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Deputy Program Manager

SAIC

Annapolis Junction, MDJob$140–180K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$140–180K/yr
Location
Annapolis Junction, MD
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Deputy Program Manager to provide management, direction, staffing, and leadership support across multiple Intelligence Community programs. The role serves as the primary point of contact and provides portfolio accountability, with work across multiple CONUS and OCONUS sites and travel as required. The position supports government interfaces, personnel oversight, program planning, financial management, and staffing execution.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program Management, nice to haveFinancial Management, nice to haveBudget Tracking, nice to haveExpenditure Forecasting, nice to haveCost Control, nice to haveStaffing Strategy, nice to haveRecruitment, nice to haveOnboarding, nice to haveRetention, nice to haveTeam Management, requiredClassified Environment Oversight, required

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI, requiredAbility to Obtain Polygraph, requiredBachelor's in Business Administration, Program Management, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, Engineering, or Related Field, required14+ Years Related Experience, required7+ Years IC, DoD, or National Security Program Management Support, required5+ Years Managing Multidisciplinary Teams, requiredMaster's in Business Administration, Program Management, or Related Field, nice to havePMP or PgMP Certification, nice to have

Full job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Deputy Program Manager (DPM) to provide management, direction, staffing and leadership support for all contractor activities performed under multiple Intelligence Community programs. This position is the primary point of contact and will provide accountability across the program portfolio.

Work is performed on multiple sites in CONUS/OCONUS location with travel as required.

The Deputy Program Manager will be responsible for:

  • Serving as contractor interface to the Government CO, COR, and leadership for contractual, financial, technical, and programmatic matters.

  • Providing management support and oversight of contractor and subcontractor personnel across all program functional areas.

  • Support developing and executing program management plans covering scope, cost, schedule, risk, quality, and communications across the full period of performance.

  • Support management of contract financials, including budget tracking, expenditure forecasting, and cost control.

  • Support staffing strategy and execution, including recruitment, onboarding, retention, and surge staffing of TS/SCI CI and FS Polygraph-cleared personnel.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Education

  • Active TS/SCI is required to be considered for this role

  • Ability to obtain a polygraph is required

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Program Management, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, Engineering, or a related field.

  • 14+ years of overall related experience

  • Seven (7) years of experience providing management support on programs within the IC, DoD, or a closely related national security environment.

  • Five (5) years of experience managing multi-disciplinary teams, including direct oversight of personnel in a classified environment.

Desired:

  • Master's degree in Business Administration, Program Management, or related field.

  • PMP or PgMP certification.

Target salary range: $140,001 - $180,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618933

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

How this job compares

Set against the 10,805 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$140–180K/yr
  • Maryland median$125–198K/yr233 salary ranges
  • US median$126–202K/yr8,293 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $160K, is close to the Maryland median midpoint ($162K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 320 open Program Management jobs in Maryland and 10,805 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 14 years of experience — more than three in four Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,318 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,860 of the 10,805 open Program Management jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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