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Responsibilities & Qualifications

TekSynap is seeking an experienced **Program Vice President / Executive Sponsor**  to provide strategic leadership and executive oversight for a large-scale Department of Energy (DOE) program supporting a national laboratory environment.

This role ensures mission alignment, operational excellence, and effective collaboration across all technical and administrative areas—spanning IT service delivery, cybersecurity, and infrastructure management.

You will guide overall program strategy, performance accountability, and executive relationships supporting advanced research and technology operations within a highly secure, scientific environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Provide executive oversight and direction for DOE program operations, ensuring objectives and deliverables align with contract and mission priorities.

+ Serve as the principal executive liaison between TekSynap, DOE stakeholders, and laboratory leadership.

+ Oversee integration of IT, cybersecurity, and operational services supporting scientific, research, and enterprise systems.

+ Lead program governance, risk management, and quality assurance initiatives to ensure compliant and effective delivery.

+ Conduct executive-level briefings, performance reviews, and strategic planning sessions.

+ Collaborate with program and site leadership to maintain workforce readiness, training compliance, and mission continuity.

+ Champion workforce development, ensuring personnel maintain required skill levels, foundational technical competencies, and customer service excellence.

+ Promote cross-functional collaboration across IT service, systems engineering, and research computing environments.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

+ Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive program or executive management experience supporting DOE, federal, or large enterprise IT programs.

+ Proven success managing complex, multi-disciplinary programs in scientific or high-security environments.

+ Experience with performance-based and cost-plus contract structures.

Certifications

+ PMP, PgMP, or DAU Level III Program Management certification preferred.

+ ITIL v3 or v4 Foundations certification required

Training

+ Must complete intermediate-level customer service or service management training (HDI or equivalent).

Clearance

+ Public trust required, DOE Q or Secret Clearance preferred.

Overview

TekSynap is seeking an experienced **Program Vice President / Executive Sponsor**  to support Department of Energy.

TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

Visit us at www.TekSynap.com .

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Additional Job Information

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals withdisabilities to perform the essential functions.

+ **Additional Job Information**

+ **Location:**  Lemont, IL or Batavia, IL (or similar DOE site)

+ **Environment:**  Office / Hybrid

+ **Schedule:**  Monday–Friday; may require occasional travel or after-hours support.

+ **Travel:**  10–15%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employeeis regularly required touse hands tohandle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talkandhear. The employeeis regularly required tostand;walk;sit;climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employeeis regularly required tolift upto 10 pounds. The employee isfrequentlyrequired tolift upto 25pounds;and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

Citizenship: US Citizen

+ **Work Authorization:**  U.S. Citizen; DOE public trust, Q or Secret Clearance

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.Duties,responsibilitiesand activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

In order toprovide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, geneticinformationor any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

**Job Locations** _US-IL-Chicago_

**ID** _2025-8585_

**Category** _Management_

**Type** _Regular Full-Time_