Cybersecurity Program Manager

MindPoint Group is seeking a Cybersecurity Program Manager for an exciting opportunity in Washington DC.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee employee's ability to assess program's current cybersecurity program capabilities and FISMA audit finding and provided recommendations for mitigating and improving the program.
• Assess employee's development of SOPs and Policies to ensure compliance with NIST 800-53 SP, REV 5.
• Manage updates on existing policies and with the development of new policies, as well as supporting procedures, checklist, memos, guidelines, instructions, standards, and templates based on most recent guidance from legislation, executive orders, directives, and other technical standards.
• Manage scope, schedule, cost, technical, and staffing performance and activities on major, complex contracts to ensure timely and quality delivery of services to the client.
• Manage employees to ensure their strict adherence to MPG and client standards of quality and performance; provide a “one team” view to the client.
• Formulate and enforce work standards, assign staff work schedules, and review and resolve work discrepancies.
• Ensure timely, complete, high-quality contract deliverables; ensure SLAs are met or exceeded 100% of the time.
• Select and provide metrics and dashboards to make program status and performance visible to the client and other stakeholders.
• Interface with client’s senior management personnel, including briefings up to CIO/CISO level.
• Optimize processes to maximize efficiencies within the team and program, including process automation and functional integration across task areas and teams.
• Be a positive change agent, both within and outside the organization; propagate our corporate culture throughout the program.
• Lead risk management activities, including identification and recommended mitigations; track and manage risks and issues through closure.
• Build, grow, and develop high-performing teams aligned with the customer’s mission and strategy.
• Manage program personnel to include interviewing, hiring, performance evaluations, compensation, and training and development.
• Guide and mentor lower-level managers, team leads, and staff.
• Occasional travel to various program sites to ensure sound program execution may be necessary.
• Must have the ability to work in a dynamic environment and flexibly adapt to changing conditions.
• Possess a high degree of originality, creativity, and initiative requiring minimal supervision.

Required:

• Master's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years of experience managing large, federated cybersecurity projects
• Strong leadership, written and verbal communication, and analytic and problem-solving skills are requ