Description

　　SAIC is looking for an experienced Innovation Manager with an active TS/SCI Eligibility who is local to the Greater Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. The successful candidate will have a history of supporting acceleration programs on behalf of the Department of Defense, specifically focused on Zero Trust, AI/ML, and cybersecurity. We will be offering a competitive compensation package, to include flextime.

　　An innovation manager is an employee whose responsibilities focus on the development of new products, services or processes . IT innovation is the lifeblood of the technology industry. It's the driving force that propels employees toward new discoveries, methodologies, products and services.

　　The selected candidate is expected to provide leadership and management of the collaborative roadmap to be developed and periodically refined for the end client. The best candidate for this work will be creative and driven to success with demonstrated experience. SAIC is looking for a bright mind that can spot inefficiencies while delivering high performance, under budget and continuously raising the moral of the team.

　　DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:

　　· Develop strategic goals and objectives and oversee teams planning, implementing and realigning operational strategies to maintain a customer focused IT environment.

　　· Overall management of acceleration roadmap tasks performed under contract, to include all delegated programmatic and operational requirements identified as part of the scope of work.

　　· Act as the contract’s technical liaison for innovation (i.e. AI/ML, Zero Trust, and cloud).

　　· Review, refine, and/or develop a realistic but expedited roadmap to support short-turn solutions without sabotaging long-term success for the end client.

　　O THER DUTIES INCLUDE :

　　· Building and maintaining working relationships with high level DoD stakeholders, worldwide team members, and corporate partners.

　　· Seeking opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation to achieve cost savings and program efficiencies across contract boundaries.

　　· Support on contract growth, as appropriate, in close coordination with Business Development.

　　· Other tasks and duties assigned as necessary to meet the requirements of successful Task Order execution.

　　Qualifications

　　REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

　　· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, AI/ML or related field; Master’s Degree in related field can be substituted for 3 years’ experience, or relevant experience and combination of experience and education.

　　· Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

　　· Minimum eight (9) years’ experience in support of the development of large-scale digitalization, Zero Trust, or relevant innovation roadmaps.

　　REQUIRED CERTS AND SKILLS:

　　· Demonstrated project and/or contract management skills to successfully manage a high-performing team providing system engineering and technical services across geographically dispersed project locations.

　　· Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability and willingness to initiate and manage relationships across the organizations and manage relationships across the customer leadership team

　　DESIRED SKILLS:

　　· NORTHCOM, NORAD experience preferred.

　　Target salary range: $175,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

　　Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.REQNUMBER: 2401175

　　SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation’s most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability