Program Delivery and Growth Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, VA seeks a Program Delivery and Growth Lead to oversee delivery leadership, growth, and complex programs across life sciences and public health. You will manage cross-functional teams, partner with customers and industry, and drive technical and strategic outcomes aligned with market strategies.

The role emphasizes mentoring, staff development, and shaping opportunities from capture to proposal, including price-to-win strategies and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• 12+ years delivering for HHS or federal health agencies.
• 5+ years leading teams and mentoring staff.
• 4+ years leading capture, teaming, pricing, or staffing.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional delivery engagements from end to end.
• Build trusted customer relationships and manage risks.
• Drive pipeline development and opportunities shaping.
• Mentor junior staff and delivery managers.
• Oversee proposal development and price-to-win strategies.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Team leadership

Capture & proposal

HHS knowledge

Public Trust eligibility

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Program Delivery and Growth Lead

The Opportunity

Serve as a senior program leader for customers and growth leader for the Booz Allen business with a blend of delivery leadership, technical and domain, such as life sciences and public health, expertise as a program lead, and customer and partner relationships to maintain and exceed stakeholder satisfaction while driving business growth. Build and grow a portfolio of programs and identify and pursue new opportunities aligned with our market strategies. Execute and lead cross-functional teams through the full delivery engagement lifecycle, including building trusted relationships with customers, effectively managing, monitoring, communicating, and mitigating risks, and collaborating with business and industry partners to fully meet and manage contractual obligations and financial performance indicators. Provide leadership, mentoring, and career development to junior staff and delivery managers. Drive pipeline development by identifying, shaping, and qualifying opportunities, positioning solutions, capabilities, and ideas with prospective customers, overseeing solutioning, identifying qualified staff, negotiating teaming, establishing price to win strategies, and overseeing proposal development for the client.

You Have

• 12+ years of experience in delivery roles supporting HHS or federal health agencies
• 5+ years of experience leading teams and mentoring staff
• 4+ years of experience leading segments or orchestrating full capture such as teaming, positioning, solutioning, pricing, or staffing
• Experience managing all elements of delivery, capture, and proposal lifecycles for federal customers
• Experience with emerging technologies and platforms relevant to HHS, such as high-performance computing, FAIR data practices, data sharing architectures, cloud-native scientific tools, cybersecurity frameworks, and AI/ML enablement
• Knowledge of HHS' federated organizational structure, mission offices, acquisition pathways, and industry partner ecosystem
• Ability to integrate a broad range of company-wide technical capabilities-cloud, cyber, AI, data platforms, interoperability standards, enterprise IT-into cohesive solutions aligned to mission need
• Ability to tailor briefings, demonstrations, and solutions to shape and influence stakeholder decision-making with demonstrated experience presenting to senior federal customers
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on HHS requirements
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have

• Experience in growing business across HHS or federal Health agencies
• Knowledge of HHS missions, research priorities, data ecosystems such as scientific data repositories or cloud-based research platforms, and technology modernization initiatives
• Ability to collaborate with matrixed market, such as HHS, federal Health, domain, and technology leaders to develop and execute strategies
• Ability to orchestrate cross-functional staff, drive competitive solutioning, negotiate teaming arrangements, identify qualified delivery staff, and present price to win strategies during capture and proposal activities
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts to scientific, clinical, executive, and IT audiences
• Possession of strong interpersonal, communication, and strategic thinking skills
• Possession of strong writing skills for technical documents, proposals, whitepapers, and executive briefings
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, such as computer science or engineering, life sciences, public health, bioinformatics, or business preferred; Master's degree a plus

Vetting

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $142,900.00 to $266,000.00 (annualiz