Program Manager in New York at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Program Manager based in the United States.

The Program Manager will provide strategic leadership and end-to-end execution oversight for a large federal cybersecurity program.
This role will coordinate multidisciplinary teams spanning cybersecurity, cloud security, security architecture, engineering, compliance, DevSecOps, artificial intelligence, and modernization.
You will serve as a key interface between contractor teams and senior government stakeholders, translating priorities and requirements into actionable plans.
The position combines program governance, technical coordination, resource management, risk mitigation, and executive-level reporting.
You will oversee schedules, deliverables, staffing, dependencies, security requirements, and contract performance across a complex environment.
Success requires strong cybersecurity knowledge, exceptional program management capabilities, and the ability to make informed decisions across competing priorities.
This is an opportunity to contribute to initiatives that strengthen enterprise security, reduce risk, and protect critical systems and information.

• Provide overall program and contract management leadership across cybersecurity architecture, engineering, operations, modernization, cloud security, and technical support activities.
• Serve as a primary management interface with Contracting Officers, Contracting Officer’s Representatives, government program managers, security leadership, and other senior stakeholders.
• Translate government requirements, priorities, tasking, and customer expectations into actionable work plans, assignments, schedules, technical direction, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams covering cybersecurity, cloud security, architecture, engineering, risk and compliance, DevSecOps, artificial intelligence, cryptography, documentation, and related technical disciplines.
• Oversee IT and cloud design, security, development, systems engineering, implementation, and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure program execution remains aligned with federal security, cybersecurity, cloud, Assessment and Authorization, and Authority to Operate requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously update the Contractor Project Management Plan, work breakdown structure, schedules, resource assignments, dependencies, milestones, risks, and project baseline.
• Monitor program performance against approved baselines and coordinate corrective actions when deviations occur.
• Manage schedules, contract activities, milestones, reviews, and deliverables to ensure timely and compliant completion.
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate program risks, issues, dependencies, constraints, and impediments, including staffing, technical, security, schedule, and delivery risks.
• Establish resolution plans for outstanding issues, assign responsible parties, monitor progress, and escalate significant concerns appropriately.
• Produce and coordinate weekly progress reports, project management reports, monthly progress reports, leadership briefings, metrics, information papers, and other program deliverables.
• Ensure program reporting accurately reflects completed and planned work, milestones, risks, level of effort, schedule changes, deliverable status, and deviations from the approved plan.
• Gather, validate, and analyze program data and metrics to support government leadership tasking and executive decision-making.
• Schedule and lead recurring program status meetings, coordinate weekly meetings with government stakeholders, and ensure decisions, actions, issues, and follow-up items are documented and tracked through completion.
• Maintain transparent and consistent communication regarding program status, risks, changes, dependencies, and outstanding issues.
• Coordinate activities across technical teams and ensure dependencies between architecture, engineering, compliance, modernization, documentation, and operational workstreams are effectively managed.
• Monitor the quality and status of contract deliverables and coordinate corrective action when products do not meet schedule, quality, format, or government requirements.
• Track required Information and Communication Technology and Electronic and Information Technology deliverables, including applicable Section 508 conformance requirements.
• Ensure cybersecurity initiatives, technology scouting, innovation efforts, solution discovery, briefings, white papers, and technical activities are appropriately reflected in program reporting.
• Oversee resource planning and staffing across labor categories, maintaining the contract Staffing Plan and Contractor Staff Roster.
• Coordinate recruiting, onboarding, substitutions, and offboarding while ensuring assigned personnel meet experience, education, certification, background investigation, and access requirements.
• Monitor required training and certification completion, including privacy, information security awareness, Rules of Behavior, role-based training, and professional certifications.
• Coordinate Government Furnished Equipment assignment, authorization, tracking, reporting, and return, ensuring access is provided only to appropriately authorized personnel.
• Oversee the program’s approved SharePoint or document repository and ensure documentation, deliverables, work products, and other artifacts remain organized, controlled, and accessible to authorized stakeholders.
• Support configuration management, change management, documentation management, and knowledge transfer across the program.
• Coordinate with technical leadership and specialized subject matter experts on security architecture, cloud security, risk, engineering, emerging technologies, and modernization initiatives.
• Support federal Assessment and Authorization and Authority to Operate activities by coordinating technical resources, documentation, schedules, dependencies, and stakeholder activities.
• Make informed trade-off decisions involving scope, schedule, resources, risk, technical complexity, and government priorities while maintaining alignment with cybersecurity objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure program execution contributes to a stronger enterprise cybersecurity posture.

• Minimum of 10 years of information security experience, including at least 5 years of cybersecurity and cloud security experience supporting a large government agency comparable in size and scope to the General Services Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Defense, or Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Extensive expertise in program and project management, security architecture, and security engineering, with the ability to translate customer requirements into clear technical direction for delivery teams.
• Proven experience managing IT and cloud design, security, software development, systems engineering, and implementation efforts.
• Strong knowledge of security solutions within federal government and/or commercial environments.
• Extensive experience supporting federal Assessment and Authorization and Authority to Operate activities.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity architecture and engineering requirements, authorizations, Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, and Risk Management Framework processes.
• Strong understanding of federal cybersecurity policies, processes, standards, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical and program information clearly to both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, make informed trade-offs, resolve complex issues, and maintain delivery momentum in a highly regulated environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Resource Management, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Professional certifications such as Project Management Professional, CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner/SecurityX, Certified Chief Information Security Officer, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Security Manager, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, Global Certified Enterprise Defender, Global Certified Incident Handler, Global Security Leadership Certification, or Cisco Certified Network Professional Security are preferred.
• Selected candidates will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote environment and accommodate occasional on-site requirements.

• Salary range of $86,896.38–$130,000 USD, with final compensation determined based on factors including responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, market data, and applicable requirements.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Voluntary life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays.
• Telehealth services.
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Travel assistance resources.
• Opportunity to lead complex federal cybersecurity, cloud modernization, and security engineering initiatives.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary technical teams and senior government stakeholders.
• Opportunity to contribute to initiatives designed to strengthen enterprise security and protect critical information and systems.