Director; Program Management at Clarityinnovates · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

Programmatic Leadership & Delivery Accountability
Strategic Execution: Strategize, implement, and maintain program initiatives that adhere to overall Clarity and customer objectives. Lead and influence a balanced, cross-functional team in daily activities to execute against a mission vision.
Delivery & Milestone Ownership: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of programs in strict alignment with cost, technical, scope, and schedule commitments. Ensure project feature and objective commitments are realistic, achievable, and delivered on schedule without errors.
Multi-Team Orchestration: Synchronize and manage dependencies across multiple, distinct, concurrent technical workstreams totaling 20+ personnel, ensuring seamless integration and alignment with the overarching mission.
Scale-Appropriate Governance: Establish governance, communication frameworks, and delivery metrics tailored for a mid-to-large scale program structure to maintain velocity without sacrificing quality.
Risk & Change Management: Routinely handle risk, change, and uncertainty across several teams with limited oversight. Anticipate, identify, and take early action to acknowledge and mitigate programmatic risks.
Reporting & Status Visibility: Provide comprehensive program visibility and status reporting on risks, financial insights, governance, quality, and timelines to both internal leadership and government stakeholders.
Financial Acumen & Contract Ownership
Fiscal Management: Partner with the portfolio financial management teams’ Program Control Analysts (PCA) to construct team structures that meet yearly fiscal objectives. Restructure project finances, manage indirect rate structures (G&A, overhead, fringe), and independently mitigate financial risks.
Contract Lifecycle Execution: Manage the full financial and contractual lifecycle across FFP, T&M, and Cost Plus contract types. Lead pricing strategies, budget forecasts, contract modifications, and financial status tracking (EACs, ETCs, ROMs) in accordance with DCAA/DCMA compliance standards.
Acquisition Knowledge: Understanding of the DoW acquisition lifecycle, knowledge of the benefits and limitations of RDT&E, O&M, and procurement colors of money, and how FAR-based contracts differ from the use of OTAs.
Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements Management

Qualification

ClearanceProgram Scale & ScopeLeadership FrameworksEducationFramework MasteryTools ProfileAcquisition KnowledgeFinancialTechnical DomainsPMP or EV ExperienceLeadership ImpactScale Leadership

Required

Clearance: Active Top Secret / SCI
Program Scale & Scope: 5-15 years of program management experience within federal software development or cyber domains, with a proven track record of directly managing programs of 20+ full-time personnel.
Leadership Frameworks: Demonstrated experience managing programs via “lead-of-leads” structures, effectively delegating responsibilities to subordinate technical or team leads.
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; OR 4 years of related experience substituted in lieu of a degree.
Framework Mastery: Deep understanding of Agile development methodologies, SDLC frameworks, lean product management principles, and user-centered design thinking.
Tools Profile: Direct experience maintaining project backlogs, deliverables, and knowledge bases within the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence).
Acquisition Knowledge: General knowledge of Federal acquisition guidelines (FAR, DFARS), OTAs, CSOs, and contract execution rules.
Financial: Demonstrable understanding of the components of rate build ups, financial health measurements, and how decisions directly impact the P&L of your programs.

Preferred

Technical Domains: Background or general familiarity with Kubernetes applications, cloud infrastructure deployment (AWS, Azure), data transport layers (tagging, ingestion, distribution), or high-risk research and development projects.
PMP or EV Experience: Knowledge of traditional PMI-based methodologies for baselines and measuring earned value.
Leadership Impact: Proven track record of influencing outcomes across multiple projects and successfully mentoring team members to establish redundancy and backfill capabilities.
Scale Leadership: Experience scaling a technical program or contract footprint from a small footprint to a multi-team organization of 20+ people.
Organizational Design: Experience implementing scaled Agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe, Scrum at Scale, Nexus) or managing complex matrixed resource pools across distinct federal customer touchpoints.
Salary Range: $146,000 - $390,000
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Director; Program Management

Responsibilities

Qualification

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Clarityinnovates

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