CIT Business Applications Services Program Manager

General Dynamics Information Technology; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-flex work week

401K with company match

Health and wellness packages

Internal mobility team

Paid education and certifications

Cutting‑edge technology

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Program Manager to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Information Technology (CIT) – Business Applications Services (BAS) program. You will serve as the senior operational lead for BAS contract activities, providing strategic oversight and governance to ensure mission outcomes.

You will plan, direct, and monitor multi‑workstream efforts, manage cost, schedule, and performance baselines, and coordinate with NIH,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) required.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in IT program or portfolio management, including leading large multi‑application federal IT contracts.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing large, multi-application federal IT contracts of similar scope and complexity.
• Demonstrated experience managing T&M and FFP contract vehicles simultaneously.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams delivering via AI‑assisted, DevSecOps, and cloud‑native practices.
• Strong financial management skills, including burn‑rate tracking, forecasting, reporting, and cost‑performance oversight.
• Proven ability to manage subcontractors, cross‑functional teams, surge staffing, and large‑scale program transitions.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, ensuring alignment across diverse BAS program areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead all contract‑level scope, schedule, cost, and performance management across the BAS portfolio.
• Serve as the Government’s primary point of contact for program oversight, status, risks, and decision‑making.
• Direct integrated program management processes, including planning, governance, reporting, dashboards, and risk/issue tracking.
• Oversee financial management: burn rate, forecasts, status reports, and contract‑required financial documentation.
• Manage staffing, subcontractors, surge capacity, and resource alignment across all BAS programs.
• Ensure adoption and compliance with BAS delivery standards: EPLC, DevSecOps, cloud‑native, and AI‑assisted development.
• Coordinate transition‑in and transition‑out activities, ensuring continuity, documentation, and stable handoff.
• Ensure all BAS systems and teams meet security, ATO, configuration‑management, and change‑control obligations.

Skills

Contract Agreements

Cost Management

Financial Management

Planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Description

Type of Requisition

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain

None

Public Trust/Other Required

None

Job Family

Program Delivery and Execution

Skills

Job Qualifications

Contract Agreements, Cost Management, Financial Management, Planning

Certifications

None

Experience

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required

No

Job Description

GDIT is seeking a Program Manager to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Information Technology (CIT) for the Business Applications Services (BAS) Program. The Program Manager serves as the senior operational lead for all contract-level activities across the BAS portfolio, providing strategic oversight, governance, and coordination to ensure programs deliver measurable mission outcomes. This role is responsible for planning, directing, and monitoring multi‑workstream efforts; managing cost, schedule, and performance baselines; and ensuring contractor resources execute work in alignment with NIH, CIT, and BAS priorities. The Program Manager operates as the Government’s primary point of contact for program-level communication, risk escalation, and performance reporting, ensuring consistent, compliant, and predictable delivery across complex federal environment.

Responsibilities Will Include

• Lead all contract‑level scope, schedule, cost, and performance management across the BAS portfolio.


• Serve as the Government’s primary point of contact for program oversight, status, risks, and decision‑making.


• Direct integrated program management processes, including planning, governance, reporting, dashboards, and risk/issue tracking.


• Oversee financial management: burn rate, forecasts, status reports, and contract‑required financial documentation.


• Manage staffing, subcontractors, surge capacity, and resource alignment across all BAS programs.


• Ensure adoption and compliance with BAS delivery standards: EPLC, DevSecOps, cloud‑native, and AI‑assisted development.


• Coordinate transition‑in and transition‑out activities, ensuring continuity, documentation, and stable handoff.


• Ensure all BAS systems and teams meet security, ATO, configuration‑management, and change‑control obligations.

Required Qualifications And Skills

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent)


• Minimum 15 years of experience in IT program or portfolio management, including leading large multi‑application federal IT contracts.


• Minimum 5 years of experience managing large, multi-application federal IT contracts of similar scope and complexity.


• Demonstrated experience managing T&M and FFP contract vehicles simultaneously.


• Demonstrated experience leading teams delivering via AI‑assisted, DevSecOps, and cloud‑native practices.


• Strong financial management skills, including burn‑rate tracking, forecasting, reporting, and cost‑performance oversight.


• Proven ability to manage subcontractors, cross‑functional teams, surge staffing, and large‑scale program transitions.


• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, ensuring alignment across diverse BAS program areas.

Desired Skills

• Experience supporting NIH or CIT environments


• Proven ability to drive modernization initiatives (cloud‑native, DevSecOps, automation, AI‑assisted delivery).


• Ability to mentor teams, strengthen delivery practices, and guide adoption of new technologies.


• Experience managing complex portfolios with shifting priorities and onboarding new enterprise systems.


• Familiarity with workflow automation, enterprise application integration, and large‑scale federal operations.


• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent


• Active NIH badge is a plus

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home


• 401K with company match


• Comprehensive health and wellness packages


• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career


• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications


• Cutting‑edge technology you can learn from


• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and 10 company‑paid holidays

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $188,700 - $255,300. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Travel Required

None

Telecommuting Options

Hybrid

Work Location

USA MD Bethesda

Total Rewards At GDIT

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long‑term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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