Remote Director, Federal Program Delivery

GovCIO; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 175,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Learning & Development

Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Director of Program Delivery to lead a large portfolio of technology modernization and transformation initiatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role oversees delivery performance, staffing, and risk with an emphasis on executive engagement and cross-functional collaboration.

The position is fully remote within the United States and requires extensive federal delivery experience, LOE development, and proven ability to scale new programs while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in either a technical or business-related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in federal technology delivery, program management, portfolio leadership, or related functions.
• 5+ years of experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically VA's Digital Transformation Center (DTC) or other areas within OIT.
• Demonstrated experience leading large teams (50+ staff), geographically distributed teams and complex technology portfolios.
• Experience overseeing delivery across multiple concurrent programs, initiatives, and VA stakeholder organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing program managers and senior delivery leaders.
• Demonstrated experience developing LOEs, staffing models, cost estimates, and quotes for federal government customers, including translating requirements into labor categories, staffing levels, timelines, and delivery assumptions.
• Experience with technology modernization, digital transformation, cloud, cybersecurity, data, AI, or emerging technology.
• Strong understanding of federal technology delivery, program management, workforce planning, risk management, and client engagement.
• Experience establishing delivery governance, performance measures, executive reporting, and operating rhythms across multiple programs or initiatives.
• Experience managing complex delivery environments involving subcontractors, teaming partners, and cross-functional organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve delivery, staffing, customer, quality, financial, and contractual risks.
• Experience standing up, transitioning, and rapidly scaling new programs and delivery teams.
• Strong executive-level client engagement, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across delivery and operations in a highly integrated, matrixed environment.
• Experience across multiple VA OIT organizations and stakeholder groups.
• Experience supporting organic growth, opportunity shaping, LOE development, and transition of new work into delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery across a complex portfolio of VA programs and initiatives (30+).
• Partner closely with the Director of Portfolio Operations to ensure delivery and operational functions work as one integrated team in support of portfolio and client priorities.
• Lead and develop program and delivery leaders, establishing clear accountability, expectations, and escalation paths.
• Maintain visibility into delivery performance, customer priorities, staffing, milestones, dependencies, and portfolio risks.
• Establish consistent delivery practices, governance, performance measures, and operating rhythms across programs.
• Proactively identify and resolve delivery, staffing, quality, and customer risks.
• Build strong relationships with VA stakeholders and serve as a senior escalation point for delivery issues.
• Coordinate across programs to address shared resources, priorities, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
• Partner with Portfolio Operations on financial performance, staffing, onboarding, partner performance, and contract requirements.
• Support the stand-up and transition of new work into delivery and help scale successful approaches across the portfolio.

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Director of Program Delivery to lead a large portfolio of technology modernization and transformation initiatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role oversees delivery performance, staffing, and risk with an emphasis on executive engagement and cross-functional collaboration.

The position is fully remote within the United States and requires extensive federal delivery experience, LOE development, and proven ability to scale new programs while maintaining strong