C5MI Insight - Deputy Program Manager

• Directs day-to-day program execution across all nine financial process areas, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and quality commitments are met at each milestone gate. • Assumes full Program Director responsibilities and decision authority during the Program Director’s absence. • Leads and develops the program management office, including process area project managers, integrated master schedulers, project controls analysts, and agile delivery leadership. • Owns the integrated master schedule, critical path analysis, dependency management, and schedule risk assessment across concurrent process area workstreams. • Owns the program risk and issue register; drives mitigation planning, ownership assignment, burn-down tracking, and escalation of material risk to the Program Director and government leadership. • Manages cost performance at the workstream level in partnership with program cost and earned value management staff; reviews forecasts, variance explanations, and estimates at completion. • Directs production, quality review, and on-time delivery of all contract data requirements list (CDRL) deliverables, monthly status reports, and milestone review artifacts. • Governs staffing and onboarding for the program, including position requisition, clearance processing, resource ramp plans, and utilization management against approved labor parameters. • Coordinates subcontractor and teaming partner execution, including statement of work adherence, deliverable acceptance, invoicing review, and integration into the program schedule. • Establishes and enforces the program operating rhythm, including stand-ups, sprint and increment planning, program management reviews, change control board, and government working group participation. • Prepares and leads milestone gate reviews, including pre-design approval, preliminary design review, critical design review, production readiness review, and closeout. • Ensures program performance against the performance work statement and quality assurance surveillance plan metrics, and drives corrective action where performance trends adverse. • Coordinates cutover, go-live, and hypercare planning with release management, functional delivery, and data migration leadership. • Ability to travel up to 50% to client sites, varying based on client program schedules. • Adheres to all certified processes as part of our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality and information security, which includes actively participating in quality assurance activities and ensuring the protection of sensitive information in accordance with our security policies. • Performs other related tasks as assigned by direct supervisor. • Essential People Leader Functions: • People Management & Performance Accountability: Sets performance expectations; provides ongoing coaching, feedback, and recognition; conducts goal-setting, evaluations, and development planning; and addresses performance, conduct, and attendance issues in a timely, compliant manner. • People Management & Performance Accountability: • Employee Development & Capability Building: Develops employees through coaching, mentoring, training, and stretch assignments; identifies skill gaps and development needs; and supports succession planning and talent pipeline readiness within scope. • Employee Development & Capability Building: • Engagement, Culture & Team Effectiveness: Fosters an inclusive, respectful, high-performing environment; promotes accountability and collaboration; and reinforces company values, behavioral expectations, and professional standards. • Engagement, Culture & Team Effectiveness: • Workforce Planning & Resource Oversight: Plans, assigns, and prioritizes work to meet delivery, quality, and timeline goals; manages workloads and staffing within approved parameters; and escalates resource risks or constraints as needed. • Workforce Planning & Resource Oversight: • Policy, Compliance & Risk Management: Applies company policies and employment practices consistently; partners with HR on employee relations matters; and identifies and mitigates people, delivery, and compliance risks. • Policy, Compliance & Risk Management: • Communication & Stakeholder Alignment: Communicates expectations, decisions, and changes clearly; aligns team or organizational objectives with business priorities; and collaborates effectively across matrixed, cross-functional, or client environments. • Communication & Stakeholder Alignment: • C5MI Expectations of all Employees: • Adheres to all C5MI Policies and Procedures. • Always conducts self in a manner consistent with C5MIs’ Core Values. • Maintains a positive and respectful attitude with all contacts. • Consistently reports to work on time and prepared to perform the duties of the position. • Meets productivity standards and performs duties as workload necessitates. • Maintains the privacy of all company proprietary information. • Treats vendors, customers, and team members with respect and dignity. • Able to safely perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.