Program Manager - Intelligence Community Modernization

Groundswell; Rising Sun (MD); On-site; USD 184,000 - 308,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible schedule

On-site gym

Childcare option

Job summary

Groundswell, a premier technology integrator, seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead a flagship Intelligence Community modernization program in the Washington, DC area. You will report to the Executive Program Director and oversee contract execution, IMS planning, risk management, and cross‑functional delivery with OEM and government stakeholders.

The role requires 10+ years of federal program management experience, PMP or equivalent, TS/SCI clearance, and a proven ability to coordinate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• PMP certification required. Equivalent certification, such as DAWIA Level Three in Program Management, may be acceptable.
• 10+ years of experience managing complex Federal technology programs, task orders, or enterprise system implementations.
• Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) and/or DoD programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing Federal contract requirements, deliverables, performance measures, and customer commitments.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), program‑level risks, issues, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Experience managing program financials, including budgets, forecasts, staffing, cost performance, and invoicing.
• Experience coordinating complex dependencies across government customers, OEMs, subcontractors, and delivery organizations.
• Experience managing subcontractor and vendor performance in Federal or other highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management and execution of the task order under the strategic direction and executive oversight of the Executive Program Manager.
• Manage compliance with contract terms, requirements, performance standards, and customer commitments.
• Manage contractual deliverables, milestones, reporting requirements, and QASP performance measures.
• Establish and maintain the program's operating cadence, governance processes, performance reporting, and management controls.
• Ensure contract deliverables are completed, reviewed, submitted, and tracked through customer acceptance.
• Coordinate across technical and functional workstreams to ensure execution remains aligned with contractual requirements and program objectives.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for day-to-day program execution issues.
• Develop, maintain, and manage the program IMS, incorporating Groundswell, subcontractor, OEM, customer, and other external milestones and dependencies.
• Lead program‑level risk, issue, dependency, action, and decision management processes.
• Identify cross-workstream and external dependencies that could affect program milestones, contractual commitments, cost, or performance.
• Develop and drive mitigation and contingency plans for program‑level risks and schedule impacts.
• Coordinate with the Workday Delivery Lead and other workstream leaders to incorporate detailed delivery plans and milestones into the overall IMS.
• Escalate significant risks, issues, decisions, and potential contractual impacts to the Executive Program Manager and government leadership as appropriate.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day program management interface with the OEM PMO.
• Coordinate schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions between Groundswell and the OEM program.
• Assess changes to OEM plans and schedules for potential impacts to Groundswell's scope, IMS, resources, deliverables, and contractual milestones.
• Drive timely resolution of cross-organizational dependencies and issues involving Groundswell, the OEM, subcontractors, and government stakeholders.
• Maintain clear visibility into external dependencies and proactively communicate potential impacts to program leadership and the customer.
• Manage day-to-day program financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, staffing plans, burn rates, and cost performance.
• Coordinate and oversee program invoicing activities to ensure accurate and timely billing in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Monitor actual and forecasted performance against program financial objectives and identify potential variances.
• Partner with Groundswell contracts, finance, and corporate leadership to address financial and contractual issues.
• Provide the Executive Program Manager with regular visibility into program financial health and areas requiring executive action.
• Serve as a primary day-to-day interface with government program leadership and stakeholders.
• Lead recurring program status reviews, schedule reviews, risk reviews, performance reviews, and other program governance forums.
• Prepare and deliver program-level reporting covering schedule, contractual performance, financials, staffing, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and required decisions.
• Support the Executive Program Manager in executive-level customer engagements, strategic discussions, and escalations.
• Build trusted relationships with government stakeholders through transparency, responsiveness, and disciplined program execution.
• Provide operational leadership across Groundswell's technical, functional, cybersecurity, program management, and operational workstreams.
• Provide management oversight to the Workday Delivery Lead and other workstream leaders while maintaining clear accountability for their respective areas of delivery.
• Manage subcontractor performance at the program level, including contractual commitments, staffing, schedules, deliverables, dependencies, and overall performance.
• Coordinate with subcontractor leadership to resolve performance issues and maintain alignment with program requirements.
• Ensure delivery teams have the priorities, resources, decisions, and support necessary to meet program commitments.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, customer focus, and delivery excellence.
• Serve as the principal deputy to the Executive Program Manager and act on their behalf for day-to-day program execution.
• Maintain continuous visibility for the Executive Program Manager into program health, customer concerns, financial performance, contractual matters, risks, and decisions requiring executive attention.
• Translate executive program direction into actionable plans and ensure execution across the program organization.
• Assume program leadership responsibilities when delegated by the Executive Program Manager.
• Support the evolution of program governance, operating models, and leadership responsibilities as the program matures.
• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• PMP certification required. Equivalent certification, such as DAWIA Level Three in Program Management, may be acceptable.
• 10+ years of experience managing complex Federal technology programs, task orders, or enterprise system implementations.
• Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) and/or Department of Defense (DoD) programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing Federal contract requirements, deliverables, performance measures, and customer commitments.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), program‑level risks, issues, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Experience managing program financials, including budgets, forecasts, staffing, cost performance, and invoicing.
• Experience coordinating complex dependencies across government customers, OEMs, subcontractors, and delivery organizations.
• Experience managing subcontractor and vendor performance in Federal or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, executive presentation, organization, and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, make sound program decisions, and appropriately escalation risks, issues, and decisions in a complex customer environment.
• Must be a US Citizen per contract requirements
• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI access and Counter Intelligence (CI) Polygraph. Candidates who currently hold an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph will receive priority consideration.

Skills

PMP certification

10+ years program mgmt

IC/DoD program experience

IMS scheduling

budgets & invoicing

leadership & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, Engineering, or Business

Tools

Workday

Job description

Groundswell, a premier technology integrator, seeks an experienced Program Manager to lead a flagship Intelligence Community modernization program in the Washington, DC area. You will report to the Executive Program Director and oversee contract execution, IMS planning, risk management, and cross‑functional delivery with OEM and government stakeholders.

The role requires 10+ years of federal program management experience, PMP or equivalent, TS/SCI clearance, and a proven ability to coordinate