Tyto Athene is searching for a Program Manager with a strong background in Cybersecurity for an exciting opportunity in Washington DC.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for planning, organizing, and executing all aspects of program scope, schedule, cost, technical, and staffing performance and activities on major, complex contracts to ensure timely and quality delivery of services to the client
- Manage subcontractors to ensure their strict adherence to MPG and client standards of quality and performance; provide a “one team” view to the client
- Formulate and enforce work standards, assign staff work schedules, and review and resolve work discrepancies
- Ensure timely, complete, high-quality contract deliverables; ensure SLAs are met or exceeded 100% of the time
- Select and provide metrics and dashboards to make program status and performance visible to the client and other stakeholders
- Interface with client’s senior management personnel, including briefings up to CIO/CISO level
- Optimize processes to maximize efficiencies within the team and program, including process automation and functional integration across task areas and teams
- Be a positive change agent, both within and outside the organization; propagate our corporate culture throughout the program
- Lead risk management activities, including identification and recommended mitigations; track and manage risks and issues through closure
- Build, grow, and develop high-performing teams aligned with the customer’s mission and strategy
- Manage program personnel to include interviewing, hiring, performance evaluations, compensation, and training and development
- Guide and mentor lower-level managers, team leads, and staff
- Occasional travel to various program sites to ensure sound program execution may be necessary
- Must have the ability to work in a dynamic environment and flexibly adapt to changing conditions
- Must possess a high degree of originality, creativity, and initiative requiring minimal supervision
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field. Bachelor's degree may be substituted with an additional 8 years of relevant functional experience
- Minimum ten (10) years of general experience and eight (8) years of managing federated cybersecurity programs in Governance, Risk, and Compliance
- PMP required
- State CFO Act agency/ fed civ experience required
- Strong leadership, written and verbal communication, and analytic and problem-solving skills are required
- Ability to maintain flexibility in schedules and shift priorities as a result of operational priorities
- Strong experience with Microsoft Office and other program and project management tools and applications is required
Desired:
- MS Degree preferred
- CISSP highly preferred
- Experience with business development, including proposal writing and reviewing, is a plus
- Certifications:
- CAP or similar certification is strongly preferred
- Agile experience and certifications are a plus
- ITIL certifications are a plus
- Other relevant IT certifications are a plus
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
Location:
- There is a hybrid role with expectations of being on the client site a few days a week.
