Program Manager (Cybersecurity)

BTI is seeking a Program Manager (Cybersecurity) to lead and oversee cybersecurity services supporting the State of Maryland Department of General Services. This onsite role in Upper Marlboro, MD provides senior-level management across governance, risk management, compliance, secure system design, and operational defense, with a focus on delivering outcomes through coordinated project execution and stakeholder communication.

Program Leadership and Oversight

• Provide overall leadership, management, and oversight for assigned cybersecurity services and projects.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Department of General Services stakeholders, project sponsors, technical teams, subcontractors, and other program participants.
• Manage cybersecurity initiatives within Functional Area 1, Oversight and Governance, and Functional Area 3, Protection and Defense.
• Oversee projects spanning cybersecurity governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, secure system design, vulnerability management, security operations, and operational defense.

Planning, Execution, and Program Management

• Develop and maintain program plans, project schedules, staffing plans, risk registers, performance reports, status reports, and other required program documentation.
• Monitor program scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, deliverables, and performance measures.
• Apply Agile project management methodologies to technology, cybersecurity, and application development projects.
• Lead Agile planning activities, including requirements development, backlog management, sprint planning, progress reviews, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate projects across the software development life cycle, including planning, requirements analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, operations, maintenance, and system retirement.
• Work with technical and business stakeholders to define project requirements, cybersecurity requirements, staffing needs, deliverables, priorities, and acceptance criteria.

Staffing, Team Coordination, and Delivery Models

• Oversee the recruitment, assignment, onboarding, and management of qualified cybersecurity and technology personnel.
• Evaluate employee and candidate skills against technical, cybersecurity, functional, and contractual requirements.
• Develop staffing strategies that support continuity, scalability, and timely personnel replacement.
• Manage technology projects delivered through development teams, professional services, and staff augmentation models.
• Ensure assigned personnel understand and comply with State policies, cybersecurity standards, contractual requirements, and project procedures.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams that may include cybersecurity analysts, governance and compliance professionals, risk specialists, security architects, application developers, engineers, and operational defense personnel.

Risk Management and Stakeholder Communication

• Identify program risks and performance issues and develop mitigation, remediation, and escalation plans.
• Maintain effective communication with executive leadership, government stakeholders, technical personnel, vendors, and business representatives.
• Support quality assurance, performance monitoring, resource forecasting, and continuous process improvement.
• Ensure services and deliverables are completed accurately, on schedule, and in accordance with applicable contract requirements and service-level expectations.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum of five years of demonstrated experience providing cybersecurity resources or managing cybersecurity services for one or more of the following: Federal government agencies; State government agencies; Local or Tribal governments; Nonprofit organizations; Commercial enterprises with at least 100 employees.
• Demonstrated experience supporting projects involving one or more of the following: cybersecurity governance; risk management; regulatory or security compliance; secure system design; cybersecurity operations; protection and operational defense.
• Senior-level experience supporting State, Federal, or local government agencies or private-sector organizations on technology projects.
• Experience managing technology engagements involving both project development and staff augmentation.
• Knowledge of project and program management principles, practices, tools, and reporting methods.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and their application within cybersecurity, technology, and application development environments.
• Experience developing project requirements, resource requirements, staffing plans, schedules, status reports, and risk-management documentation.
• Knowledge of staffing processes, including recruiting, resource planning, employee skills assessment, candidate qualification, onboarding, personnel assignment, and performance monitoring.
• Knowledge of current software development paradigms, technologies, and delivery practices.
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Experience operating within government and private-industry organizational environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, deliverables, technical resources, and stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, written communication, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing cybersecurity programs for the State of Maryland or another state government organization.
• Experience supporting public-sector cybersecurity contracts or task orders.
• Knowledge of security governance, risk, compliance, secure architecture, vulnerability management, incident response, and security operations.
• Experience managing cybersecurity professionals across multiple technical disciplines.
• Experience working in hybrid delivery environments that combine Agile and traditional project management practices.
• Familiarity with government procurement, contract performance, deliverable management, service-level agreements, and staff augmentation requirements.
• Experience presenting program status, risks, staffing needs, and performance information to government executives and senior leadership.
• Project Management Professional certification or a comparable project/program management credential.
• Agile, Scrum, or cybersecurity-related certifications.

Core Competencies

• Cybersecurity Program Management
• Oversight and Governance
• Protection and Operational Defense
• Governance, Risk, and Compliance
• Agile Project Delivery
• Application Development Oversight
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Requirements Development
• Cybersecurity Staffing and Resource Management
• Employee Skills Assessment
• Staff Augmentation Management
• Risk and Issue Management
• Government Contract Support
• Stakeholder and Executive Communication
• Performance Monitoring and Reporting