Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Federal

Red Cell Partners

. Own RCF/RCP technical program delivery from initial request through validated customer acceptance.

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in technical program management, particularly in delivering complex software and infrastructure programs within secure environments. Proficient in translating security and compliance requirements into actionable engineering deliverables while maintaining clear communication with technical and executive stakeholders.

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Technical Program ManagementCloud DeploymentsRisk Management Framework (RMF)Secure Software DeliveryCross-Team Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Program DeliveryUser Story TranslationInfrastructure ManagementVulnerability RemediationAPIsKubernetesCI/CDSecrets ManagementIntegration ValidationOperational Readiness

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationProactive Follow-ThroughSound JudgmentCollaborationCustomer Focus

Tools & Technologies

ContainersCloud EnvironmentsSecond FrontGovernment Cloud PlatformsDeployment Guides

Certifications & Qualifications

U.S. Government Security Clearance

Industry Keywords

Federal DeploymentsSTIG HardeningDoD IL4/IL5/IL6National SecurityDefense Programs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own RCF/RCP technical program delivery from initial request through validated customer acceptance.
Translate ambiguous requests into scoped user stories, acceptance criteria, owners, dependencies, and testable milestones.
Establish a single intake and prioritized backlog with Product and RCF/RCP counterparts.
Drive secure deployment readiness across customer-managed cloud, private-network, and on-premises environments.
Track infrastructure prerequisites, access, networking, secrets, model-provider integrations, and end-to-end workflow validation.
Partner with GRC and security owners on RMF/ATO, STIG, and impact-level requirements.
Drive engineering remediation, evidence readiness, and approval dependencies.
Coordinate release and image handoffs, including versioning, compatibility, vulnerability scans, SBOMs, release manifests, deployment guides, and rollback readiness.
Drive ongoing support for federal deployments, including patching, hardening, upgrades, security findings, and sustainment commitments.
Coordinate partner issue triage and technical escalations across dedicated and shared platform teams.
Drive closure of integration, performance, reliability, and observability gaps.
Build repeatable onboarding and operational handoffs through runbooks, architecture and data-flow documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.
Run planning, grooming, delivery reviews, and risk escalation.
Provide technical and executive stakeholders visibility into commitments, capacity, dependencies, tradeoffs, and decisions.
Lead complex or interdependent RCF/RCP programs and shape engagement, delivery, roadmap, and investment practices at Staff/Senior Staff level.
Collaborate with full-stack software engineers, DevOps/SRE, Platform Engineering, Product, GRC, and RCF/RCP technical leaders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. citizenship is required.
Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance, as required by assigned programs.
8–10+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering, or related technical delivery roles, with demonstrated Staff-level scope; broader multi-program leadership and organizational influence for Sr. Staff.
Track record of delivering complex software, infrastructure, or platform programs to external customers, including secure or regulated environments.
Strong technical judgment and experience leading cross-team execution, prioritization, risk management, and customer-facing escalations under ambiguity.
Clear written and verbal communication with engineers, security specialists, partner teams, and executives, including the ability to challenge unclear requirements and negotiate realistic commitments.
Understanding of distributed systems, APIs, agent workflows, and integration boundaries.
Experience with cloud and/or on-premises deployments, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking, identity/access, and secrets management.
Working familiarity with secure software delivery, vulnerability remediation, audit logging, observability, and operational readiness.
Ability to translate security and compliance requirements into engineering deliverables and validation evidence in partnership with GRC.
Prior TPM experience supporting national security, defense, federal agencies, or other government programs is strongly preferred.
An active U.S. government security clearance is strongly preferred.
Experience navigating RMF/ATO processes, STIG hardening, POA&M remediation tracking, or DoD IL4/IL5/IL6 environments is strongly preferred.
Experience with Second Front or comparable federal deployment platforms, government cloud environments, and ongoing support of authorized systems is strongly preferred.
Experience supporting AI/ML platforms, agent integrations, or developer tools across multiple partner organizations is strongly preferred.
High ownership, sound judgment, and proactive follow-through.
Comfortable moving between technical detail and executive decisions.
Practical, collaborative, and focused on customer outcomes and repeatable delivery.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement with strong performance as the firm grows
100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available.
Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind.
Cost effective GLP-1 solutions available through Crux.