Program Manager

United States - Remotefull timeRemote

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senior

$87k–$158k

H1B: no

9thwayinsignia Program Manager at 9th Way Insignia leads cybersecurity program and contract management for federal customers. The role ensures alignment of program activities, resources, schedules, risks, and deliverables with contract requirements and government priorities.

Responsibilities

Provide overall program and contract management leadership for cybersecurity architecture, engineering, operations, modernization, and support activities.
Serve as a primary management interface with the Contracting Officer, Contracting Officer’s Representative, VA Program Manager, OIS/COSE leadership, and other Government stakeholders.
Translate Government requirements, priorities, tasking, and customer expectations into actionable work plans, assignments, schedules, and technical direction for the contractor team.
Lead multidisciplinary teams supporting cybersecurity, cloud security, architecture, engineering, risk and compliance, DevSecOps, AI, cryptography, documentation, and related technical functions.
Manage the planning and execution of IT and cloud design, security, development, systems engineering, and implementation efforts.
Ensure program execution remains aligned with approved Federal security, cybersecurity, cloud, A&A, and Authority to Operate requirements.
Develop, maintain, and update the Contractor Project Management Plan (CPMP) throughout the period of performance.
Establish and maintain the program’s work breakdown structure, activity lists, resource assignments, schedules, dependencies, interdependencies, milestones, risks, and project baseline.
Monitor program performance against the approved baseline and identify deviations requiring corrective action or Government coordination.
Manage program schedules and ensure contract activities, milestones, reviews, and deliverables are completed within required timeframes.
Identify, assess, track, and manage program risks, issues, dependencies, constraints, and impediments.
Develop and coordinate mitigation plans for schedule, staffing, technical, performance, security, and delivery risks.

Qualification

Expertise in project managementExpertise in Federal policiesPMP$86Clearance/Background Investigation

Required

Minimum of 10 years of Information Security Experience of which at least 5 years are of Cybersecurity and Cloud Security experience at a large Government agency similar in size/scope to GSA, IRS, DoD or VA.
Expertise in project management, security architecture and security engineering with ability to translate customer requirements and relay them to the team.
Expertise in managing IT and Cloud design, security, development, systems engineering, and implementation efforts.
Expertise in security solutions in federal and/or commercial industry.
Expertise with Federal A&A and Authority to Operate (ATO) activities.
Expertise in cybersecurity architecture and engineering requirements and authorizations (FedRAMP/RMF)
Expertise in Federal policies, processes, and standards.

Preferred

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Resource Management, or related fields.
PMP, CASP+ (SecurityX), CCISO, CISA, CISM, CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, GCED, GCIH, GSLC, CCNP Security
$86,896.38—$158,000 USD
9th Way Insignia’s range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Clearance/Background Investigation
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.