Program Manager
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ArdentCybersecurity / Government
Atlanta, GA; Hybrid/Remote; Tallahassee, FLFull-TimeManager
SalarySalary Range from $120k to $145k + growth incentive
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10 years
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementCybersecurityComplianceStakeholder managementRisk Management
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information systems, engineering, business, project management, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- 10 years of progressively responsible technology or cybersecurity program delivery experience, including multi-stakeholder government programs.
- Demonstrated management of deliverable-based contracts, integrated schedules, risk, quality controls, and access dependencies.
- Experience coordinating cybersecurity assessment, continuous monitoring, audit-support, compliance, or control-validation work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to C-suite or senior government stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of NIST CSF, NIST risk-management concepts, and cybersecurity control testing.
- Willingness to undergo and maintain a government-issued background investigation process.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the single accountable point of contact for OCIG and coordinate project management functions.
- Plan and conduct kickoff activities; document scope, roles, decisions, action owners, dependencies, communication protocols, and risks.
- Own the Master Project Plan and maintain milestones, staffing, testing waves, access readiness, and acceptance status.
- Coordinate system access through OCIG and Agency OIG channels; track training, background screening, and access obstacles.
- Enforce scope discipline and ensure all changes have written authorization.
- Provide daily updates during testing, bi-weekly reviews, and monthly project-plan submissions.
- Oversee timely submission of all deliverables and manage government comments through final acceptance.
- Lead closeout reporting, lessons learned, and executive briefings.
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