Quality Senior Manager - VBA Portfolio

Transform technology into opportunity as Quality Assurance Sr Manager for the VBA Portfolio pe what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your career.

The Quality Assurance Sr Manager will lead quality strategy, governance, compliance, and execution across the VBA portfolio. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a portfolio-level Quality Framework aligned with GDIT’s Quality Management Framework, GDIT policies, and Task Order–specific quality expectations defined by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Sr Manager will ensure quality activities are consistently applied across the portfolio and tailored appropriately for each program, emphasizing prevention over reactive correction, full program quality coverage, and continuous improvement.

The Quality Assurance Sr Manager will additionally establish and lead the Quality Team, including internal staff and subcontractor personnel, ensuring adherence to all regulatory and contractual quality requirements.

• Develop a Portfolio Quality Framework aligned with GDIT’s corporate Quality Management Framework and policies to ensure enterprise consistency and compliance.
• Tailor the portfolio framework into Program-specific Quality Management Plans (QMPs) that reflect unique Task Order requirements and VA standards.
• Ensure quality efforts cover the entire scope of the entire portfolio and each specific program, not subsets, focusing on systemic prevention rather than reactive fixes.
• Establish quality assurance and control methods that comply with VA’s performance-based environment and quality assurance surveillance plan obligations.

• Build and manage a multi-disciplinary Quality Team; recruit, onboard, and supervise internal staff and subcontractors.
• Ensure subcontractors comply with GDIT quality policies, VA requirements, and documented quality standards.
• Oversee resource planning, staffing, and alignment with portfolio needs.

The Sr Manager will ensure program compliance with specific contractual requirements including but not limited to:

Lead quality inputs for all required plans and deliverables, including:

• Project Management Plan (PMP) with integrated Quality Management Plan.
• Participation in kickoff meetings, including quality approach briefings
• Weekly and monthly meetings providing quality status, issues, and resolution plans.
• Monthly progress reports including Quality Reports with metrics, trend analysis, and issue mitigation strategies
• Quarterly operational management reviews addressing strategic performance, key issues, and corrective action plans
• Support for change control activities and quality impact assessment.

• Implement portfolio QA processes aligned with VA’s performance-based contracting and independent QA&M expectations.
• Support government QA&M personnel by providing documentation, access, audits, and compliance reporting.
• Maintain readiness for Performance Based Service Assessments (PBSA) and Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) evaluations

• Oversee quality compliance for continuity of operations (COOP) and disaster recovery (DR) plans, exercises, and post-exercise reporting.

• Establish portfolio-wide quality metrics that measure compliance, performance trends, error reduction, throughput quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, lessons learned, and preventive action programs.
• Integrate quality insights…