Transition Manager

Responsibilities for this Position Location: USA TX Home Office (TXHOME)
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ175872 Type of Requisition:
Pipeline Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None Suitability: Public Trust/Other Required:
None Job Family:
Project/Task Management Job Qualifications: Skills:
Cloud Technology, Information Technology Operations, Project Management, Transition Management, Transition Services
Certifications: Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No Job Description:
Transform technology into opportunity as a Transition Manager with GDIT, where you'll sustain and enhance the systems that matter most to our clients, be at the forefront of innovation, and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate as we provide enterprise IT operations and maintenance (O&M) services for a government Cloud Management program. At the most critical moments of change, we're there - bringing the resources, solutions, and expertise to help our clients take on some of the world's biggest challenges - and GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join a best performing team supporting one of our nation's most exciting public sector cloud management programs. With a career in Information Technology at GDIT, you make the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Transition Manager (Project/Task Senior Manager), you will serve in the role of Transition leader where you will have overall accountability for delivery of the successful transition from contract execution through commencement of services, and through completion and customer acceptance of all Transition Deliverables. Our work depends on an experienced transition manager to support minimal disruption to government operations, as well as providing the valuable tools and information necessary to assume services. The ideal Transition Manager projects high energy, strong customer facing interpersonal skills and possesses attention to detail in a time-bound schedule to complete the transition on time and within budget. HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: Define and assume responsibility for the team of technical and functional professionals to complete overall transition activities. Ensure the effective transfer to service operations. Chair and represent the team in Service Readiness Reviews. Ensure that all plans and policies are in place for all agreed upon services. Own services transition processes to ensure these are communicated and followed throughout the IT function. Oversee and support the delivery of key requirements through the transition by providing ongoing support and expertise. Ensure all processes comply with internal security and technology standards. Provide technical, administrative, and operational management to assigned projects or task(s), including contract and subcontractor management. Participate in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, schedules and task order and administrative reporting. May perform high level technical services on assigned task(s) Conduct planning and provides recommendations to client on task workload. Works in conjunction with PMO to ensure that risks and issues are identified and addressed timely. Attend customer meetings and may serve as client liaison. Interact with vendors, other agencies, and other client staff and stakeholders. Work in conjunction with PMO to ensure development and on time delivery of deliverables and products. Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned. Manage a medium to large team or department of multiple disciplines. WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED Education: BA or work experience Required Experience: 8+ years of related experience. Required Technical Skills: experience with large scale, enterprise IT system O&M, and transition programs; experience defining teams and services to meet contractual SLA's, experience working with cloud technologies and supporting foundational architecture technologies. Required Skills and Abilities: ability to understand high-risk, high-impact, large-scale, complex systems; strong communication skills and an ability to articulate needs and service descriptions to both technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Skills: strong, proven experience working within successful transition management, service delivery and operations management teams; expertise with large scale, enterprise IT system management and monitoring, service delivery, service desk, software and hardware modernization, development, and/or testing efforts; expertise in infrastructure, networking, database, application and system security, and/or web technologies; ability to identify project risks, perform high level research by talking to team and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), and develop a mitigation plan; ability to run the project meetings and motivate teams to complete tasks on schedule; certifications - ITIL v3 or v4, Foundation or better
Location: Hybrid or remote with travel. Expect to be on site 25% to 50% in Austin, TX during transition.
Timeline: This is a contingent position that is expected to start by January 2025. GDIT IS YOUR PLACE: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home. 401K with company match Comprehensive health and wellness packages Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications. Cutting-edge technology you can learn from Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.
The likely salary range for this position is $120,700 - $163,300. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40 Travel Required:
25-50% Telecommuting Options:
Remote Work Location:
Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.





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Transform technology into opportunity as a Transition Manager with GDIT, where you'll sustain and enhance the systems that matter most to our clients, be at the forefront of innovation, and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate as we provide enterprise IT operations and maintenance (O&M) services for a government Cloud Management program. At the most critical moments of change, we're there - bringing the resources, solutions, and expertise to help our clients take on some of the world's biggest challenges - and GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join a best performing team supporting one of our nation's most exciting public sector cloud management programs. With a career in Information Technology at GDIT, you make the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.


At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Transition Manager (Project/Task Senior Manager), you will serve in the role of Transition leader where you will have overall accountability for delivery of the successful transition from contract execution through commencement of services, and through completion and customer acceptance of all Transition Deliverables. Our work depends on an experienced transition manager to support minimal disruption to government operations, as well as providing the valuable tools and information necessary to assume services. The ideal Transition Manager projects high energy, strong customer facing interpersonal skills and possesses attention to detail in a time-bound schedule to complete the transition on time and within budget.



HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: Define and assume responsibility for the team of technical and functional professionals to complete overall transition activities. Ensure the effective transfer to service operations. Chair and represent the team in Service Readiness Reviews. Ensure that all plans and policies are in place for all agreed upon services. Own services transition processes to ensure these are communicated and followed throughout the IT function. Oversee and support the delivery of key requirements through the transition by providing ongoing support and expertise. Ensure all processes comply with internal security and technology standards. Provide technical, administrative, and operational management to assigned projects or task(s), including contract and subcontractor management. Participate in the development of technical project plans, proposals, reports, schedules and task order and administrative reporting. May perform high level technical services on assigned task(s) Conduct planning and provides recommendations to client on task workload. Works in conjunction with PMO to ensure that risks and issues are identified and addressed timely. Attend customer meetings and may serve as client liaison. Interact with vendors, other agencies, and other client staff and stakeholders. Work in conjunction with PMO to ensure development and on time delivery of deliverables and products. Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned. Manage a medium to large team or department of multiple disciplines. WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED Education: BA or work experience Required Experience: 8+ years of related experience. Required Technical Skills: experience with large scale, enterprise IT system O&M, and transition programs; experience defining teams and services to meet contractual SLA's, experience working with cloud technologies and supporting foundational architecture technologies. Required Skills and Abilities: ability to understand high-risk, high-impact, large-scale, complex systems; strong communication skills and an ability to articulate needs and service descriptions to both technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Skills: strong, proven experience working within successful transition management, service delivery and operations management teams; expertise with large scale, enterprise IT system management and monitoring, service delivery, service desk, software and hardware modernization, development, and/or testing efforts; expertise in infrastructure, networking, database, application and system security, and/or web technologies; ability to identify project risks, perform high level research by talking to team and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), and develop a mitigation plan; ability to run the project meetings and motivate teams to complete tasks on schedule; certifications - ITIL v3 or v4, Foundation or better
Location: Hybrid or remote with travel. Expect to be on site 25% to 50% in Austin, TX during transition.


Timeline: This is a contingent position that is expected to start by January 2025.



GDIT IS YOUR PLACE: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home. 401K with company match Comprehensive health and wellness packages Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career. Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications. Cutting-edge technology you can learn from Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.


The likely salary range for this position is $120,700 - $163,300. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.



Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40



Travel Required:
25-50%



Telecommuting Options:
Remote



Work Location:
Any Location / Remote



Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.


We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.


We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.


GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.











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