Senior Program Manager - DCPDS

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Description

Senior Program Manager - DCPDS

Leidos is seeking an accomplished Senior Program Manager (PM) to lead the operation, sustainment, modernization, and lifecycle management of the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System (DCPDS), a mission-critical enterprise human resources platform supporting Department of Defense and non-DoD organizations. The DCPDS program provides operational support, maintenance, versioning, upgrades, modernization, and continuous improvement across a complex suite of enterprise HR applications and supporting environments. The program supports DoD Components including the Air Force, Army, Navy, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and National Guard, as well as non-DoD customers including the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

The environment includes DCPDS production, SQT environments and on production environments as well as Reduced Sign-On (RSO), MyBiz+, MyPerformance, Corporate Management Information System (CMIS), Current Record Mart (CRM/NDCRM), SAP Business Intelligence/Business Objects (BOBJ), External Interface Transfer System (EXITS), and associated interfaces, databases, infrastructure, cybersecurity, test, and support capabilities.

Success requires more than traditional program management. The DCPDS PM must be a mission-focused, technically credible leader who can integrate operations, application sustainment, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, modernization, contractual, and financial priorities while maintaining strong customer confidence and positioning the program for continued growth and future modernization.

WORK LOCATION: Remote but MUST be in driving distance of the Mark Center in Alexandria

Primary Responsibilities & Measures of Success

Lead Overall DCPDS Program Performance

Provide leadership and accountability for all aspects of DCPDS program execution, including application operations and sustainment, infrastructure, cybersecurity, development, testing, modernization, contractual performance, financial performance, workforce management, schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Organize, direct, and manage multiple complex and interrelated technical and operational workstreams performed across contractor, subcontractor, Government, and partner organizations. Establish clear priorities, accountability, performance expectations, and decision authority across the program.

Ensure program activities, task plans, deliverables, staffing, schedules, and costs remain aligned to contractual requirements and customer mission priorities.

Success looks like: DCPDS operational, technical, contractual, financial, and schedule commitments are consistently achieved; ownership is clear across the organization; and emerging risks are addressed before they materially affect mission delivery or customer confidence.

Serve as the Accountable customer and Contract Interface

Serve as Leidos' senior program authority and primary interface with Government program leadership, contracting officials, and key mission stakeholders.

Maintain trusted relationships with senior customer leadership through transparency, consistent communication, technical credibility, and delivery of commitments. Provide accurate, decision-ready information and early visibility into risks, issues, tradeoffs, dependencies, and emerging requirements.

Translate complex technical and operational issues into understandable mission, schedule, financial, contractual, and risk implications for senior decision-makers.

Success looks like: Government leadership understands where the program stands, receives timely and actionable recommendations, and experiences with no avoidable surprises.

Integrate DCPDS Operations, Sustainment and Modernization

Lead the lifecycle management of DCPDS and its supporting applications, infrastructure, databases, interfaces, test environments, and cybersecurity capabilities.

Ensure effective integration across application sustainment, systems engineering, infrastructure operations, database administration, interfaces, testing, release management, cybersecurity, help desk, and modernization initiatives.

Balance modernization and improvement activities with the need to maintain the stability, availability, security, and performance of ongoing production operations.

Drive continuous improvement through adoption of industry best practices, automation, DevSecOps, improved testing, technical debt reduction, operational efficiencies, and modernization of legacy capabilities.

Success looks like: Sustainment and modernization activities are executed without compromising operational stability, security, or customer mission needs, and DCPDS continues to evolve while maintaining reliable service delivery.

Drive Disciplined Execution, Risk Management and Governance

Establish and maintain a disciplined program operating model that creates visibility, predictability, and accountability across all functional areas.

Manage integrated schedules, program metrics, staffing, actions, decisions, risks, issues, financial performance, contractual deliverables, and executive reporting.

Identify and mitigate technical, operational, cybersecurity, financial, contractual, schedule, workforce, and organizational risks. Escalate significant concerns early and drive cross-functional decisions to resolution.

Ensure program leadership and functional leads clearly understand responsibilities, dependencies, priorities, and expected outcomes.

Success looks like: Risks are surfaced early, decisions are timely, commitments are measurable, and the program minimizes avoidable rework, cost growth, schedule impacts, production disruptions, and customer escalations.

Own Financial, Contractual Performance, and Workforce Performance

Maintain accountability for program financial performance, staffing, labor utilization, subcontractor execution, funding, scope, schedule, and…