Program Manager Senior
About The Position
The Program Manager serves as the senior leader responsible for directing all aspects of a large, complex federal cybersecurity program serving the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This individual provides executive-level oversight, strategic direction, and integrated coordination across multiple cybersecurity domains including Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Assessment & Authorization (A&A), and Security Operations (SecOps). The Program Manager ensures contract performance, stakeholder alignment, risk management, and continuous improvement while maintaining strong relationships with senior federal leadership. Bring your program management expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT.
Requirements
- Active PMP certification, and cybersecurity certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, Security+)
- 10+ years of cybersecurity leadership experience
- 5+ years of managing complex federal programs or portfolios
- The ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting NIH, HHS, or biomedical research IT programs.
- ITIL Foundations certification (or ability to obtain within 3 months)
- Strong familiarity with ServiceNow platforms, enterprise GRC tools, and cybersecurity analytics.
- Experience leading modernization initiatives (e.g., Zero Trust, FedRAMP, RMF automation, common controls).
- Demonstrated success managing large cyber programs at health-focused or research-focused federal agencies
- Experience overseeing multi-disciplinary cyber teams and simultaneously managing multiple technical workstreams.
- Executive communication, diplomacy, and stakeholder engagement
- Strategic thinking and program visioning
- Financial and contract oversight
- Organizational change leadership
- High accountability and ownership
- Ability to translate complex cyber issues into business-impact narratives
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage all program operations, ensuring contract deliverables, performance metrics, and federal compliance requirements are consistently met.
- Serve as the primary interface with NCI senior leadership including the CIO, CISO, Deputy CISO, ISSOs, and division-level executives.
- Oversee cross-functional cybersecurity teams, including analysts, engineers, assessors, program staff, and technical SMEs.
- Provide strategic recommendations to federal leadership on program posture, risk, operational effectiveness, and modernization opportunities.
- Develop, refine, and manage executive-level briefings, dashboards, decision packages, and communications.
- Direct development and maintenance of program management artifacts such as roadmaps, risk registers, schedules, QASP/QAP documentation, staffing plans, and action trackers.
- Support continuous improvement efforts, including process optimization, automation strategies, and performance maturity.
- Manage budget execution, labor allocation, forecasting, and financial reporting.
- Ensure adherence to federal requirements including FISMA, NIST RMF, NIH/HHS policies, and contractual obligations.
Benefits
- Full benefits
- wellness programs
- 401K matching
- competitive salary
- paid time off
- variety of medical plan options
- some with Health Savings Accounts
- dental plan options
- a vision plan
- a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
- full flex work weeks where possible
- a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
- short and long-term disability benefits
- life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
