Remote Deputy Program Manager, VA Data & AI Platform

Leidos; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced Deputy Program Manager for the VA ATLAS program. This role leads day-to-day delivery, integrates Leidos and subcontractor resources, and balances schedule, service quality, and contract constraints.

Remote work within the continental US is allowed, with Washington, DC area preferred and occasional travel may be necessary. Reporting to the Program Manager, the DPM ensures operational continuity and continuous improvement across Summit Users and Product/Data/CI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience including 4+ years in supervisory roles.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise IT, cloud, data analytics, or software programs with multiple interdependent workstreams.
• Proven ability to manage schedules, budgets, risks, deliverables, and customer expectations including subcontractor coordination.
• Experience with Agile or product-centric delivery and cross-team dependencies.
• Ability to lead technical and customer-facing teams and communicate with senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with federal IT security, onboarding, and service-management concepts.
• Experience with federal IT contracts, including performance, schedule, financial management, and reporting.
• Ability to obtain and maintain VA Public Trust suitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily execution across PWS workstreams and coordinate delivery teams, shared technical specialists, and subcontractor partners.
• Serve as the designated backup to the Program Manager, assuming program-level coordination and decision-making during PM absence.
• Translate VA priorities into actionable work plans, milestones, staffing assignments, delivery forecasts, and measurable outcomes.
• Manage staffing readiness, resource utilization, onboarding, and operational readiness across workstreams.
• Monitor budgets, labor mix, subcontractor expenditures, and forecast performance; identify corrective actions to protect margins.
• Maintain risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action logs; oversee deliverable quality and reporting.
• Coordinate with VA stakeholders, product owners, technical leads, security personnel, and subcontractors to resolve priorities and handoffs.
• Support transition-in and steady-state operations, promote process improvement and measurable productivity gains.
• Provide management escalation support for urgent incidents when required.

Skills

Team leadership

Program delivery

Scheduling & budgeting

Agile delivery

Stakeholder leadership

Govt IT security

Gov contracting

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

ServiceNow

AI/ML enablement

DevSecOps

Data platforms/lakehouse

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Deputy Program Manager for the VA ATLAS program. This role leads day-to-day delivery, integrates Leidos and subcontractor resources, and balances schedule, service quality, and contract constraints.

Remote work within the continental US is allowed, with Washington, DC area preferred and occasional travel may be necessary. Reporting to the Program Manager, the DPM ensures operational continuity and continuous improvement across Summit Users and Product/Data/CI.