Senior Risk Manager, Federal Programs & PMO

Validatek; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ValidaTek seeks a Risk Management Team Lead to support an ODNI program with a PMO focus. The role establishes a proactive risk management process to identify, assess, mitigate, monitor, and communicate risks, delivering actionable analysis and recommendations to program leadership and government stakeholders to enable informed decisions.

The position leads risk management activities, maintains risk registers, conducts executive reporting, and coordinates cross-functional risk reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph
• 8+ years of experience in program management, risk management, PMO operations, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years leading risk management activities on complex government, defense, intelligence, or federal programs.
• Demonstrated experience with risk registers, risk assessments, mitigation plans, and executive reporting.
• Strong understanding of PMO governance, program planning, scheduling, issues, dependencies, and change management.
• Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the program's risk management process, including identification, assessment, mitigation, tracking, and escalation.
• Maintain the program Risk Register and ensure risks have appropriate owners, mitigation strategies, and resolution timelines.
• Conduct recurring risk reviews with program leadership, government stakeholders, and functional teams.
• Analyze risks affecting cost, schedule, scope, technical performance, resources, security, and mission objectives.
• Develop and track risk mitigation and contingency plans through resolution.
• Identify emerging and cross-functional risks and ensure appropriate escalation to PMO leadership.
• Integrate risk management with program planning, scheduling, issue management, change management, dependencies, and performance reporting.
• Develop executive-level risk dashboards, metrics, briefings, and status reports.
• Facilitate risk assessments and risk workshops across program workstreams.
• Provide risk-based recommendations to support program decisions and prioritization.
• Ensure risk management documentation is accurate, current, and compliant with program and government requirements.
• Lead and mentor risk management personnel and promote a proactive risk-management culture across the program.

Skills

Risk management

PMO governance

Executive reporting

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Power BI

ServiceNow

Job description

ValidaTek seeks a Risk Management Team Lead to support an ODNI program with a PMO focus. The role establishes a proactive risk management process to identify, assess, mitigate, monitor, and communicate risks, delivering actionable analysis and recommendations to program leadership and government stakeholders to enable informed decisions.

The position leads risk management activities, maintains risk registers, conducts executive reporting, and coordinates cross-functional risk reviews.