DEF CTO Cyber Capability Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Merrifield (VA); Hybrid; USD 215,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Defense CTO Cyber Capability Team Lead & Solutions Senior Director to own a full-spectrum cyber portfolio across offensive, defensive, OT/ICS, and platform cyber.

You will lead a high-performing remote team, curate market-ready offerings, and accelerate growth and delivery from enterprise to edge. You will drive IRAD investments and ensure proposals meet zero-trust RMF requirements, while partnering across CTO, Growth and Delivery to deliver

Qualifications

• Required: 15+ years of progressive technical and team leadership experience in cyber, zero trust, infrastructure and edge computing.
• Security Clearance: SECRET with ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• Strong communication, analytical and organizational skills to lead highly technical teams.
• Preferred: experience with Government customers, US Military.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve offerings across offensive, defensive, OT/ICS, platform & weapons cyber with clear value props and delivery playbooks.
• Build and govern a portfolio of cyber offerings; develop talent pipelines and upskilling paths.
• Lead end-to-end solutioning for Defense; translate mission requirements into compliant architectures.
• Drive growth and delivery by shaping opportunities and partnering with delivery leaders.
• Direct IRAD strategy and execution; measure transition-to-program and value created.

Skills

Cyber Defense

Cyber Operations

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s in IT / CS / Engineering / Business-related field

Job description

As the Defense CTO Cyber Capability Team Lead & Solutions Senior Director

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Technical Solutions

Job Qualifications: Skills: Cyber Defense, Cyber Operations, Team Leadership

Certifications: None

Experience: 15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description: As the Defense CTO Cyber Capability Team Lead & Solutions Senior Director, you own our full-spectrum Cyber portfolio—offensive, defensive, OT/ICS, and platform & weapons cyber—connecting strategy to execution to deliver secure, mission‑aligned modernization outcomes across Defense. You lead a high‑performing remote team and curate market‑ready offerings and talent that accelerate Growth (pursuit, solutioning) and Delivery (execution) from enterprise to edge. You also lead IRAD investments to shape, prove, and transition leading and bleeding-edge technologies—both from partners and from novel approaches we develop—into differentiated customer outcomes.

HOW WILL A CTO Cyber Capability Team Lead MAKE AN IMPACT?

• Own the full-spectrum Cyber capability: define and continuously evolve offerings across offensive, defensive, OT/ICS, and platform & weapons cyber; ensure each capability has clear value props, reusable assets, and delivery playbooks.
• Curate offerings and talent for the market: build and govern a portfolio of Cyber offerings; develop talent pipelines, role profiles, and upskilling paths; ensure solution architects and delivery leads are aligned to priority pursuits and programs.
• Lead end-to-end solutioning for Defense: translate complex mission requirements into compliant, compelling architectures; drive Zero Trust/RMF alignment in proposals, orals, and executive briefings.
• Accelerate Growth and Delivery: shape opportunities, partner with offering owners and delivery leaders, and integrate capabilities to open new business and shorten time-to-value.
• Direct IRAD strategy and execution: prioritize bets, run experiments and proofs, integrate leading/bleeding-edge partner tech, and measure transition-to-program (T2P) and value created; operationalize wins across the portfolio.
• Stand up communities of practice: produce patterns, playbooks, and reusable assets for modernizing enterprise and edge environments; broadcast wins and codify best practices.
• Elevate delivery excellence: align methods to customer needs, enforce outcome metrics and operating cadence, and coach teams for performance in dynamic selling and delivery contexts.
• Lead across a matrix: drive crisp decisions with executive presence; collaborate deeply across CTO, Growth, and Delivery organizations.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education: Bachelor’s in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or Business-related field or equivalent experience of four more years of work experience

Required Experience: 15+ years of progressive technical and team leadership experience with cyber, zero trust, infrastructure, and edge computing technologies in both selling and delivery contexts.

Required Leadership Experience: 20+ years of demonstrated leadership experience supervising and coaching employees on highly performing technical teams that deliver in a dynamic selling and delivery environment.

Security Clearance Level: SECRET required with ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI.

Required Skills and Abilities: Strong communication, analytical, time management and organizational discipline to drive highly technical teams in a rapidly evolving business environment.

Preferred Skills: Experience working with Government Customers, specifically the US Military.

US Citizenship Required.

Location: Falls Church, VA (Hybrid)

Travel: 25% travel expected

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

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

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your sense of ownership and pride in the meaningful work we do.

The likely salary range for this position is $215,467 - $276,000. 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.

Schedule and Locations

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: 25-50%

Telecommuting Options: Hybrid

Work Location: USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations: USA VA Home Office (VAHOME)

Total Rewards at GDIT

Our benefits package for all U.S.-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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