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Program Manager – FedRAMP (Azure Government)
Role Overview
Seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead the build, authorization, and governance of a FedRAMP-compliant Azure Government environment supporting government payment services. This role owns the full lifecycle—from program design and ATO readiness to continuous monitoring—ensuring sustained compliance with FedRAMP High standards.
Key Responsibilities
Role Overview
Seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead the build, authorization, and governance of a FedRAMP-compliant Azure Government environment supporting government payment services. This role owns the full lifecycle—from program design and ATO readiness to continuous monitoring—ensuring sustained compliance with FedRAMP High standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end FedRAMP program lifecycle, including roadmap, governance, and cross-functional coordination.
- Drive ATO readiness: develop and maintain SSP, POA&M, policies, system boundaries, and data flows aligned to FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53.
- Coordinate control implementation, gap assessments, and remediation efforts.
- Establish and manage Continuous Monitoring (ConMon), including vulnerability management, patching, and control validation.
- Own POA&M lifecycle, reporting, and audit readiness metrics.
- Serve as primary contact for audits, 3PAOs, and authorizing officials; lead audit preparation and responses.
- Manage program risks, dependencies, and third-party partners.
- Enable teams with processes and training to sustain ongoing compliance.
- 7 years of program management in regulated cloud environments.
- 3 years leading FedRAMP programs, including ATO and Continuous Monitoring.
- Hands-on experience with SSP, POA&M, SAP/SAR, and audit/ATO processes.
- Strong knowledge of FedRAMP (Moderate/High) and NIST 800-53.
- Experience with Azure Government or similar cloud environments.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and complex compliance programs.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience with government payment systems.
- Familiarity with Azure security tools (Defender, Sentinel, Policy, Key Vault).
- Experience working with federal agencies or ATO authorities.
- Knowledge of IRS 1075.
- Certifications such as PMP, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or Azure Security.
- Program ownership and execution
- Risk-based decision making
- Regulatory translation into practical controls
- Stakeholder influence and alignment
- Audit readiness and documentation rigor