Program Security Manager - Air Force and Missile Defense Strategic Systems

Overview

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

 

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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Responsibilities

Come lead, shape, and integrate security ensuring protection of critical research and development projects supporting US national security as a Program Security Manager (PSM) for the Air Force and Missile Defense Strategic Systems business at Draper. In this capacity, the PSM serves as the single point of contact for all program security activities while serving as a member of the Air Force and Missile Defense Strategic Systems leadership team, while providing support to strategic initiatives across the Security.  Initiate and mature security, business development and program management working relationships across Programs and Engineering that will lead to fulfillment of current and future business objectives while ensuring compliance with Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) and special program sponsor specific requirements. Ensure that security is a key element in business decisions made by the program office.  Integrate security in the strategic objective in concert with establishing security as an integral part of the Program Management Team from initiation of business capture strategies, the proposal phase, through program execution.

 

Essential Functions/Required Experience

• Matrixed into the Air Force and Missile Defense Strategic Systems line of business, serve as the single point of contact for all program office security activities.  Initiate and mature security, business development and program management working relationships for National Industrial Security Program (NISP) activities across Programs and Engineering that will lead to fulfillment of current and future business objectives. 
• Ensure that security is a key element in all program office business decisions.  A thorough understanding of the NISPOM and other industrial security standards is required, as is prior working experience supporting the general physical, information and classification management systems associated with DoD environments. 
• Read, understand, and apply government regulation, policies and procedure (DoD SAP/SCI Community and Intelligence Community directives and manuals, NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117, applicable ICDs, etc.) to ensure readiness for Government reviews.
• Manage and integrate security in the strategic objective in concert with establishing security as an integral part of the Program Management Team from initiation of business capture strategies, the proposal phase, through program execution.
• Manage coordination with the program office, liaison with a diverse customer and supplier base, senior leadership, program management, and business development; interpretation of contractual requirements and interpretation of government and corporate policies to ensure compliance and resolve areas of conflict. Direct studies as well as overseeing the implementation of federal security regulations that apply to classified programs. 
• Direct with government agencies to obtain rulings, interpretations, and acceptable deviations for compliance with regulations