Program Manager

Job Title:

Program Manager

Job Category:
Project and Program Management

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
None

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Type of Travel:
Local

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CACI is seeking a Program Manager to lead a DHS IT support contract, providing overall program leadership, strategic direction, and day-to-day management for a large, geographically dispersed IT operations and support program. This role is responsible for ensuring all task areas (Service Desk, IT Field Operations, CONUS/OCONUS, Infrastructure Deployment, Financial/Travel Tier II, Hardware Lifecycle Management, AI Ops, and Surge support) are delivered on time, within budget, and to the performance standards agreed upon, with a strong focus on customer satisfaction, staffing performance, innovation, and continuous improvement across a 24/7/365 operational environment.

The Program Manager serves as the primary interface with the Federal Program Manager and stakeholders; coordinating priorities, managing risks, ensuring contract compliance, high-quality service delivery, and opportunities for on program growth. Additionally:

• Perform program management functions including planning, organizing, budgeting, resource allocation, risk and issue management, and reporting using excellent organizational, writing, interpersonal, executive management, problem solving, and customer service skills
• Work closely with the Government Program Manager (GPM), COR, CO and GTMs to align contract activities with the customer’s OCIO goals, coordinate requirements, prioritize work, and address programmatic and operational issues while maintaining high customer satisfaction and low unresolved issue rates
• Manage staffing across all task areas, including planning, recruiting, onboarding, and retention to maintain full staffing at Mission Critical and Mission Essential sites, maintain a monthly vacancy rate of 3% or less, and ensure timely backfill of all positions (e.g., within 30 calendar days)
• Oversee and approve weekly and monthly contract reporting, including Staffing Reports, Vacancy Reports, budget burn/burndown, performance metrics, trip reports, deployment deliverables, and other required documentation, ensuring quality, accuracy, and timeliness
• Lead the identification and implementation of innovations and continuous improvement initiatives across Vendor Contract Support (VCS), ITFO, and Infrastructure Deployment, including analyzing ticket and performance data and presenting at least one innovation proposal per fiscal year in each area
• Support planning and execution of deployments and special operations worldwide, ensuring that travel, security clearances, resource assignments, and deliverables (e.g., Implementation Project Schedules, as builts, cabling requirements) are properly coordinated and executed
• Ensure all contractor personnel meet training and certification requirements, complete required Government training on time, and maintain current technical skills; oversee contractor to contractor training for Service Desk, ITFO, and other task areas
• Prepare and deliver high quality technical and programmatic documentation (briefings, data calls, presentations, fact sheets, issue papers, SOPs, policies, technical manuals) that clearly communicate status, issues, risks, and recommendations to Government stakeholders.

• US Citizen with ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry On Duty (EOD) - Active EOD preferred
• Ability to obtain DoD Top Secret/SCI Clearance
• BS/BA degree and 10 + years of applicable experience in leading Program Operations
• Demonstrated experience applying project and program management best practices on federal or similarly complex…