Staff Technical Program Manager

Simplesense•Denver, CO

3d•$150,000 - $180,000

About The Position

Simplesense builds, deploys, and sustains the Installation Resilience Platform that enables mission operators to rapidly adapt and respond. The Platform protects critical infrastructure from cyber attack while unlocking previously siloed information to monitor, diagnose, and improve response times to incidents. Our adversaries rapidly adopt the latest technology: we help defense users respond in kind. Simplesense is a non-traditional defense contractor and prime on the Air Force's Installation Resilience Operations Command and Control (IROC) program, which is now expanding to five additional Air Force, Space Force, and Army installations from the one prototype installation, Tyndall Air Force Base. Our team combines over 100 years of direct mission experience solving hard problems with 50 years technical expertise deploying DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure, giving us a deep appreciation for our customers’ mission and end users’ priorities. We build for scale, architecting and prioritizing technical work for long term sustainability. Mission critical facilities depend on utilities, life safety, security, and building automation control systems to maintain readiness 24/7/365. Simplesense protects critical infrastructure from cyber attack and enables facility managers and operators access to the latest technology as well as previously inaccessible information to monitor, diagnose, and respond faster to events in real-time. Our team combines decades of direct mission experience solving hard problems with awesome technical expertise deploying DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure, giving us a deep appreciation for our customers’ mission and end users’ priorities. We build for scale, architecting and prioritizing technical work for long term sustainability. The Staff Technical Program Manager is responsible for program/project management processes across the company’s entire portfolio of contracts, using Agile techniques to deliver projects on time and on budget. They manage a portfolio of projects as needed while mentoring and monitoring Technical Program Manager execution as they manage projects to completion. The Staff Technical Program Manager drives the contract proposal to the project plan process for the company. They work closely with the Senior Product Manager to align product roadmaps with contract execution. They advise company senior leaders and coordinate across all departments for program process changes/updates and serve as the company’s project planning and execution subject matter expert. The Staff Technical Program Manager reports to the Director of Programs and they are a core part of the Program Team that ensures solution delivery based on Simplesense technical capabilities.

Requirements

10+ years with demonstrated success in managing project delivery to customers
Deep experience managing multiple concurrent interrelated or independent projects
Exhibited translation between traditional waterfall and agile management models
Demonstrated use of project management tools for tracking (Jira, Asana, etc)
Extensive understanding of Agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum
Significant experience with small business and startup culture, Department of Defense project experience is a bonus
T-shaped person (experience in many things, depth in a handful). Depth in one or more of the following is important:
Project Management of
Networking development
Software development
Cybersecurity, outage monitoring, and incident response
Network Operations, NOC/SOC day-to-day support and operations
Continuous improvement activities to optimize processes and procedures
DevSecOps
Set up and configuration of project management tooling
Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC).
Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

Works with Product Manager to align product roadmaps with contract execution
Distills customer and internal product requirements into actionable plans
Turns proposals into projects that can be executed by DEVSECOPS engineer teams
Pragmatically balances Product Owners’ desires with contractual obligations
Tracks underway tasks and projects to completion, including subcontractor tasks
Mentors and advises TPMs on program and project execution best practices
Identifies prioritization and staffing constraints; resolves with senior leadership
Identifies and manages program/project risk across the Program Team portfolio
Continuously improves project management processes with company stakeholders
Represents Simplesense when required to customers, partners, and subcontractors