Deputy Program Manager | TS​/SCI clearance

Overview

Transform technology into opportunity as a Deputy Program Manager pe what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is an organization of approximately 2,200 personnel, of which 700 serve at HQ and the remaining staff serve at offices worldwide. NCIS is the Department of the Navy (DON) component with primary responsibility for criminal investigation, law enforcement, counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, and cyber matters.

The Information Technology Directorate (ITD) supports the NCIS core mission areas to investigate and defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats by planning for and providing services through appropriate use of the people, equipment, technology, and infrastructure resources of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

This is contingent upon position availability in the August 2026 timeframe.

• Responsible for planning, management, and execution of IT projects.
• Executes information technology projects by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to create and maintain project deliverables to include project charters, schedules, plans, dashboards, and requirements documents.
• Ability to brief senior leadership on a regular basis on status of projects. Responsible for coordinating with various technical and business personnel and coordinating resources and timetables.
• Responsible for understanding cybersecurity requirements related to the project.
• Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
• Provides technical, administrative, and operational management to assigned projects or task(s), including contract and subcontractor management.
• Skills in technical management, technical understanding, analyzing information, strong communications, resource management, problem solving, budgeting understanding, coordination, strategic planning, quality management, and risk management.
• Interacts with vendors, other agencies, and other client staff and stakeholders.
• Provides quality assurance of project deliverables.
• Provides recommendations to the PM for resource operations management and ensures compliance with all management policies, plans, and procedures.
• Manages and maintains personnel recall and database.
• Maintains employee training certifications and resumes in the GDIT document repository.
• Coordinate hiring, reassignments, and terminations with HR Business Partners and Recruiters as applicable.
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.

• Security Clearance Level: Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Required Experience:
  
  7 years IT project management experience leading both complex and small IT projects.
• Previous Cyber and Network Operations experience preferred.
• Strong DoW subcontracting experience.
• Skills in technical management, technical understanding, analyzing information, strong communications, resource management, problem solving, budgeting understanding, coordination, strategic planning, quality management and risk management.
• Strong leadership and communication skills. Strong problem solving and team building skills. Mission-focused mindset that delivers positive outcomes on time and within budget. Transparent operating style across corporate and customer contacts.
• Current PMP required.
• Experience with ITIL and Service Now preferred.
• Education:
  
  BS/BA Degree.
• Position Availability: contingent upon position availability in the August 2026 timeframe.
• Location:
  
  Onsite at Quantico, VA.
• US Citizenship required.

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find opportunities to grow alongside colleagues dedicated to advancing innovation.

Salary and Benefits:
The likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. Salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

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