Vice President of Program Delivery- HHS & Other Fed. Agencies

As the Vice President of Program Delivery, you will oversee a portfolio of complex, multi-year contracts across HHS and other federal agencies, ensuring exceptional delivery, customer satisfaction, and mission impact. You will lead technical and operational teams, drive execution excellence, and serve as a key member of the executive leadership team guiding growth and strategy.

Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Oversight

• Define and implement a unified program delivery strategy aligned with corporate growth objectives, technical innovation goals, and client mission outcomes.
• Oversee a diverse portfolio of contracts at HHS and other federal agencies, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery across programs.
• Serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, contributing to strategic planning, revenue forecasting, and operational readiness.
• Translate strategic initiatives into executable delivery frameworks with clearly defined technical and operational milestones, leveraging Agile practices including SAFe, Scrum, and Scrumban where appropriate.

Program Governance & Execution

• Provide oversight for all contracts and programs in your portfolio, ensuring alignment with contractual requirements, schedule adherence, and performance expectations.
• Lead program reviews, risk assessments, and delivery audits to ensure technical quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
• Approve and guide project artifacts such as system architectures, implementation roadmaps, QA plans, and change control strategies.

Technical Team Leadership

• Provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary technical teams, including solution architects, cloud engineers, data scientists, developers, and cybersecurity professionals.
• Guide the technical execution of projects, ensuring that delivery teams follow best practices in Agile (SAFe, Scrum, Scrumban), DevSecOps, cloud engineering, and secure software development.
• Serve as an escalation point for technical issues, helping teams troubleshoot and resolve challenges quickly and effectively.
• Partner with technical leads to drive technical innovation, ensure the right technology choices, and maintain high engineering standards.

Client & Partner Engagement

• Act as the executive liaison for strategic clients across HHS and other agencies, maintaining ongoing communication and ensuring satisfaction with both technical execution and overall delivery.
• Lead client discussions on solution design, system modernization, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture when required.
• Manage subcontractors and partners delivering technical components of the work, ensuring coordination, accountability, and delivery quality.

Resource & Capacity Management

• Oversee enterprise-wide resource planning, balancing technical and non-technical staff assignments across your contract portfolio to meet evolving requirements.
• Work closely with HR and recruiting to hire, develop, and retain high-performing delivery staff and technical experts.
• Ensure technical team members are properly trained, certified, and onboarded to meet both internal quality standards and client-specific requirements.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Define, track, and report technical and programmatic KPIs across your portfolio of contracts, including system performance, uptime, security posture, and delivery milestones.
• Provide executive-level reports on program health, staffing allocations, technical challenges, and client satisfaction.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure delivery teams follow applicable standards and frameworks such as NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, Section 508, ISO, and CMMI.
• Monitor technical and operational risks and lead the implementation of mitigation strategies and contingency plans.

Business Development Support

• Support capture and proposal development by contributing to technical solutioning, delivery strategy, staffing plans, and pricing.
• Lead transition-in planning for new contracts and provide support on recompetes through lessons learned and performance documentation.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across delivery teams, using Agile frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, and Scrumban to optimize flow and delivery.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools, technologies, and frameworks to increase delivery efficiency and technical capabilities.
• Promote cross-program knowledge sharing and support Centers of Excellence (COEs) in areas such as Cloud, Data, Cybersecurity, and Agile Delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project/program management certification required.
• Formal experience leading teams and programs using Agile frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum, and Scrumban.
• 15 years of experience in program and contract delivery, including 10 years managing federal government programs.
• Proven track record of managing cross-functional technical and operational teams in the execution of complex, multi-year contracts.
• Deep knowledge of federal contracting, acquisition lifecycle, and agency mission delivery.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills with the ability to influence at all levels.