Program Manager

About Skyward

We are a people‑centered business with a passion for technology and human advancement. Our culture values integrity, compassion, inquisitiveness, and authenticity, and we strive to keep a relaxed, collaborative, and results‑focused environment. We stand by our values and remain committed to public‑sector innovation.

We need a Program Manager to keep a Risk Management Program humming: continuous monitoring, security authorization, risk‑based asset management, and the dozens of moving parts in between. If you’ve managed federal cybersecurity programs and can speak fluent NIST RMF and FISMA, we’d love to talk.

• Serve as the single point of accountability for task order management and execution.
• Act as the primary liaison to the Government Program Manager, COR, and federal team leads, running the weekly status cadence and ad‑hoc fire drills.
• Plan, execute, and track all program activities across three task areas:
  Program Management & Project Support, Risk Management Operations, and Risk‑Based Asset Management.
• Integrate management and technical activities so Cybersecurity Assurance, Continuous Monitoring & Analytics, Vulnerability, Configuration, and Database Management are aligned.
• Manage corporate resources, supervise contractor staff and subcontractors, and review the work of team members for quality, accuracy, and alignment to performance standards.
• Own the program’s deliverable engine:
  Project Management Plan, Risk Management Plan, Quality Control Plan, Weekly Status Reports, Monthly Program Management Reviews, Risk Register, Roadmaps, ad‑hoc reports, and a Telework Plan that works.
• Develop written recommendations, executive briefing materials, and oral presentations for stakeholders.
• Drive risk identification, validation, and response in alignment with the NIST Risk Management and Cybersecurity Frameworks.
• Champion continuous improvement: stand up automation, refine SOPs and playbooks, and use metrics to make the program measurably better quarter over quarter.

• BA/BS and a minimum of five (5) continuous years of Program Management experience in cybersecurity (or equivalent) leading federal IT or cyber programs of similar scope.
• One active PMI certification: PMP, PgMP, or PMI‑RMP.
• One active ISC2 CISSP, CISM, or comparable professional cybersecurity certification.
• One active Agile certification: PMI‑ACP, SAFe Agilist, Scrum Alliance CSM, or comparable.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi‑stream cybersecurity programs (10+ FTEs across cyber compliance, continuous monitoring, vulnerability/configuration management, or similar).
• Working knowledge of FISMA, the NIST RMF, OMB Circular A‑130, and DHS 4300A.
• Experience managing federal contract performance.
• Strong writing chops for executive briefings, memos, SOPs, policy, and decision papers.
• A track record of running cross‑functional, remote, and collocated teams in dynamic environments using Agile/SAFe practices.
• Comfort with the program manager’s tool belt: MS Project or Jira, MS Teams, SharePoint, and reporting/dashboarding tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management instincts: de‑escalate, re‑prioritize, and re‑baseline without upset.

• Prior experience supporting USCIS, DHS components, or other federal civilian agencies on continuous monitoring, security authorization, or Ongoing Authorization (OA) programs.
• Hands‑on familiarity with GRC tooling – CSAM, DHS Fenix, Reg Scale – and SIEM platforms like Splunk.
• Direct exposure to Vulnerability Management (Tenable/Nessus, Prisma Cloud), Configuration Management per NIST SP 800‑128, or Database Hardening using DISA STIGs and CIS Benchmarks.
• A sense of humor that survives a Friday afternoon data call.

• Medical, dental, vision insurance (fully paid for employees)
• 15 days of paid leave
• 7 days of sick leave
• 2 days bereavement leave
• 11 paid Federal holidays
• Up to 40 hours for jury duty
• 401 K with 4% employer contribution (no vesting period)
• Up to 4 weeks of paid paternity and maternity leave
• Company‑provided laptop
• $5,000 per year for professional development
• $600 per year for technical supplies and equipment
• $2,000 referral bonus
• Life and…