Deputy Program Manager, Federal SAP S/4HANA Delivery

C5MI Insights LLC.; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability coverage

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

C5MI Insights LLC is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to lead a large-scale SAP S/4HANA modernization program for a DoW organization. You will guide the program management office, own the master schedule, manage risk and cost, and ensure timely, quality deliverables across nine financial processes.

You may assume Program Director duties in their absence. Travel up to 50% is possible; you will collaborate with government stakeholders, manage subcontractors, and ensure compliance with program

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of professional experience and 5–8 years of people leadership experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• 8+ years of federal program or project management experience on defense programs with milestone reviews.
• PMP certification required; active Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Directs day-to-day program execution across nine financial process areas, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and quality commitments are met at each milestone gate.
• Assumes full Program Director responsibilities and decision authority during the Program Director’s absence.
• Leads and develops the program management office, including process area project managers, integrated master schedulers, project controls analysts, and agile delivery leadership.
• Owns the integrated master schedule, critical path analysis, dependency management, and schedule risk assessment across concurrent process area workstreams.
• Owns the program risk and issue register; drives mitigation planning, ownership assignment, burn-down tracking, and escalation of material risk to the Program Director and government leadership.
• Manages cost performance at the workstream level in partnership with program cost and earned value management staff; reviews forecasts, variance explanations, and estimates at completion.
• Directs production, quality review, and on-time delivery of all contract data requirements list (CDRL) deliverables, monthly status reports, and milestone review artifacts.
• Governs staffing and onboarding for the program, including position requisition, clearance processing, resource ramp plans, and utilization management against approved labor parameters.
• Coordinates subcontractor and teaming partner execution, including statement of work adherence, deliverable acceptance, invoicing review, and integration into the program schedule.
• Establishes and enforces the program operating rhythm, including stand-ups, sprint and increment planning, program management reviews, change control board, and government working group participation.
• Prepares and leads milestone gate reviews, including pre-design approval, preliminary design review, critical design review, production readiness review, and closeout.
• Ensures program performance against the performance work statement and quality assurance surveillance plan metrics, and drives corrective action where performance trends adverse.
• Coordinates cutover, go-live, and hypercare planning with release management, functional delivery, and data migration leadership.
• Ability to travel up to 50% to client sites, varying based on client program schedules.

Skills

Program management

PMO leadership

Agile delivery

Hybrid delivery

Risk management

Schedule management

Subcontractor coordination

Government/procurement processes

Leadership

Cost control

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

C5MI Insights LLC is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to lead a large-scale SAP S/4HANA modernization program for a DoW organization. You will guide the program management office, own the master schedule, manage risk and cost, and ensure timely, quality deliverables across nine financial processes.

You may assume Program Director duties in their absence. Travel up to 50% is possible; you will collaborate with government stakeholders, manage subcontractors, and ensure compliance with program