Senior Manager of Information Systems

Job

Date Posted:
June 30, 2026

Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is seeking a Senior Manager of Information Systems to serve as a member of the information system division leadership team. This position provides leadership, direction, and accountability for IT operations, systems, infrastructure, and end‑user services that support SDL’s mission, customers, and employees.

This role is responsible for leading a large, multidisciplinary IT team that provides reliable, secure, cost‑effective, and mission‑focused information technology services. The Senior Manager will work closely with the Division Director, Enterprise Architect, information security, enterprise applications, program stakeholders, and other SDL leaders to maintain a viable, robust, and secure information system environment that meets current operational needs while anticipating future mission requirements.

This position requires more than technical management. SDL is seeking a leader who earns the trust and confidence of others through sound judgement, integrity, and clear communication. A successful candidate will develop future leaders, foster collaboration, and make timely, well‑reasoned decisions while balancing competing priorities, including cost, schedule, technical rigor, risk business objectives, and personnel needs.

• Serves as a member of the Information System Division leadership team contributing to division strategy, priorities, organizational structure, operating model, and long‑term planning
• Provides leadership, direction, and accountability for the technology capabilities that enable SDL's mission, ensuring information technology operates as a reliable, secure, scalable, and sustainable enterprise capability
• Leads IT as an integrated and coordinating unit within the broader information system division, working closely with enterprise applications, information security, the Enterprise Architect, and other division functions to deliver sustainable, mission‑focused services and enterprise capabilities
• Partners with the Enterprise Architect to ensure enterprise architecture principles are translated into sustainable operational capabilities, engineering discipline, lifecycle management, and technology implementation
• Continually improves the operational maturity of information technology through standardization, automation, engineering discipline, measurable performance, and leadership development
• Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for IT operations, systems, infrastructure, networks, endpoint services, service desk functions, and related technology services
• Leads, mentors, develops, and holds accountable a large multidisciplinary team of IT professionals, including team supervisors and managers
• Establishes clear priorities, expectations, decision rights, and accountability mechanisms across IT teams
• Identifies and addresses staff performance opportunities through timely coaching, corrective action, development planning, and succession planning
• Models the leadership behaviors expected of the team, including integrity, ownership, discipline, respect, sound judgment, customer service, and commitment to the mission
• Balances business needs, personnel needs, technical rigor, cost, schedule, risk, security, and operational continuity when setting priorities, making decisions, and allocating resources

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, business, or other related field
• 15+ years of experience in Information Systems, Information Technology, or a technically related field
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary technical teams and subordinate leaders
• Ability to lead through influence, build trust, mentor and develop leaders, hold teams accountable, and address staff performance issues in a timely, fair, and constructive manner
• Strong understanding of government and industry standards and the ability to implement, operate, and maintain secure information systems
• Ability to balance competing operational and strategic priorities, including cost, schedule, risk, technical rigor, service quality, personnel needs, and mission impact
• Demonstrat…