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Executive Director, Program Manager

MANTECH
Ashburn, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026
MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Executive Director/Program Manager to join our team in Ashburn, VA.

You are responsible for providing disciplined leadership and structural organization to rapidly implement critical, high-impact security solutions that directly protect the Nation's digital borders while ensuring continuous, compliant contract delivery for 24x7x365 network, cyber, and cloud services.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

  • Serve as the key leader and program representative, engaging with senior customer officials on all aspects of program performance.
  • Sets the program strategy in partnership with the customer.
  • Manages, directs, and allocates resources to ensure on-time delivery of top-quality services and meet or exceed contract Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
  • Develops and implements long-term IT roadmaps and strategy, and monitor alignment of tactical activities, crucial for evolving SOC capabilities.
  • Performs risk management, including identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating risks, and communicating/escalating risks and issues.
  • Be available to support the customer during ad hoc and after-hours emergencies in a fast-paced operations environment.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or cybersecurity.
  • At least one or a combination of the following certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), GIAC Security Leadership (GSLC).
  • Ten (10 ) years overall network engineering management and wide area network experience, with technical and management teams.
  • Seven (7 ) years of direct project and program management experience managing Government contracts in IT infrastructure, cloud, or cybersecurity programs of increasing complexity.
  • Three (3 ) years of experience as a Program Manager responsible for all aspects of contract vehicle and/or multiple task order performance.
  • Proven, successful delivery of enterprise level support on large (100 personnel) enterprise IT, cybersecurity, NOC, SOC, or similar program(s).
  • Demonstrate successful experience in managing 24/7/356 SOC.
  • Demonstrate capabilities to analyze highly complex cybersecurity and network issues, recommend plans of action, and manage Contractor teams supporting resolution of these issues.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience implementing and optimizing ITIL-based processes within a fast-paced SOC environment.
  • Experience leading the integration and optimization of SIEM and SOAR platforms (i.e. Splunk & Swimlane) to improve threat detection efficacy and reduce Mean Time to Respond (MTTR).
  • Experience leading the implementation, governance, and reporting of case/ticketing systems (i.e. ServiceNow, Remedy, JIRA) to ensure compliance, provide executive reporting, and measure performance.

Clearance Requirements

  • Must have an active/ current Top Secret SCI clearance.

Physical Requirements

  • Must be able to be in a stationary position more than 50% of the time
  • Must be able to communicate, converse, and exchange information with peers and senior personnel
  • Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a computer
  • The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
  • The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

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