Senior IT Program Manager - CMMC/PMO Leader (Hybrid, Indy)

Motion Recruitment; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior IT Program Manager to lead a portfolio of IT infrastructure, cybersecurity compliance, and transformation initiatives for a global enterprise in the aerospace and defense sector. This hybrid role is based in Indianapolis, IN, and focuses on PMO governance, financial oversight, and stakeholder management.

You will drive the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) initiatives, coordinate cross-functional teams across US and UK delivery, and report

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in IT Program Management within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, cross-functional teams, and large-scale IT initiatives.
• Strong background in governance, RAID management, change control, financial oversight, and executive reporting.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, resource allocation, and vendor relationships.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams and coordinating delivery across multiple business units or time zones.
• Experience supporting audit preparation, regulatory compliance, governance initiatives, or formal readiness assessments.
• Strong customer-facing communication, relationship management, and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a portfolio of IT infrastructure, cybersecurity compliance, and CMMC projects, ensuring alignment across program objectives, milestones, and deliverables.
• Establish and maintain program governance, reporting structures, RAID logs, dependency tracking, change control, and executive-level reporting.
• Provide PMO leadership across multiple projects, coordinating Project Managers, technical teams, service delivery teams, and business stakeholders.
• Manage resource demand, capacity planning, staffing priorities, and resource allocation across competing project and operational requirements.
• Oversee program financials, including multimillion-dollar budgets, forecasting, cost tracking, invoicing visibility, WBS governance, and commercial performance.
• Coordinate cybersecurity compliance initiatives, audit readiness activities, remediation tracking, and governance documentation.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for senior customer stakeholders, executive leadership, and geographically distributed delivery teams.
• Partner with US and international teams to align program execution, operational processes, and delivery standards.
• Identify and resolve program risks, delivery challenges, and escalations while driving accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

IT Program Management

Portfolio Management

PMO Leadership

Governance

Budgeting & Forecasting

Executive Reporting

Stakeholder Management

Vendor Management

Distributed Teams Leadership

Audit Readiness

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Teams

ServiceNow

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Senior IT Program Manager to lead a portfolio of IT infrastructure, cybersecurity compliance, and transformation initiatives for a global enterprise in the aerospace and defense sector. This hybrid role is based in Indianapolis, IN, and focuses on PMO governance, financial oversight, and stakeholder management.

You will drive the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) initiatives, coordinate cross-functional teams across US and UK delivery, and report