Cryptographic Agility & Resiliency Service Line Leader

MANTECH; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH is seeking a Cryptographic Agility & Resiliency Service Line Leader to guide the Herndon, VA hybrid team. The role blends top-tier technical authority with executive-level program management, driving demand-driven investments, IRAD priorities, and hiring plans.

The leader will oversee multidisciplinary teams, coach staff, and ensure successful delivery of cryptographic agility initiatives. Strong experience with PQC, NIST standards, and quantum threat modeling is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant technical, operational, and leadership experience within DoD, Intelligence Community, or Federal Civilian cybersecurity sectors.
• Proven track record leading multidisciplinary technical teams, managing resource utilization, and supporting business development, capture, and proposal lifecycles.
• Experience setting capability and IRAD priorities, converting demand signals into capability investments, and driving service line utilization targets.
• Demonstrated ability to build technical eminence through technical forums, whitepapers, and strategic industry or academic partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Directing Service Line activities from executive guidance, converting demand signals into capability investments, IRAD priorities, and hiring plans.
• Reviewing complex technical deliverables, coaching, and advocating for promotions and professional development.
• Leading planning for personnel and technical infrastructure while balancing client needs with team capacity.
• Leading technical planning and solutioning for client projects and capture opportunities, assigning SMEs to support programs.
• Monitoring market trends, setting capability and IRAD priorities with the CTO, promoting asset reuse.
• Building technical eminence through whitepapers and forums, maintaining relationships with client leaders, academia, and partners.
• Defining the strategic roadmap for integrating NIST-standardized PQC algorithms and post-quantum threat readiness.

Skills

Leadership experience and program mgmt

DoD/IC cybersecurity

Business development & capture lifecyc

IRAD prioritization & allocation

Technical planning & architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Cybersecurity/Systems Engineering

Job description

MANTECH seeks a Cryptographic Agility & Resiliency Service Line Leader to join our team in Herndon, VA (Hybrid).

The Cryptographic Agility & Resiliency Service Line Leader combines deep technical domain authority with comprehensive operational and personnel management to drive the strategic success of the Cryptographic Agility & Resiliency Service Line.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Directing Service Line activities from executive Practice guidance, converting demand signals into capability investments, IRAD priorities, and hiring plans while maintaining full responsibility for Service Line utilization targets and team oversight.
• Reviewing complex technical deliverables, resolving interpersonal issues, providing coaching, and advocating for promotions and professional development to build a connected team.
• Leading planning for personnel and technical infrastructure while estimating workloads to balance client needs with team capacity.
• Leading technical planning and solutioning for key client projects and capture opportunities, scaling involvement from architectural oversight to direct troubleshooting based on risk, and assigning SMEs to support programs.
• Monitoring market trends, setting capability and IRAD priorities with the CTO, targeting emerging capabilities, promoting asset reuse, and supporting industry conference participation.
• Building technical eminence through whitepapers and technical forums while maintaining relationships with client leaders, academia, and commercial partners.
• Defining the strategic roadmap for integrating NIST-standardized PQC algorithms, managing quantum threat modeling, and preparing agency infrastructure for post-quantum threats through cryptographic agility, systematic inventory audits, and risk assessments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant technical, operational, and leadership experience within DoD, Intelligence Community, or Federal Civilian cybersecurity sectors.
• Proven track record leading multidisciplinary technical teams, managing resource utilization, and supporting business development, capture, and proposal lifecycles.
• Experience setting capability and IRAD priorities, converting demand signals into capability investments, and driving service line utilization targets.
• Demonstrated ability to build technical eminence through technical forums, whitepapers, and strategic industry or academic partnerships.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep subject matter expertise in Cryptographic Agility & Resiliency, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), NIST-standardized PQC algorithms, quantum threat modeling, cryptographic inventory audits, and risk assessments.
• Exceptional ability to brief executive government clients, internal leadership, and technical teams with clarity and authority.
• Experience monitoring Service Line Key Performance Indicators and managing operational metrics.
• Demonstrated ability to execute against multiple simultaneous activities, such as billable projects, capture/pre-sales support, and IRAD/internal development.

Clearance Requirements

• Must have a current/active Top Secret / SCI clearance.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc