Analysis Skills, Applicant Tracking System, Candidate Pipeline, Communication Skills, Decision Support, Defense Intelligence, Emerging Technology, Fortune 500 Customers, Government, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Metrics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Professional Services, Recruiting Strategy, Requirements Management, Risk, Sales Pipeline, Scalable System Development, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Staff Requirements, Team Player, Time Management, Top Secret Clearance, Workforce Management, Workforce Planning, Writing Skills
Description
SAIC is seeking a Strategic Workforce Manager for the Vanguard program to work in a mission-facing workforce leadership role responsible for proactively managing staffing strategy, workforce planning, and partner engagementacross a complex intelligence program. This role requires independent judgment, direct engagement with mission stakeholders, and ownership of staffing artifacts that support mission execution, revenue realization, and client confidence.
The Strategic Workforce Manager serves as a key interface between mission leads, program leadership, Talent Acquisition, and subcontractor partners to ensure workforce solutions are aligned with evolving mission requirements and program priorities.
This position is located in Chantilly, VA and requires an active TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Proactively engage mission leads and program stakeholders to understand evolving mission requirements and translate them into staffing strategies, role definitions, and skill requirements.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of work performed across the IDIQ program to support workforce planning and execution.
- Anticipate staffing needs, attrition risk, and growth opportunities and develop forward-looking staffing roadmaps.
- Develop, own, and maintain authoritative staffing artifacts, including program footprints/placemats, staffing trackers, and workforce planning templates.
- Produce regular staffing metrics and reports to support leadership decision-making and program oversight.
- Maintain a proactive pipeline of qualified candidates, including a centralized repository of pre-screened internal and subcontractor resumes.
- Ensure timely backfilling of billable positions to minimize operational and revenue impact.
- Coordinate interviews with appropriate mission or team leads and ensure candidates are screened against clearly defined mission requirements.
- Engage subcontractors as strategic partners aligned to mission needs and long-term teaming objectives.
- Foster collaborative relationships that support immediate staffing needs and future growth opportunities.
Qualifications- Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.
- 6+ years of experience in workforce management, staffing strategy, recruiting operations, program operations, or a related field in a mission-driven or complex environment.
- Demonstrated experience engaging senior stakeholders and translating requirements into execution plans.
- Strong analytical skills, including experience developing and maintaining staffing metrics, trackers, and reports.
- Experience working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and workforce planning tools.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience supporting large IDIQ or mission-critical government programs.
- Experience working in subcontractor-heavy staffing environments.
- Demonstrated success building scalable staffing processes, templates, and reporting mechanisms.
- Experience supporting intelligence or defense customers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills suitable for leadership and client audiences.
Overview
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.S
Science Applications International Corporation
SAIC is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's digital transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.
We are a team of 26,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.