Program Manager - Governance Risk & Compliance

Tyto Athene is searching for a Program Manager to support a law enforcement customer in Alexandria, VA. The Program Manager is responsible for researching, generating, and validating security controls that support the customers’ Risk Management Framework (RMF) and ICD 503 Security Accreditation. Responsibilities include defining, creating, and maintaining Systems Security Plans (SSP) to support Accreditation and Authorization (A&A) reviews and coordinating with customer security organizations as part of a delivery pipeline to achieve Authority to Operate (ATO). Additionally, ISSOs review systems to identify potential security weaknesses, recommend improvements to amend vulnerabilities and assist with implementing changes and documenting upgrades.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, organizing, and executing all aspects of program scope, schedule, cost, technical, and staffing performance and activities on contract to ensure timely and quality delivery of services 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
• State CFO Act agency/ federal civialian 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, CISA, CISM or equivalent highly preferred
• 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

Certification: PMP Certification is required

Clearance: Secret Clearance Required

Location: This is an on-site role with expectations of being on the client site in Alexandria, VA five days a week.