supporting Air Force and broader DoD missions. Serving as a solutions architect and senior technical leader, this role shapes and delivers modernized capabilities across cloud architecture, data engineering, software development, cybersecurity, and advanced analytics.

The position owns P&L performance, pricing and margin strategy, pipeline development and conversion, and executive client engagement – translating mission needs into winning, technically differentiated solutions. This leader drives end‑to‑end program management (scope, schedule, risk, quality, and delivery), providing hands‑on engineering oversight to ensure solutions align with DoD/DAF enterprise architectures, Zero Trust/RMF security requirements, interoperability standards, and measurable mission outcomes.

This role bridges business development, growth and strategy, engineering, and execution to sustain delivery excellence and year‑over‑year expansion. This role supports a hybrid work environment with travel as needed. The location is flexible, but the Fairfax office is preferred.

• Business Development & Strategic Growth
• Develop and manage a robust pipeline, partnering with BD, capture, and portfolio leadership to convert opportunities into awarded work.
• Develop opportunities for on‑contract growth.
• Lead technical solutioning for proposals, whitepapers, roadmaps, and capture activities.
• Shape and evolve solution offerings aligned to DAF/DoD modernization priorities (cloud, analytics, Zero Trust, digital engineering, automation).

• Own end‑to‑end service delivery performance, ensuring contractual, technical, and mission objectives are met.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams (direct, matrixed, and global delivery) influencing architecture, engineering practices, solution quality, and on‑contract growth.
• Lead program planning, risk management, quality assurance, and resource allocation.
• Ensure all deliverables meet schedule, quality, compliance, and mission relevance.
• Represent CGI Federal to senior government stakeholders, ensuring transparency, alignment, and trusted advisor engagement.

• Oversee and validate architecture and integration strategies across complex cloud‑based data ecosystems.
• Provide hands‑on technical oversight in data engineering, Dev Sec Ops , API‑driven interoperability, cybersecurity, and cloud solutioning.
• Facilitate technical design reviews to ensure scalability, performance, security, and compliance with DoD/DAF standards.
• Troubleshoot enterprise‑scale technical issues and guide rapid resolution paths.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, mission‑relevant narratives for non‑technical audiences.

• Coordinate across engineering, cybersecurity, data, and program leadership teams to ensure cohesive execution.
• Align delivery with enterprise governance, acquisition frameworks, and mission objectives.
• Drive adoption of best practices in Agile/SAFe, Dev Sec Ops , cloud modernization, cybersecurity, and secure software development.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, data science, or related technical field and 10 years of related experience.
• Minimum 5 years managing complex technical programs across a broad spectrum of requirements in data engineering, IT modernization, agile software development, enterprise architecture, or cybersecurity.
• 7+ years of broad experience in cloud solutioning, enterprise IT, Dev Sec Ops , data platforms, and digital transformation.
• 3–7 years of Business Development (BD) or related experience demonstrating a proven track record of identifying, qualifying, and capturing new business opportunities.
• Experience overseeing cloud‑native data platforms, secure data pipelines, and enterprise data ecosystems.
• Knowledge of automation…