Senior SSA Enterprise Systems Program Manager and Technology Advisor

Senior SSA Enterprise Systems Program Manager and Technology Advisor

Function:
Enterprise Technology Strategy, Program Management, and Federal Information Technology Advisory

Location:

Remote

Reports to:

Executive Leadership

We are seeking a senior technology leader, program manager, or technical advisor with substantial experience supporting Social Security Administration (SSA) technology programs, systems, organizations, or enterprise services. Relevant experience may have been gained as an SSA employee or as a contractor, subcontractor, consultant, or industry partner directly supporting SSA technology work.

The successful candidate may bring broad enterprise experience across multiple SSA technology domains or deep expertise within a major technical domain, supported by sufficient familiarity with related areas to advise leadership and coordinate complex delivery. Relevant domains include software and web development, database and data administration, software engineering, systems integration, cloud services, infrastructure, systems administration, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and digital services.

This position combines strategic advisory responsibilities with hands‑on enterprise program management. The individual must understand SSA’s technology environment, organizational structure, operating practices, stakeholder relationships, and contractor‑supported services and be able to translate that knowledge into actionable plans, independent assessments, executive materials, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and practical recommendations that move initiatives from strategy through execution.

• Lead and coordinate complex enterprise technology initiatives from planning through execution, including the development of work plans, schedules, priorities, deliverables, decision points, and performance measures.
• Provide executive-level guidance while directly managing assigned activities, developing work products, tracking actions, and driving issues through resolution.
• Advise leadership on SSA technology organizations, governance structures, decision‑making processes, stakeholder roles, technical dependencies, and contractor relationships.
• Translate strategic objectives and leadership direction into practical plans, clearly defined activities, accountable owners, timelines, and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate with executive, program, technical, operational, acquisition, security, and contractor stakeholders to maintain alignment and support timely decision‑making.
• Apply direct knowledge of SSA’s technology environment, systems, operating practices, organizational expectations, and contractor‑supported services when evaluating proposed approaches.
• Review technical, staffing, governance, transition, and operating approaches for alignment with established practices, systems, security requirements, organizational constraints, and delivery expectations.
• Independently evaluate proposed technical architectures, delivery approaches, dependencies, risks, and implementation feasibility across software and web development, database and data administration, software engineering, systems integration, cloud, infrastructure, systems administration, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and digital services.
• Provide senior subject matter expertise within one or more major SSA technology domains while maintaining sufficient enterprise awareness to assess dependencies and impacts across related areas.
• Identify, document, and manage technical, operational, organizational, integration, staffing, schedule, and transition risks that could affect delivery.
• Develop and maintain program management materials, including implementation plans, schedules, action trackers, risk and issue logs, decision papers, status reports, operating procedures, and performance dashboards.
• Review proposed program leadership, technical leadership, team structures, escalation paths, reporting relationships, and governance processes.
• Lead or support large‑scale technical transitions, incumbent workforce continuity, knowledge transfer, credentialing, system access, onboarding, and operational readiness…