Principal Program Manager

Brooksource; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooksource is seeking a senior program manager in Fort Worth, TX, to lead complex IT initiatives across distributed technical teams. You will drive the full lifecycle, align stakeholders, manage scope and budgets, and ensure teams have the structure and reporting required for successful delivery.

The role requires a strong background in Agile, Azure DevOps, Jira or Rally, and proven ability to translate technical concepts for executives while leveraging data analytics to drive decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as CS/CE/IS or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple IT initiatives from initiation to closure with cross-functional teams.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, milestones, scope, budget, and status tracking.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Establish project vision, standards, and delivery practices.
• Identify risks and mitigations across the project lifecycle.
• Communicate progress, budget, resources, risks, and mitigation plans to executives.
• Translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders.
• Use data analytics to monitor performance and optimize processes.
• Provide leadership and coaching for distributed teams.

Skills

Senior program management

Agile facilitation

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Data analytics

Leadership

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Rally

Microsoft Project

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Hybrid in Fort Worth, Texas (3 days onsite)

We are seeking a senior-level Program Manager to lead complex, fast-paced IT initiatives across distributed technical teams. This role is responsible for driving project execution across the full lifecycle, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, managing scope, budget, risks, and delivery timelines, and ensuring technical teams have the structure, documentation, and reporting needed to deliver successfully.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent IT initiatives from initiation through planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, milestones, scope, budget, status tracking, and delivery schedules.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Establish and maintain project vision, working standards, team agreements, and delivery practices.
• Identify project risks, create mitigation strategies, resolve issues, and troubleshoot problems throughout the project lifecycle.
• Communicate project progress, budget and cost updates, resource utilization, change requests, issues, risks, and mitigation plans in a proactive and executive-ready manner.
• Translate complex technical concepts for business, technical, and leadership stakeholders.
• Use data analytics to monitor project performance, optimize processes, and support informed decision-making aligned to strategic goals.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and team-building support for geographically distributed teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience or training may be considered.
• 11+ years of experience in technical project management, delivery management, or a related IT leadership role.
• 5+ years of technical project management or delivery management experience supporting cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, or engineering teams.
• Experience facilitating Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Experience owning technical documentation, project status reporting, and intake-to-delivery tracking.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and managing technical delivery using Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, or similar tools.
• Strong requirements intake, user story development, acceptance criteria writing, status management, and executive communication skills.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, training materials, runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge base content.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong technical project coordination and delivery management skills across concurrent workstreams.
• Hands-on Agile facilitation experience using Scrum, Kanban, or similar delivery methods.
• Experience managing backlogs and project delivery in Azure DevOps or equivalent tools such as Jira or Rally.
• Ability to elicit requirements from technical and business stakeholders and translate them into clear user stories with testable acceptance criteria.
• Experience producing recurring project status reports and executive-ready summaries for leadership.
• Ability to author and maintain technical documentation, including runbooks, SOPs, process documentation, architecture documentation, and knowledge base content.
• Experience defining role-based training requirements and developing or maintaining related training materials.
• Experience with diverse computing platforms, including mainframe, client/server, web, cloud, and social media technologies.
• Understanding of DevOps toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and project management software.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, analytical, estimating, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to think strategically, execute tactically, and build effective relationships with team members, customers, and external partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working familiarity with PKI and certificate lifecycle concepts, SIEM or security analytics, or endpoint platforms.
• Exposure to aviation, operational technology, cyber-physical systems, or embedded systems environments.
• Experience using AI or agentic tools such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot to accelerate documentation, requirements drafting, and reporting.
• Knowledge of aviation security standards such as DO-326A, DO-355A, or ATA Spec 42.
• Familiarity with NIST risk frameworks, including NIST 800-30 or the Cybersecurity Framework.
• Experience coordinating vendor or third-party risk activities using OneTrust or similar platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, or similar collaboration and reporting tools.
• Instructional design or technical writing background.
• Certified ScrumMaster, Professional Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or PMP certification preferred.

EEO Statement:

Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

Pay Disclaimer:

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.