Senior Program Manager

bcmcllc; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

bcmcllc in Fort Meade, MD is seeking an experienced Program Manager with SECRET clearance to lead IT/PKI initiatives in a highly regulated environment. Hybrid role requiring coordination across teams and government stakeholders.

You will manage schedules, align policy and security requirements, and guide modernization efforts, ensuring adherence to cryptographic standards and transition to Post-Quantum Computing.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience in IT environments.
• Deep PKI knowledge and understanding of security controls.
• Proven regulatory and compliance expertise with IT modernization.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex project problems and design innovative solutions across finances, scheduling, technology and tools.
• Manage day-to-day project/contract operations across multiple locations and teams.
• Organize, direct, and coordinate planning and production of all project activities.
• Provide a project schedule showing task timelines and milestones.
• Communicate expectations clearly to team members and stakeholders.
• Navigate military security boundaries and cryptographic standards during transition efforts.
• Bridge policy requirements with technical implementation and translate security guidelines into tasks.

Skills

Project management

IT/PKI expertise

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

Education

IT Engineering BS

PMP certification

Job description

Place of Performance: Hybrid / Meetings at Ft Meade, MD

Days/Hours: Monday Through Friday, 8am-5pm, Weekend Federal Holidays Off

Clearance: SECRET

Education/Certification: IT Engineering BS, PMP

Years of Experience: 8+ years project management, including IT/PKI expertise

The Program Manager must possess project management skills in an IT environment and a highly specialized blend of deep technical PKI knowledge, rigorous regulatory and compliance expertise, and proven IT modernization leadership.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes new and complex project related problems and creates innovative solutions involving finance, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools, and solution components.
• Performs day-to-day management of overall project/contract support operations, possibly involving multiple tasks and groups of personnel at multiple locations.
• Organizes, directs, and coordinates the planning and production of all activities associated with assigned project.
• Provides a project schedule to identify when each task will be completed
• Communicates clearly expectations to team members and stakeholders
• This role demands more than standard IT project coordination; the PM must actively navigate strict military security boundaries, hardware cryptographic standards, and the transition to Post-Quantum Computing.
• The PM must understand the dependencies between certificate issuance, Active Directory/Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) replication, and endpoint enrollment.
• The PM must bridge the gap between policy requirements and technical implementation and be able to translate compliance, policy, and security framework guidelines into actionable project tasks.