Deputy Program Manager

Role overview Lead day-to-day delivery for a large, greenfield financial management modernization program using SAP S/4HANA in a defense environment. You will direct the program management office, coordinate nine concurrent process areas, and keep scope, schedule, cost, quality, and contractual commitments aligned across formal milestone reviews. This role is contingent on contract award and may require travel of up to 50%, depending on program schedules.

Responsibilities - Direct execution across process areas and milestone gates, stepping into the Program Director’s duties and decision authority when needed. - Lead project managers, schedulers, project controls analysts, and agile delivery staff. - Own the integrated master schedule, critical path, dependencies, and schedule risk assessments. - Maintain the risk and issue register, assign mitigations, track progress, and escalate significant concerns. - Monitor workstream cost performance, forecasts, variances, and estimates at completion with program controls staff. - Oversee staffing and partner coordination, contractual deliverables, status reports, milestone reviews, and cutover and go-live planning.

Requirements - A related bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus extensive professional and people leadership experience. The source specifies 10–15 years of professional experience and 5–8 years leading people with a degree, or 14–18 years and 8–11 years leading people without one; leadership experience must include managing other leaders. - At least eight years in federal program or project management, including defense programs with formal milestone reviews and government acceptance. - Experience as a deputy program manager, delivery manager, or comparable senior lead on an enterprise system implementation. - Experience leading a program office and supervising project managers, schedulers, and project controls staff. - Proficiency in integrated schedule management, critical path analysis, risk tracking, corrective actions, and government-facing reporting. - Experience with Agile and traditional or hybrid delivery, and coordinating subcontractors or teaming partners.

Nice to have - A master’s degree, PMP or equivalent certification, and experience with earned value management and formal contract deliverables.