Deputy Program Manager

Role overview

Lead day-to-day delivery for an assigned workstream in a federal program providing governed data access, cloud services, customer onboarding, analytics, and AI/ML enablement. Reporting to the Program Manager, the Deputy Program Manager coordinates multidisciplinary teams and partners, maintains service continuity, and balances delivery commitments with staffing and financial constraints. The role is contingent on contract award.

Responsibilities - Coordinate teams and subcontractors against shared backlogs, schedules, milestones, and delivery plans. - Translate government priorities into staffing assignments, forecasts, measurable outcomes, and Agile or product-oriented planning. - Act as the Program Manager’s delegated backup for customer engagement, operational coordination, and decision-making. - Manage staffing readiness, resource use, recruiting needs, performance, and coverage for assigned workstreams. - Track budgets, labor mix, partner costs, risks, dependencies, deliverable quality, service levels, and corrective actions; escalate significant issues. - Support transitions and steady-state operations, including knowledge transfer, handover, incident escalation, and process improvement.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience, including 4 or more years leading teams or complex projects. - Experience delivering complex enterprise IT, cloud, data, analytics, or software programs with interdependent workstreams. - Demonstrated ability to manage schedules, staffing, budgets, risks, deliverables, customer expectations, and partner teams. - Experience with Agile or product-oriented delivery and cross-team coordination. - Ability to lead technical and customer-facing teams, resolve competing priorities, and communicate with senior stakeholders. - Federal IT contract experience, including performance, financial and schedule management, partner coordination, and required reporting; ability to obtain and maintain government Public Trust suitability.

Nice to have

Experience with the relevant government data platform or other federal data programs is highly preferred. Federal contract transitions, fixed-price delivery, labor forecasting, Azure, lakehouse operations, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, service management, and AI/ML enablement are useful. PMP, PgMP, Scrum, SAFe, or comparable certifications are advantageous.

Benefits and work setup

Remote work within the continental United States is available subject to government security and system-access approval. Eastern Time collaboration is required; occasional travel and after-hours or weekend escalation support may be needed. Candidates near the Washington, DC area are preferred.