Program Execution Analyst Principal

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan options

401(k) plan with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Program Execution Analyst Principal to lead senior-level program delivery for federal VA initiatives. You will drive execution, maintain detailed plans, and report performance to VA and internal leadership.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, KPI management, and cross-functional collaboration with technical, clinical, and operations teams, while ensuring compliance with federal health regulations and contract requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, public administration, health administration, analytics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in federal program management, program analysis, or operational leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading execution across complex, multi-stakeholder programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution across large-scale VA programs, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets are met.
• Develop and maintain detailed program plans, risk registers, and performance dashboards.
• Drive issue resolution, action tracking, and dependency management across internal teams and partners.
• Serve as a senior point of contact for VA stakeholders, delivering program updates and executive briefings.
• Conduct advanced analyses to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Analytical Support

CAPA

KPI

Organizational Changes

Organizational Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, public administration, health administration, analytics, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Program Delivery and Execution Job Qualifications: Skills: Analytical Support, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Organizational Changes, Organizational Development (OD) Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: No

The Program Execution Analyst Principal serves as a senior strategist and execution leader supporting the Federal Health account with a primary focus on Veterans Affairs (VA) programs. This role ensures operational excellence across complex, multi-year initiatives by driving performance, strengthening stakeholder relationships, and aligning delivery activities with VA and organizational strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Leadership & Execution: Lead execution across large-scale VA programs, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets are met. Develop and maintain detailed program plans, risk registers, and performance dashboards to promote operational discipline. Drive issue resolution, action tracking, and dependency management across internal teams and partners.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a senior point of contact for VA stakeholders, ensuring alignment with evolving needs and priorities. Prepare and deliver program updates, executive briefings, and performance reports for VA and internal leadership.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Conduct advanced analyses to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement. Translate complex data into actionable insights that support operational and strategic decision-making. Define and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure measurable program outcomes.
• Operational Excellence: Lead continuous improvement activities to optimize efficiency and reduce program risk. Ensure compliance with contract requirements, organizational policies, and federal health regulations. Collaborate with finance, contracting, and project teams to support forecasting, resource planning, and budget adherence.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate across technical, clinical, operations, and business teams to maintain cohesive program delivery. Mentor and support junior analysts and project staff to strengthen execution capabilities across the account.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business, public administration, health administration, analytics, or a related field; master's degree preferred. 8+ years of experience in federal program management, program analysis, or operational leadership, preferably supporting VA or federal health agencies. Demonstrated experience leading execution across complex, multi-stakeholder programs. Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting operational, financial, and performance data. Excellent communication skills, including senior-level briefing and stakeholder engagement experience.

The likely salary range for this position is $140,250 - $189,750. 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: 10-25% Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations:

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.
• GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire.
• The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
• 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.

Identity Verification Process

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work

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