Sr. Principal Program Manager - Fort Worth TX (Hybrid) - Face-to-Fce interview

Saksoft; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Saksoft is seeking a Sr. Principal Program Manager for its Fort Worth, TX hybrid role. The candidate will lead multiple IT initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, and drive projects from inception through closure.

The role requires extensive experience in agile facilitation, risk management, and stakeholder communication, with proficiency across various platforms and DevOps practices. A CSM or PMP is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical discipline.
• 11+ years of IT project management or related experience.
• CSM or PMP certification is a plus.
• Experience leading distributed teams across geographies.
• Proficiency across mainframe, client/server, web, cloud, and social media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple fast-paced initiatives with distributed teams.
• Lead IT initiatives through the full project lifecycle (initiation to closure).
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, scope, milestones, and budgets.
• Ensure on-time delivery within scope and budget.
• Design and maintain project vision and standards; define working agreements.
• Identify risks and implement mitigation plans; manage issues and escalations.
• Communicate project status, budget, resources, changes, risks, and plans to stakeholders.
• Translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Leverage data analytics to track performance and optimize processes.

Skills

Leadership

Agile Facilitation

Communication

Data Analytics

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Rally

MS Project

Power BI

Confluence

Job description

Job Title: Sr. Principal Program Manager

Location: Fort Worth, TX (Hybrid)

Duration: Long-term

In-person interview

Description

• Manages/oversees all aspects of multiple simultaneous fast-paced assigned initiatives with distributed teams. With teams becoming more geographically dispersed, strong leadership and team-building skills are essential.
• Leads IT initiatives throughout the entire project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure).
• Develops and manages detailed project plans, manages project scope and sets milestones, manages budget, and tracks project status.
• Ensures initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Designs and maintains project vision, project working standards, and agreements
• Identifies potential risks and develops risk mitigation strategies.
• Manages issues and troubleshoots problems that arise during the project lifecycle, ensuring minimal disruption to the project timeline.
• Tracks, updates, and proactively communicates project status as it relates to project progress, budget/cost, resource utilization, change requests, issues, risks, and risk mitigation plans.
• The ability to communicate complex technical concepts to various stakeholders
• Ability to leverage data analytics for tracking project performance, optimizing processes, and making informed decisions that align with strategic goals.

Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 11+ years of experience in IT project management or a related role.

Skills, Licenses, And Certifications

• Certified ScrumMaster or PMP (Project Management Professional) is a plus
• Experience leading, coaching, and mentoring teams, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and developing self-organizing teams
• Experience in a variety of computing platforms, such as mainframe, client/server, web, cloud, and social media
• Experience in DevOps toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) and project management software
• Skills in leadership; team-focused with high energy and a positive attitude
• Skills in analytics, estimating, and problem-solving
• Ability to think strategically and develop tactical methods to achieve objectives and goals
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with team members, customers, and external groups, as well as working in a collaborative environment with geographically dispersed resources.

Top Requirements

• 11+ total years in technical project management or delivery management.
• 5+ years in technical project management or delivery management supporting cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, or engineering teams(not general business/administrative PM experience), including hands-on facilitation of agile ceremonies and ownership of technical documentation.
• Technical project coordination & agile facilitation— running project delivery for concurrent technical workstreams and facilitating Scrum/Kanban ceremonies (refinement, planning, stand-up, review, retrospective), with hands-on backlog management in Azure DevOps or equivalent (Jira, Rally). Scrum certification (CSM, PSM, PMI-ACP) or PMP strongly preferred.
• Requirements intake & status management— eliciting requirements directly from technical and business stakeholders, writing clear user stories with testable acceptance criteria, managing the intake-to-delivery pipeline, and producing recurring status reporting and executive-ready summaries for leadership.
• Technical documentation & training development— authoring and refining runbooks, SOPs, process/architecture documentation, and knowledge base content, plus defining role-based training requirements and building and maintaining the associated training materials.

Nice To Have Skills And Experience

• Working familiarity with PKI/certificate lifecycle concepts, SIEM/security analytics, or endpoint platforms — enough to speak the team’s language
• aviation / OT / cyber-physical or embedded-systems exposure
• Use of AI/agentic tooling (e.g., Claude, Copilot) to accelerate documentation, requirements drafting, and reporting per CISO AI direction; aviation security standards (DO-326A/DO-355A, ATA Spec 42) or NIST risk frameworks (NIST 800-30, CSF)
• Vendor and third-party risk coordination (OneTrust or similar)
• Microsoft 365 / Teams / SharePoint, Power BI, or similar reporting tools; instructional design or technical writing background.