Technical Director

Description

JOB DUTIES

• Serve as the primary technical authority for the program, responsible for overall technical strategy, roadmaps, and execution.
• Lead the design, development, integration, and deployment of complex systems and solutions in alignment with customer requirements, enterprise standards, and best practices.
• Oversee technical baselines, architecture decisions, and system design reviews; chair or participate in Technical Review Boards (TRBs) and Engineering Review Boards (ERBs) as required.
• Translate customer requirements and operational needs into technical architectures, implementation plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to engineering and development teams, including systems engineers, software developers, cybersecurity engineers, and other specialists.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks; develop COAs (courses of action) and trade studies to support informed decision-making.
• Ensure that all technical solutions comply with relevant standards, security policies, configuration management practices, and quality processes.
• Collaborate closely with Program Manager(s) on planning, schedule, staffing, and resource allocation to ensure technical work is executable and aligned to cost/schedule constraints.
• Engage routinely with customer stakeholders to communicate technical status, issues, and recommendations; lead technical briefings and design reviews.
• Drive innovation through evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies that improve performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
• Support business development and capture activities as the technical lead, including solution shaping, ROM and BOE development, and proposal technical volumes/orals.
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of program-wide engineering processes, standards, and best practices

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must have an Active Secret Clearance at start.
• 5 years of experience as a personnel manager, Deputy PM, Technical Lead or Project Manager on contracts of a team of similar size, scope and complexity.
• PMP Certification.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication – Oral and Written.
• Proficient with Microsoft applications and programs (Visio, Project, Publisher, SharePoint, Outlook, Excel).
• Comprehensive and thorough knowledge of: Best Practices Studies, Business Case Analysis, Creative Problem Solving, Decision Briefing, Project Management Processes, Project Activity Implementation, and Risk Management, Strategic Planning.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience with DoD Tactical Networks.
• Financial management and Financial Planning.
• Operational or analytic production experience.
• Knowledge of: Change management, Facilitation, Organizational Assessment, Process Modeling, Business Planning, Business Process Reengineering, Consensus Building, Organizational Restructure, Design, and Implementation, Project Management Processes, Data Modeling, and Benchmarking/metrics.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly ramp up to support customer’s needs, clearly communicate (orally and written) ideas, take initiative to provide creative solutions to challenges and/or systemic problems.