Deputy Program Manager

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The Deputy Program Manager is the senior delivery leader for a large-scale, greenfield SAP S/4HANA financial management modernization program for a Department of War (DoW) organization, accountable for day-to-day execution of the program baseline and fully empowered to assume the duties and authorities of the Program Director in the Program Director’s absence. This position leads the program management office, directing process area project managers, integrated master schedulers, project controls, and agile delivery staff, and owns the operating rhythm that keeps nine concurrent financial process areas aligned to a five-gate milestone structure. The Deputy Program Manager translates program strategy into executable plans, owns cost and schedule performance at the workstream level, manages the risk and issue register, and ensures every contractual deliverable is produced on time and at quality.
Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
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.