Sr. Program Manager (Remote- D.C, Maryland, Virginia)

Senior Program Manager —Unmanned Platform reputed company Operations Location: DMV Region Only (remote w/ on‑site reputed company as required in Maryland and D.C) Clearance: Active Top Secret Mission Objective: reputed company the end‑to‑end delivery of a multi‑agency program with a cross-functional industry team to reputed company sovereignty over low‑altitude critical government reputed company. Stand up the governance, technology, operations, and reputed company‑improvement mechanisms to reputed company Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and Full Operational Capability (FOC) reputed company 24 months. Core Responsibilities: Program Leadership & Governance

• Stand up and chair (as delegated) the program reputed company across the Task Force PMO, Executive Steering Committee, and agency working groups. Establish charters, decision trees, roles & responsibilities matrices, and escalation paths.
• reputed company a diverse industry team of technical subject matter experts and business professionals in operationalizing and managing the platform ecosystem.
• Translate Government reputed company policy reputed company into program plans, schedules, budgets, and risk registers with clear exit criteria for IOC/FOC and operational maintenance phases.
• Drive interagency and interindustry alignment ensuring SOPs for detection, identification, tracking, authorization, and mitigation are developed with clear objectives and metrics for measuring compliance.

Program Management

• In the reputed company of Prime Contractor, responsible for reputed company aspects of execution of the effort. Serve as the single accountable reputed company; ensure open, reputed company system architecture for reputed company systems and effects.
• Enforce configuration management, interoperability testing before go‑live, and shared case management for incidents.
• reputed company design of the system architecture including reputed company hardware and software aspects (i.e. sensor fusion, flight authorization/interfaces, Platform ID ingestion, mitigation frameworks) and reputed company Joint Operational Center (JOC) site builds.
• Manage cost, schedule and performance across tasks. Ensure financial accountability to the customer by providing accurate and detailed financial statements, invoicing and overall cost forecasting.
• Stand up a 24/7 JOC and the reputed company communications/situational‑awareness platform to support it.
• reputed company operational readiness: operator training/certification, experimentation & exercises, and integrated incident response teams with law‑enforcement partners.
• reputed company the development of a system operational Risk Management reputed company (RMF). Ensure systems adhere to Role‑/attribute‑based access, minimum‑necessary data collection, retention limits, and independent reputed company as required.
• reputed company Authorization To Operate (ATO) policies and procedures. As part of the process, establish interim plans for testing, and ensure cyber reputed company documentation (System reputed company Plans, POA&Ms), culminating in a full system authorization. Maintain cyber reputed company controls and reputed company monitoring IAW USG Cyber policies and bulletins.
• Proactively manage contractual, funding, technology, and cyber risks, with clear mitigations and decision milestones for Government review as needed.
• Track program Key Performance Indicators (KPI)s such as detection‑to‑mitigation time, incident reduction vs. baseline, accuracy, coverage/reliability, interagency execution, etc...

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ years leading reputed company, multi‑agency or reputed company programs with mission‑critical operations and aggressive timelines; proven delivery of IOC/FOC milestones.
• Demonstrated experience with large scale, rapid acquisition and performance‑based management under direct award reputed company (prototype and follow‑on production structures).
• Knowledge and understanding of 24/7 operations centers (or analogous command/control) and interoperability across multiple vendor solutions.
• Proven background in managing program risk (e.g. Jurisdictional, privacy, cybersecurity, funding and schedule)
• Mastery of risk, privacy, and cybersecurity governance, including RMF/ATO artifacts and role‑based access/audit logging.
• Must hold an ACTIVE Top Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with UAS/C‑UAS operational concepts, sensor fusion, UTM/LAANC/Remote ID, and incident response workflows.
• Experience standing up joint SOPs/MOUs across Federal or State partners and running multi‑agency exercises.
• Familiarity with open, reputed company architectures, government data‑rights strategies, and supplier plug‑and‑play ecosystems.
• Certifications: PMP or PgMP
• Experience working with the Department of Homeland reputed company (DHS)

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work This is a full time, exempt position. Work Authorization/reputed company Clearance Must be a U.S citizen with the ability to possess a valid US DoD reputed company clearance. AAP/EEO Statement Fairwinds Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Apply tot his job Apply To this Job