Principal Technical Program Manager, Cyber & Advanced Systems (TS/SCI w/ Poly #26-161)

Strategic Analysis, Inc. is seeking an experienced Principal Technical Program Manager, Cyber & Advanced Systems to support Department of War (DoW) science and technology (S&T), research and development (R&D), and advanced capability-transition efforts.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on technical credibility in cybersecurity, software assurance, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, embedded or cyber-physical systems, and advanced computing with the programmatic ability to lead complex technical portfolios. This individual will translate mission needs into executable technical plans; assess technical performance, risk, cost, and schedule; coordinate government, contractor, industry, and intelligence-community stakeholders; and prepare clear, decision-ready products for senior leaders. This role requires a technically fluent leader who can engage engineers and researchers at the implementation level while managing the programmatic disciplines necessary to move advanced capabilities from concept through demonstration, integration, and transition., * Provide technical and programmatic leadership for advanced cyber, software assurance, hardware security, and cyber-physical systems efforts.

• Advise government leadership on technical feasibility, program execution risk, technology maturity, integration dependencies, and transition strategy.
• Assess technical approaches involving vulnerability research, fuzzing, reverse engineering, static and dynamic analysis, embedded systems, software supply-chain assurance, and DevSecOps/continuous integration-continuous delivery (CI/CD) environments.
• Develop and maintain program execution artifacts, including integrated schedules, technical roadmaps, risk registers, decision papers, executive briefings, read-aheads, status reports, and transition plans.
• Coordinate technical reviews, stakeholder engagements, working groups, demonstrations, and program reviews across DoW, Intelligence Community, industry, academia, and other mission partners.
• Support acquisition and financial-management activities, including cost analysis, spend-plan development, earned value management, contract deliverables, and performance monitoring.
• Identify and mitigate technical, schedule, cost, security, and integration risks affecting advanced capability development and operational transition.

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience supporting DoW, Intelligence Community, federal, or national-security technical programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading or materially supporting complex technical programs involving cybersecurity, software assurance, advanced computing, embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, or related technology areas.
• Strong technical background in one or more of the following:
• Vulnerability research, reverse engineering, exploit mitigation, or binary analysis
• Fuzzing, test automation, software assurance, or secure software development
• Static or dynamic program analysis, compiler tooling, instrumentation, or debugging
• Embedded, Android, Internet of Things (IoT), hardware-in-the-loop, FPGA, or cyber-physical systems
• DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, or software supply-chain security
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing technical roadmaps, schedules, milestones, technical risks, dependencies, and transition plans.
• Experience preparing executive-level briefings, decision memoranda, read-aheads, technical reports, and program-review materials.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to convert complex technical material into decision-ready products.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize competing requirements, and lead cross-functional teams.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience supporting DARPA, DoW S&T/R&D organizations, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Cyber Command, Defense Intelligence Agency, or Intelligence Community customers.
• Experience with cybersecurity research programs involving hardware/software reverse engineering, automated vulnerability discovery, fuzzing, mobile security, sandboxing, or secure platform development.
• Experience using Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and data-visualization tools to manage and communicate program performance., * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, cybersecurity, systems engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical field required.
• Advanced degree in a technical discipline, business administration, public policy, national security, or program management preferred.
• Additional qualifying experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.