Vice President, Technical Advisor, Veterans Affairs

General Dynamics IT; Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

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Job summary

General Dynamics IT seeks a Senior Technical Advisor to shape strategic technology solutions for the Federal Health portfolio. You will lead vision setting, strategy development, and trend evaluation across VA programs, guiding growth and delivery of software, cloud, and data analytics initiatives.

You will partner with Federal Health leaders to drive program execution, expand scope, and foster senior executive relationships while ensuring superior technical performance and client value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field required.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience delivering large-scale federal IT programs.
• 10+ years leading software engineering organizations using Agile/SAFe/DevSecOps.
• Experience managing complex federal contracts and distributed teams.
• Federal contracting experience with Veterans Affairs programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and strategic leadership for a portfolio of software development, enterprise technology solutions and mission-critical services.
• Develop and foster trusted relationships with senior federal executives and mission stakeholders.
• Oversee programs from inception through completion, ensuring performance exceeds expectations and driving innovation.
• Identify opportunities to expand program scope and deliver additional value to customers.

Skills

Enterprise Technologies

Strategic Leadership

Strategic Technology Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: Executives

Job Qualifications: Skills: Enterprise Technologies, Strategic Leadership, Strategic Technology Planning Certifications: None Experience: 15 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: No

GDIT has an opportunity for a Senior Technical Advisor who will focus on strategic technology solutions for Veterans Affairs portfolio of programs to set vision, build strategy, and evaluate trends in emerging technologies that will lead and grow the Federal Health sector. This executive will work with Federal Health Sector leadership to develop and guide GDIT's strategic approach to growth and operational delivery. The Veterans Affairs (VA) portfolio includes a variety of programs comprised of building and supporting innovative and advanced technical solutions and customer missions - from software development to large-scale infrastructure management, cloud and cyber security solutions, mission support, and data analytics including AI/ML. This person will partner closely with other Federal Health leaders who oversee our other business areas for Military Health, NIH, CMS, and others areas of HHS; combining for over $1B in Federal Health business. Our vibrant portfolio provides a visionary executive with the opportunity to partner with Federal Health customers in solving our nation's most-pressing challenges the application of transformative technology and practices.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Vice President, Technical Advisor the work you'll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Federal Health community. You will play a crucial role in driving the technical strategy and contributing to the overall growth of the Veterans Affairs portfolio.

Provide technical and strategic leadership for a portfolio of programs in software development, enterprise technology solutions and missions service the foes, fostering a culture of innovation and best ideas

Develop and foster trusted relationships with senior federal executives and mission stakeholders at the Department of Veterans Affairs

Partner with clients to oversee programs from inception through completion; ensuring that technical performance of GDIT programs or subsystems of major programs exceeds expectations and drive innovation into our existing programs

Identify opportunities to expand program scope and deliver additional value to customers and support strategic account planning and long-term engagement initiatives

Work on complex issues where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of the GDIT's resources and mission needs, while bringing thorough understanding of the VA systems landscape

Participate in corporate development of methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people; developing the next generation of leaders, tools and technology to meet future needs

Interact with executives from across Federal Health division on matters of significance to our customers

Provide support and guidance as needed to Account Directors, Program Managers, Solutions Architects, and Business Development Executives in Fed Health division

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

The Federal Health Technical Advisor must have:

Bachelor's degree required; Master's Degree in a technical discipline desired

15+ years of progressive leadership experience delivering large-scale federal IT programs with demonstrated success managing portfolios exceeding $100M in annual contract value

10+ years of experience leading software engineering organizations utilizing Agile, SAFe, DevSecOps, and product-centric delivery models

Progressive experience through engineering, product management, and technical program execution and delivery

Experience managing and leading complex federal contracts, subcontractor teams, and geographically dispersed workforces

Experience in Federal contracting (a combination of Federal service and/or Contracting experience will apply), to include significant in-depth experience managing Veterans Affairs programs, coupled with a deep customer intimacy

Experience managing Federal Government projects/contracts to include IT Projects delivering transformative technology programs using digital service techniques

Experience with federal proposal process and execution

Strong leadership experience, to include directing multiple large teams and a dynamic mission-focused team for delivery and growth

Ability to travel to program sites and customer meetings as needed is required

Location: Hybrid (at least 3 days/week in office) to GDIT Headquarters in Falls Church, VA

Citizenship: US Person required

Citizenship: US Person required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

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