Deputy Program Manager - Federal Cybersecurity Lead

Paragon Technology; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Technology Group seeks a Deputy Program Manager to support leadership and execution of a U.S. Department of State cybersecurity services program.

The role serves as the secondary contractor point of contact for contractual, administrative, and performance matters, working with the Program Manager on staffing, schedules, deliverables, and governance. Requires federal IT/cybersecurity program experience and PMP-like credentials.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• PMP certification or equivalent project/program management credential.
• Experience supporting or managing complex federal government programs, preferably involving cybersecurity, information technology, or information assurance.
• Experience coordinating technical personnel, schedules, deliverables, staffing, risks, and program resources.
• Experience interacting with Government customers, CORs, Program Managers, technical leads, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and assume broader program management responsibilities when required.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the secondary point of contact for contractual, administrative, and performance matters.
• Support overall program leadership, resource planning, staffing oversight, scheduling, and coordination to ensure contract requirements and deliverables are successfully executed.
• Interface with the CO, COR, GTM, and other Government stakeholders to address issues, coordinate activities, and report program status.
• Serve as the Program Manager's principal deputy and perform Program Manager responsibilities when the Program Manager is unavailable.
• Assist in directing and coordinating cybersecurity activities involving RMF, Assessment and Authorization, FISMA compliance, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, governance, and cybersecurity risk management.
• Monitor staffing levels, personnel availability, assignments, schedules, and workload to ensure adequate coverage and uninterrupted performance.
• Track contract activities, deliverables, milestones, risks, issues, action items, and performance metrics.
• Coordinate activities across technical leads, ISSOs, system stakeholders, operations personnel, cybersecurity organizations, and Government representatives.
• Support program reporting and development of management briefings, status reports, staffing reports, schedules, risk registers, and other management products.
• Assist with development and maintenance of the Program Management Plan, staffing approach, communications structure, performance measurements, and risk-management processes.
• Coordinate with functional and technical leads to ensure cybersecurity work is properly planned, scheduled, resourced, and executed.
• Assist in identifying performance issues and implementing corrective actions before they affect program deliverables or customer requirements.
• Review management and technical deliverables for completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with contract requirements.

Skills

PMP Certification

Federal program mgmt

Staffing & scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Risk management

Education

PMP certification

Job description

Paragon Technology Group seeks a Deputy Program Manager to support leadership and execution of a U.S. Department of State cybersecurity services program.

The role serves as the secondary contractor point of contact for contractual, administrative, and performance matters, working with the Program Manager on staffing, schedules, deliverables, and governance. Requires federal IT/cybersecurity program experience and PMP-like credentials.