Enterprise Cybersecurity Program Manager, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an Enterprise Cybersecurity Program Manager, Lead to provide technical project leadership across multiple cybersecurity projects. You will review scope, form cross-functional teams, assign actions, and track progress to ensure timely delivery of secure capabilities.

You will communicate with senior leaders, develop executive-level reports, and manage risks and timelines using industry-standard tools and practices. U.S. citizenship is required for this facility.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience in cybersecurity or IT with schedule, risk and scope control.
• 5+ years leading technical cybersecurity projects with cross-portfolio impact.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership and creating executive summaries.
• Knowledge of cyber technologies and data protection strategies.
• Experience integrating complex applications into large environments.
• Proficient in Agile using Jira and Confluence.
• Bachelor's degree and PMP or CompTIA Security+ certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical project management leadership for cross-portfolio cybersecurity initiatives.
• Review scope and address cybersecurity impacts; assemble cross-functional teams and track action items.
• Develop timelines, mitigate risks, and resolve deployment issues for all stakeholders.
• Communicate status to senior leadership with executive briefings and reports.
• Leverage Jira, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, and related tools for tracking and reporting.

Skills

Project management

Waterfall & Agile

Executive communication

Cybersecurity

Leadership

Risk management

Jira

Confluence

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP

CompTIA Security+

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Job description

Enterprise Cybersecurity Program Manager, Lead

The Opportunity: Provide technical project management leadership for multiple cross-portfolio cybersecurity projects through completion. Critically review project scope to ensure all potential cybersecurity impacts are addressed. Assemble cross-functional project teams including technical and subject matter experts, assign action items, and track progress. Leverage an understanding of cybersecurity technologies, tools, and processes to ensure all areas of scope are adequately addressed. Develop, enforce, and track project implementation timelines while balancing competing demands of engaged resources. Apply technical leadership, conflict resolution, and risk mitigation techniques to resolve implementation, deployment, and operational transition issues for all stakeholders. Identify and resolve potential technical execution gaps and serve as the trusted resource for overcoming delivery challenges throughout project execution. Proactively address challenging issues that arise during the project lifecycle including both resource and time constraints. Support Enterprise Cybersecurity (ECS) portfolio teams to ensure timely and quality delivery of capabilities and services. Implement components of the cybersecurity stack and cyber tools. Assist in soliciting and critically reviewing team inputs for required reporting. Brief portfolio and senior leadership as needed. Leverage Jira, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, and other tools for tracking and reporting as needed. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

You Have

• 7+ years of experience in project management, including waterfall and Agile in a cybersecurity or IT environment, including schedule, risk, and scope management
• 5+ years of experience with leading technical cybersecurity projects
• Experience interfacing directly with senior leadership and providing executive summaries and narratives
• Experience developing and managing executive-level documentation, reports, whitepapers, proposals, and briefings
• Experience with cyber technologies, cyber tool capabilities, and cyber operations teams, including Zero Trust and Data Protection strategies
• Experience with integrating complex applications into large, complicated environments
• Experience in Agile project management utilizing Jira and Confluence
• Ability to lead discussions and reach consensus among various stakeholders to conduct strategic planning, define business objectives, prioritize goals, and mitigate risks
• Bachelor's degree PMP or CompTIA Security+ certification

Nice If You Have

• 5+ years of experience leading technical projects utilizing Agile methodology in a cybersecurity or IT environment, including schedule, risk, and scope management
• 2+ years of experience with cybersecurity requirements, policy, and process transformation
• Experience using Jira and Smartsheet
• Experience managing senior leadership and facilitating action management for leadership teams
• Experience using Microsoft Suite, including Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams
• Bachelor's degree PMP or CompTIA Security+ Certifications

Compensation

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