Program Risk Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Program Risk Manager to join our team in the greater DMV area supporting the Army National Guard.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop maintain and execute the Program Risk Management Plan and procedures aligned with PMO/portfolio governance.
• Maintain and reconcile the integrated RIO register; ensure accurate risk taxonomy severity scoring owners mitigations and POA&Ms.
• Conduct structured risk assessments for proposals program changes acquisitions policy updates and major milestones to quantify impacts to cost schedule performance cybersecurity and compliance.
• Facilitate recurring Risk Review Boards and stakeholder risk forums; establish escalation criteria and decision frameworks for senior leadership.
• Coordinate closure of mitigation actions with program managers technical leads cybersecurity contracts and other stakeholders; track status and validate effectiveness.
• Monitor crosstask dependencies to identify systemic cascading and supplychain risks; recommend containment and contingency actions.
• Produce executivelevel risk briefings impact assessments scenario analyses and recommendations to inform prioritization and resource allocation.
• Implement risk analytics trending and earlywarning indicators; integrate risk data into program dashboards and IMS impacts.
• Support strategic risk analysis for modernization initiatives statutory/regulatory changes and innovation pilots.

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Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
• Clearance: TS/SCI (active)
• Education / Certification: Candidate must meet ONE:
  • Masters degree in relevant field (e.g. Risk Management Cybersecurity Systems Engineering Business Administration); OR
  • PMIRMP or ISACA CRISC certification.
• Experience: Progressive risk management program controls or PMO experience with at least 3 years leading program/enterprise risk in DoD or large technical programs.
• Skills: Risk assessment methodologies RIO register management scenario analysis mitigation planning stakeholder facilitation and seniorlevel briefings.
• Technical familiarity: RMF/ATO impacts supply chain risk cybersecurity risk integration and program financial/schedule impacts.

Desired / Preferred

• Prior DoD/Army/ARNG program risk or PMO experience
• Experience with risk tools (e.g. RiskRegister Archer JIRA/ServiceNow risk modules) and dashboarding (Power BI/Tableau)
• Familiarity with EVM IMS schedule impacts and acquisition risk drivers

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