Sr Technical Program Manager

Position: Sr Staff Technical Program Manager

Job Description Summary

We are seeking a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to lead and mature governance and compliance initiatives across our Digital Technology & Operations landscape. You will define execution standards, drive governance, and ensure platforms and programs align with applicable regulatory and security requirements. The ideal candidate has deep experience building compliance programs at scale, partnering with global product and engineering teams, and turning audit findings into durable improvements.

Specific experience with industry compliance frameworks (SOX, CMMC) is preferred, but not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain standard work for end-to-end compliance lifecycle across applications and services.
• Establish consistent execution standards for product owners and technical teams to meet compliance objectives.
• Drive weekly operating reviews, stage‑gate checkpoints, and reporting cadences to ensure transparency and delivery.

Compliance Lifecycle Management

• Coordinate requests, evidence collection, and approvals in compliance portals and toolsets.
• Maintain sprint‑aligned plans and Gantt schedules for applications undergoing compliance activities.
• Review, approve, and submit recurring compliance documentation for key systems.

Risk Identification, Assessment, and Mitigation

• Conduct risk assessments and coordinate audits, walkthroughs, and closing activities across teams.
• Partner with product owners to clarify requests, remediate findings, and close defects through action plans with target dates.
• Track and report compliance status, risk posture, and remediation performance to senior leaders and stakeholders.

Defect and Action Plan Management

• Manage compliance defects across programs (e.g., regulatory audits, internal audit findings, operational monitoring, authority‑to‑operate, penetration testing).
• Lead status meetings with owners to ensure on‑time closure and durable fixes.
• Oversee operational items such as access reviews, key rotations, roll‑forward testing, and change approvals.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, product, operations, security, and offshore teams to meet monthly and quarterly deliverables.
• Support teams in removing roadblocks and managing interdependencies across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Serve as a first‑line approver for workflow requests where applicable.

Continuous Improvement and Standards

• Benchmark and update practices to reflect current regulatory and security expectations.
• Coach teams on compliance principles, driving a culture of prevention, quality evidence, and timely remediation.
• Outline multi‑generational program strategies aligned to measurable outcomes in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college and a minimum of 8 years of professional experience; or
• Associate’s degree with a minimum of 11 years of professional experience; or
• High School Diploma with a minimum of 13 years of professional experience.
• Note:
  
  Military experience is considered equivalent to professional experience.

Eligibility Requirement

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
• Must be able to work with Export Controlled data.
• We do not sponsor individuals for employment visas for this role, now or in the future.

Preferred Experience

• Practical experience managing enterprise compliance programs across multiple frameworks and audits.
• Hands‑on familiarity with risk assessments, evidence management, remediation workflows, and portals.
• Success coordinating with offshore delivery teams to meet recurring operational commitments.

Desired Characteristics

• Program leadership driving complex, multi‑team initiatives that deliver measurable business results.
• Influence and communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels; clear, succinct written and verbal communication.
• Ownership and initiative with a self‑starter mindset; able to operate with minimal direction.
• Team collaboration across global, cross‑functional groups; adept at integrating diverse inputs.
• Coaching orientation to mentor product and engineering teams in compliance best practices.
• Customer‑driven mindset that designs…