Security Accreditations Program Manager

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with the Product Compliance team to develop and manage strategic pathways for acquiring and maintaining DoD and Federal Civilian authorizations (e.g., FedRAMP, DISA ATO, NIST).
• Collaborate with engineering, security, sales, customer experience, and marketing teams to align on requirements for authorization pathways.
• Act as the main point of contact between internal teams, government agencies, and third-party assessors throughout the authorization lifecycle.
• Manage program timelines, track progress against milestones, and ensure timely submission of all required documentation and deliverables.
• Coordinate and provide ongoing training and guidance to internal teams on compliance requirements and updates on changing regulations.
• Collaborate with the Product Compliance team to oversee the implementation of security controls and compliance initiatives to meet specific regulatory frameworks such as FedRAMP, and DoD RMF.
• Ensure accurate and comprehensive documentation for all stages of the authorization process, including system security plans (SSP), Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), and Continuous Monitoring (ConMon).
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with achieving and maintaining compliance certifications and authorizations.
• Stay up to date with changes in DoD and Federal Civilian authorization requirements and implement continuous improvements in processes and documentation to maintain compliance.
• Facilitate internal audits, as well as coordinate and prepare teams for external audits conducted by third-party assessors or government bodies. Facilitate audits and coordinate as necessary. 

Skills You’ll Bring to Our Team:

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity program management
• Strong understanding of security frameworks, principles, standards, tools, and best practices, including vulnerability management, FedRAMP, NIST, SIEM, SOC, etc. 
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, identify key insights, and define clear requirements in dynamic or evolving environments.
• A self-starter with a proactive mindset who isnt afraid to take initiative and suggest improvements.
• Experience with program management tooling and familiar with frameworks and methodologies such as lean, JTBD, agile, and various prioritization techniques.
• Ability to effectively communicate with technical and non technical stakeholders; working closely with engineers to develop technical solutions and translating complex technical information into clear business terms for stakeholders. 
• Ability to adapt to change and work in a fast-paced, result-oriented environment. 
• Intimacy driving projects from inception to execution in an ambiguous environment with a lean and incremental approach.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interest in matters of national security
• Exposure with Agile Development methodologies 
• Hands on experience with Gitlab, Markdown and MkDocs  
• Prior experience in the public sector (government or defense) is a major plus