[Remote] Program Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 9th Way Insignia is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business providing cybersecurity, cloud modernization, software development, data analytics, enterprise IT, process automation, and artificial intelligence solutions to government customers. The Program Manager will lead and oversee a VA cybersecurity program, managing contract execution, multidisciplinary teams, schedules, risks, resources, deliverables, stakeholder coordination, staffing, reporting, and alignment with Federal cybersecurity and Authority to Operate requirements.

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
• Proactively identify unresolved issues and establish resolution plans, responsible parties, and completion timelines
• Escalate significant risks or issues to Government leadership when appropriate while maintaining transparency and avoiding unnecessary escalation
• Manage and coordinate production of required Weekly Progress Reports, Project Management Reports, Monthly Progress Reports, leadership briefings, and other program-management deliverables
• Ensure program reporting accurately reflects completed work, planned work, problems, resolution status, milestones, level of effort, schedule changes, deliverable status, risks, and deviations from the CPMP
• Develop and coordinate weekly leadership briefing packages, including briefing slides, information papers, recommendations, supporting data, and program metrics
• Gather and validate program data and metrics needed to respond to Government leadership tasking and support executive decision-making
• Provide clear and concise program status information to both technical and executive stakeholders
• Schedule, lead, and coordinate recurring program status meetings and weekly meetings with VA OIS/COSE personnel
• Review the status of each task area, identify next steps, and communicate risks, impediments, urgent issues, and recommended mitigation actions
• Ensure decisions, actions, issues, pending deliverables, and follow-up items from program meetings are documented and tracked through completion
• Maintain regular communications with Government stakeholders to ensure program status, risks, changes, and outstanding issues remain transparent
• Coordinate activities across multiple technical teams and ensure dependencies between architecture, engineering, compliance, modernization, documentation, and operational activities are understood and managed
• Ensure technical leads and SMEs have clear requirements, priorities, schedules, and resources necessary to perform assigned work
• Monitor the status and quality of contract deliverables and coordinate corrective action when products do not meet schedule, quality, format, or Government requirements
• Track all required Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) deliverables, including applicable Section 508 conformance status
• Ensure cybersecurity initiatives, technology scouting, solution discovery, innovation activities, briefings, white papers, and technical efforts are reflected appropriately in program reporting
• Oversee resource planning and staffing across all labor categories required to execute the PWS
• Develop and maintain the contract Staffing Plan and Contractor Staff Roster
• Monitor filled and unfilled positions and coordinate timely recruiting, onboarding, substitutions, and offboarding activities
• Ensure personnel assigned to the program meet required experience, education, certification, background investigation, and access requirements
• Coordinate replacement of key personnel when required and minimize disruption to program performance
• Oversee personnel onboarding and offboarding processes and ensure staffing records remain accurate and current
• Monitor completion of required VA Privacy, Information Security Awareness, Rules of Behavior, role-based training, and professional certification requirements
• Ensure training and certification status is properly tracked and reported to VA
• Coordinate management of Government Furnished Equipment and ensure appropriate assignment, approval, tracking, reporting, and return of GFE
• Ensure Government-provided equipment and system access are allocated only to personnel with legitimate mission requirements and appropriate authorization
• Oversee creation and maintenance of the program’s Government-approved SharePoint or document repository for program documentation, deliverables, and work products
• Ensure program artifacts remain organized, available, appropriately controlled, and accessible to authorized stakeholders
• Support effective configuration management, change management, documentation management, and knowledge transfer across the program
• Maintain awareness of technical cybersecurity activities to ensure programmatic decisions support the needs of architecture and engineering teams
• Coordinate with the Technical Lead / Chief Security Architect and specialized SMEs on security architecture, cloud security, risk, engineering, emerging technologies, and modernization initiatives
• Support Federal Assessment and Authorization and ATO activities by ensuring required technical resources, documentation, schedules, dependencies, and stakeholder activities are properly coordinated
• Manage competing program priorities and make informed trade-off decisions involving scope, schedule, resources, risk, technical complexity, and Government priorities
• Ensure program execution remains aligned with the Government’s cybersecurity mission and supports continuous improvement of the VA’s security posture
• May require occasional on-site

Skills

• 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
• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
• 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

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401(k)
• Basic Life A&D
• STD
• LTD
• PTO
• Telehealth
• Paid holidays
• FSA
• HSA
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Traveling Assistance

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