Strategic Deputy Program Manager - Risk & Resilience

Apogee Global RMS; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apogee Global RMS in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Deputy Program Manager / Enterprise Risk & Resilience Lead to support a federal readiness simulation and decision-support program. This role combines governance, risk management, resilience, continuity planning, and executive decision support to ensure delivery of mission-critical initiatives.

You will work with Program Manager, technical teams, federal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across mission, operations,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Emergency Management, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience supporting program management, enterprise risk management, business continuity, resilience, readiness, or federal consulting initiatives.
• Proven experience establishing and managing enterprise risk management processes.
• Experience supporting complex federal programs with multiple stakeholders, technical teams, and interconnected workstreams.
• Ability to translate operational and organizational risks into actionable mitigation strategies.
• Strong communication skills with experience in executive briefings, reporting, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required client suitability requirements, including Public Trust eligibility if required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Program Manager with program governance, schedule management, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and execution oversight.
• Develop, maintain, and manage the integrated enterprise risk register.
• Identify and evaluate operational, organizational, workforce, cybersecurity, technical, schedule, and implementation risks.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies, response plans, ownership models, escalation paths, and risk triggers.
• Lead risk and governance discussions with senior leaders and federal stakeholders.
• Support organizational resilience and continuity planning efforts, including disruption, surge, degraded operations, and recovery scenarios.
• Track program decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks, issues, and corrective actions.
• Support executive briefings, readiness assessments, milestone reviews, and decision gates.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, deliverables, and workstream dependencies.
• Contribute to program documentation, training materials, demonstrations, and transition activities.
• Support continuous improvement of program processes, governance frameworks, and operational readiness capabilities.

Skills

Program governance

Enterprise risk management

Organizational resilience

Continuity planning

Executive decision support

Stakeholder management

Federal readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

Apogee Global RMS in Washington, DC seeks an experienced Deputy Program Manager / Enterprise Risk & Resilience Lead to support a federal readiness simulation and decision-support program. This role combines governance, risk management, resilience, continuity planning, and executive decision support to ensure delivery of mission-critical initiatives.

You will work with Program Manager, technical teams, federal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across mission, operations,