Senior Program Manager

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:

Program Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Business Process Improvements, Deliverables Management, Financial Management, Program Management

Certifications:

None

Experience:

15 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Program Manager

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is currently seeking a full-time, on-site Program Manager for our customer located in Atlantic City Airport, NJ. This contract conducts drone flights and testing for airport surface safety and airport pavement life. The Program Manager will lead, oversee, and be responsible for all work activities under the contract including overseeing task orders related to Detection & Mitigation, Airport Applications and Airport Operations.  The PM provides leadership, communications, and coordination related to all contract matters between GDIT and our customer, and between the local GDIT office and GDIT management offices located in the Washington, D.C. area. The Program Manager must also effectively of business and technical efforts of multiple subcontractors and vendors in order to achieve program objectives. This is a challenging position and requires an individual with strong program and project management experience, superb communications skills, strong leadership, and proven ability to manage technical work efforts.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provide overall management of personnel working in a highly technical environment
• Develop and foster effective relationships with customer at multiple levels
• Define and implement effective project management processes tailored to the environment
• Guide technical leads and team members in developing technical work plans and deliverables
• Develop and/or review cost estimates and basis for estimates for highly technical tasks
• Implement financial management rigor of multiple task orders using financial tracking and forecasting methods and tools
• Develop effective working relationships with customers, subcontractors, and vendors
• Nurture a work environment where employees are responsible and accountable, pursue learning and development, offer best ideas for results and impact, and exhibit a positive energy

Knowledge Requirements:

• 10-15 years of full-time program management experience
• Previous aviation related research and development experience is preferred
• Candidate must be proficient in Government contract and design standards
• Candidate must be proficient in planning tools (i.e., work breakdown structure, Gantt chats, critical path analysis, PERT charts, etc.)
• Candidate must be proficient in budgeting, financial tracking and report development
• Candidate must have excellent communication and writing skills

Education Requirements:

• Minimum: 4-year engineering or management degree from an accredited college in operations research, engineering, business, mathematics or management science
• PMP is preferred

Benefits:

• Insurance – Health, Dental, Life, Long Term Care, etc.
• 10 paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• 401k
• Tuition Reimbursement

The likely salary range for this position is $153,000 - $207,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA NJ Egg Harbor Township

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

Client-provided location(s): Atlantic City, NJ

Job ID: 20648_RQ196646-1

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-07-22T00:00:00