Deputy Program Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $160k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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C5MI

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2016

💼 Consulting

🏢 Enterprise

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Enterprise • Logistics

C5MI is a supply‑chain transformation and systems implementation firm that operationalizes SAP enterprise systems for real‑time execution. The company focuses on implementing and sustaining SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management), and SAP TM (Transportation Management), and builds end‑to‑end solutions that connect digital core systems to Industry 4. 0 technologies (digital manufacturing, AMRs/AGVs, RFID, digital twins) and AI/automation to improve visibility, adaptability, predictability and autonomy across warehouses and distribution networks. C5MI offers program and project management, an Automation Center of Excellence, federal contract support, and cloud/partner integrations (Google Vertex AI, UiPath AI Center, Zebra RFID, Kinexon, etc. ) to drive supply chain resilience, operational clarity, and execution at scale.

📋 Description

• Lead day-to-day execution of a large-scale, greenfield SAP S/4HANA financial management modernization program for a Department of War organization • Assume Program Director responsibilities and decision authority during the director’s absence • Lead and develop the program management office across nine financial process areas • Direct project managers, integrated master schedulers, project controls analysts, and agile delivery leadership • Own the integrated master schedule, critical path analysis, dependency management, and schedule risk assessment • Manage the program risk and issue register, mitigation planning, ownership, burn-down tracking, and escalation • Manage workstream-level cost performance, forecasts, variance explanations, and estimates at completion • Direct production, quality review, and on-time delivery of CDRL deliverables, monthly status reports, and milestone artifacts • Govern staffing, onboarding, clearance processing, resource ramp plans, and utilization management • Coordinate subcontractors and teaming partners, including statements of work, deliverable acceptance, invoicing review, and schedule integration • Establish the program operating rhythm, including stand-ups, sprint and increment planning, program management reviews, change control boards, and government working groups • Prepare and lead milestone gate reviews through design, production readiness, and closeout • Monitor performance against the performance work statement and quality assurance surveillance plan, driving corrective action • Coordinate cutover, go-live, and hypercare planning with release management, functional delivery, and data migration leadership • Set performance expectations, coach employees, conduct evaluations, and address performance or conduct issues • Develop employees through mentoring, training, stretch assignments, and succession planning • Foster an inclusive, respectful, high-performing team environment • Plan and prioritize work, manage staffing, and escalate resource risks • Apply company policies and employment practices and partner with HR on employee relations • Communicate decisions and changes and align stakeholders across matrixed, cross-functional, and client environments • Adhere to company policies, core values, security policies, and confidentiality requirements

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or 14–18 years of professional experience and 8–11 years of people leadership experience without a degree • 10–15 years of professional experience and 5–8 years of people leadership experience with a Bachelor’s degree • People leadership experience must include managing other people leaders • 8+ years of federal program or project management experience, including defense programs with formal milestone review and government acceptance processes • Experience as a deputy program manager, delivery manager, or equivalent senior delivery leader on an enterprise system implementation • Experience leading a program management office with direct supervision of project managers, schedulers, and project controls personnel • Proficiency in integrated master schedule development and management, critical path analysis, and schedule risk assessment • Experience managing formal risk registers, corrective action plans, and government-facing status reporting • Experience with Agile and traditional waterfall/hybrid delivery methodologies in a regulated environment • Experience coordinating subcontractors and teaming partners on a multi-vendor delivery team • PMP certification or equivalent program management certification required • Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one prior to assignment; requires U.S. citizenship • Ability to travel up to 50% to client sites • Master’s degree is a plus • Experience delivering SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA implementations in a federal or defense environment is a plus • Experience with SAP Activate, fit-to-standard, and clean-core approaches is a plus • SAFe Agilist, SAFe Release Train Engineer, or equivalent scaled agile certification is a plus • Familiarity with FIAR, DoD 7000.14-R, and FFMIA is a plus • Experience with earned value management systems such as ANSI/EIA-748 is a plus • Experience supporting CDRL and DID deliverable production is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical coverage • Dental coverage • Vision coverage • Life insurance • Long-term disability coverage • 401(k) plan • Bonus opportunities • Paid holidays • Paid time off • Personal development support • Reasonable accommodation for disability or religious observance