Director of IT Services

Brief Description

Director of IT Services

Remote

Grant Leading Technology is seeking a candidate for Director to join our dynamic team. The candidate will ensure mission success, compliance, and quality performance. They will develop and execute departmental strategies that align with corporate goals and government client needs. This position will be in conjunction with another role either on contract or with GLT back office. The position will include a bonus structure based on annual performance in the following categories: annual performance review at 40%, business development revenue growth at 30%, and business development revenue preservation at 30%.

Responsibilities

Operations, Delivery

• Oversee contract execution and monitor performance to ensure contract overall financial tracking and execution and health
• Responsible for reporting funding needs and challenges to client
• Responsible for deliverables being met, on time, and within budget
• Work with leadership to set strategic goals and objectives for programs
• Facilitate goal-level creation for the broader function and working with senior managers to ensure the goals cascade to staff
• Report detailed status updates to leadership and executive team. Serve as a knowledgeable resource that provides leadership and direction
  
  

Operations, Staff Professional Development

• Intimately involved in the interviewing process for projects to include, meeting with recruiting to identify needs/wants for staff, creating interview questions, conducting interviews, meeting with team to discuss thoughts on candidates and communicating preferences
• Supervise team for projects to include course correction in behavior or performance, mentoring, and facilitating professional growth
• Foster a spirit of teamwork and unity among team
• Resolve problems between teams and other internal stakeholders
  
  

Operations, Utilization

• Coordinate with managers and other stakeholders to create detailed implementation plans This includes deadlines, milestones, processes, and risk mitigation protocols
• Provide processes for monitoring performance and collaborating with teams to determine ways to improve
• Ensure all members of team are at 100% utilization and monitor own performance to ensure 75% utilization
  
  

Business Development, Revenue Preservation

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for the company business development including Capture proposal efforts and elements
• Develop Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs) for assigned contracts
• Build and maintain relationships with key government customers, primes, and subcontractors
  
  

Business Development, Revenue Growth

• Participate in the development of annual and long-range strategic business plans
• Contact prospective customers using networking, referrals from current customers, POC listings from advance RFP postings, and professional organization meetings, conferences, and workshops
  
  

Business Development, Revenue Development

• Identify new project opportunities and potential areas for impact leveraging insights from government trends and customer knowledge-base
• Perform initial analysis of proposed or actual request of capabilities, and RFP’s to determine technical, schedule, and content reasonableness, and profitability
• Review and interpret acquisition policy and guidance
• Ensure proposal business deals and pricing are presented to leadership in detail, framed for executive-level decision making
• Lead decision gate reviews and develop competitive assessments, pricing strategies, and win themes
  
  

Qualifications And Education Requirements

• Twenty plus (20 ) years related experience, with progressive responsibility in program and project management
• Master’s degree in relevant area
• PMP certification
• Track record of applying change, risk, and resource management principles when needed
• Experience leading and managing staff and budgets
• Strong problem-solving, negotiation, and communication skills
• Outstanding interpersonal relationship building and employee coaching and development skills. Strong working relationships with clients and colleagues
• Strong understanding of strategic planning
• Demonstrates knowledge of basic accounting principles and practices. Experience managing budgets for multiple projects.
• Track record of practicing a high level of confidentiality
• Demonstrates the ability to develop standards, such as Standard Operating Procedures and Delivery Frameworks
  
  

Specialized skillsets

• 15 years of experience supporting cloud security operations and/or compliance auditing
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and associated security controls
• Understanding of federal cybersecurity frameworks, including NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, and FISMA
• Ability to draft technical reports, audit findings, and security documentation
• Expertise in 2 or more lines in their portfolio in each of the 4 categories (Technology & Automation, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, and Next Generation Technologies) to have a deeper understanding in service lines to talk to clients about them. The lines include: information technology, business process automation, systems development, operations and maintenance, governance and change control, testing practice, helpdesk support, cloud strategy and migration, ICAM, threat detection and vulnerability analysis, audit and compliance, data lifecycle management, data strategy and policy, data stewardship, data transformation and validation, data maturity assessment, data classification and optimization, advanced analytics and AI, Machine learning, large language model development, dashboard design, chatbot design, AI governance, product development, GIDConnect, AMTS.
• Critical thinking and very strong communications to develop briefings for executive management
• Anticipate what is coming for the assigned portfolios and collaborate with peers/other directors
• Must be able to pass a government background check
• Must live in the United States and must be authorized to work in the United States
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security , AWS Certified Security, Azure Security Engineer Associate, CISA, or CAP).
• The position will be remote with preference given to those candidates in the DC metro area
  
  

About Grant Leading Technology

Grant Leading Technology (GLT) is a verified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) government contracting firm. GLT provides expert knowledge and skills to deliver agile enterprise solutions and innovative technologies to our clients at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other federal and state agencies. We possess exceptional capabilities including, but not limited to, project management, cyber security, construction management, design, and management technology. GLT has been recognized for three consecutive years by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

Our employees are at the heart of GLT’s success. We value and fully embrace the diversity of individuals and ideas within our workforce. GLT provides a competitive compensation package with benefits that are immediately available. Our base healthcare plan is 100% employer paid and our 401k plan is immediately vested. We also offer paid time off, 11 federal holidays, short/long-term disability, 401k matching, and opportunities for professional development.

www.grantleadingtechnology.com

• Grant Leading Technology is an “equal opportunity employer”. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to those who are unable to utilize our online application system due to a disability. Please email recruiting@grantleadingtechnology.com with the subject line “Accommodation”