Staff/Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Federal

Trase

. Own RCF/RCP program delivery by translating ambiguous requests into scoped user stories, acceptance criteria, owners, dependencies, and testable milestones.

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 expertise in technical program management, focusing on secure software delivery, infrastructure readiness, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage complex projects, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

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Technical Program ManagementSecure Software DeliveryCloud DeploymentsCross-Team ExecutionRisk Management

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Hard Skills

Program DeliveryUser Story DevelopmentAcceptance Criteria DefinitionInfrastructure TrackingIntegration ManagementVulnerability RemediationOperational ReadinessDistributed Systems UnderstandingAPIs and Agent WorkflowsCI/CD

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationNegotiationLeadershipProblem-SolvingStakeholder Management

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesContainersNetworkingIdentity/Access ManagementSecrets Management

Certifications & Qualifications

U.S. Government Security Clearance

Industry Keywords

GRCRMF/ATOSTIGRegulated EnvironmentsOperational Handoffs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own RCF/RCP program delivery by translating 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 remediation, evidence readiness, and approval dependencies.
Coordinate release and image handoffs, including versioning, compatibility, vulnerability scans, software bills of materials, 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 against acceptance criteria.
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 stakeholders visibility into commitments, capacity, dependencies, tradeoffs, and decisions.
Surface reusable partner needs for the core platform roadmap.
Staff: independently lead complex RCF/RCP programs across engineering, security, operations, and partner teams.
Senior Staff: lead a portfolio of interdependent RCF/RCP programs, shape engagement and delivery models, influence roadmap and investment tradeoffs, and establish scalable practices.

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.
Understand distributed systems, APIs, agent workflows, and integration boundaries well enough to inspect technical plans, challenge assumptions, and lead tradeoff discussions.
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.

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.