Job Description

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a Program Manager for a cybersecurity support program. If you are passionate about leading a cybersecurity support team and you want to work with leading subject matter experts and help them make the most of their skills, this role offers a strong next step in your career.

As a Program Manager, you will be leading a large team providing a wide range of support capabilities to a cybersecurity organization. You'll serve as the primary POC between Parsons and the Government, ensuring our team delivers stellar support and meets (and hopefully exceeds) our customer's high expectations. You’ll collaborate closely with experienced cybersecurity support experts, providing leadership, assistance, and helping to grow their career while they deliver success after success for our customer.

You'll be joining our local Analytics & Engineering team, which brings a strong culture of defensive cyber operations and cybersecurity success. Our team hosts regular food events to get the team talking and enjoying free food (like on-site ice cream treat days and pizza lunches), themed holiday events (like a winter holiday party for you and your significant other, fall picnics for your entire family, Halloween costume contests), and technical talks and training events (like our Meet the Mission video & podcast series on YouTube, internal training events, and hands-on tinker events at our Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Lab in Columbia, MD).

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the primary point of contact between Parsons and Government stakeholders.
• Provide overall leadership, direction, management, and oversight for all contract activities.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team supporting Security, Human Resources, and Judge Advocate directorates.
• Manage contract execution, staffing, workforce planning, subcontractors, schedules, deliverables, and performance metrics.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with Government directors, technical representatives, and contracting personnel.
• Develop, maintain, and execute the Program Management Plan, Risk Management Plan, Quality Control Plan, and transition plans.
• Monitor program performance, cost, schedule, staffing, risks, issues, and corrective actions.
• Prepare and present monthly status reports, program briefings, performance updates, and other required deliverables.
• Identify emerging technical, personnel, contractual, and resource risks and proactively communicate recommended solutions.
• Coordinate transition-in and transition-out activities to ensure continuity of operations.
• Support contract financial and business processes while ensuring compliance with applicable Federal, Department of Defense, and Air Force requirements.
• Lead kickoff meetings, recurring technical and management reviews, program governance activities, and customer engagements.
• Foster a collaborative environment that supports employee development, knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Active PMP certification.
• TS/SCI clearance active/current
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, cybersecurity, information technology, public administration, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Experience within the past 10 years managing a program or project of similar size, complexity, and mission scope.
• Experience within the past 5 years determining or overseeing manpower requirements for programs involving multiple technical skill sets and labor categories.
• Experience within the past 5 years performing contract financial monitoring, performance monitoring, and metrics-based program management.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams, subcontractors, staffing plans, and customer relationships.
• Experience developing and managing program plans, risk registers, schedules, deliverables, and corrective-action plans.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to make timely decisions, commit the contractor’s organization, and proactively address customer concerns and program risks.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Experience supporting the Air Force, intelligence community, law enforcement, or other federal cybersecurity organizations.
• Experience managing programs involving classified or sensitive operations.
• Familiarity with personnel security, physical security, SCIF operations, compliance assessments, HR support, legal support, digital evidence, or cyber operations.
• Experience with transition management, quality control, continuous improvement, and performance-based service contracts.
• Experience managing programs with multiple directorates, locations, subcontractors, and customer stakeholders.
• Familiarity with federal, Air Force, Intelligence Community, FAR, and DFARS requirements.

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.​

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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