Portfolio Manager

Pueo Business Solutions

• $110K — $130K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degrees may be a plus.
  • 8 years of relevant experience is necessary.
  • Strong knowledge of RMF, NIST standards, and DoD cybersecurity policies required.
  • Experience with project management tools like Microsoft Project, Xacta, and SharePoint.
  • Preferred certifications include CISM, CISSP, PMP, PMI-ACP, and ITIL.

Responsibilities

  • Convert government and program priorities into actionable plans.
  • Work directly with senior government leaders (GG-14 level and above).
  • Coordinate with various stakeholders including system owners and cybersecurity personnel.
  • Ensure project schedules and risks are monitored and kept decision-ready.
  • Manage the scope, schedule, budget, and delivery governance of projects.
  • Facilitate alignment among stakeholders through working sessions and briefings.
  • Manage change control and project closeout processes.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with senior government officials at a high level.
  • Engagement in critical national security and intelligence initiatives.
  • Environment that supports professional development and certification opportunities.
  • Exposure to a multi-disciplinary team and complex project management scenarios.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Portfolio Manager supports the DIA CIO RMF Program by planning, coordinating, controlling, and reporting portfolio status and Assessment and Authorization activities across an assigned portfolio. This role:
• Converts Government and program priorities into executable plans
• Works directly with senior Government leaders (GG-14 level and above)
• Coordinates system owners, program offices, cybersecurity personnel, assessors, authorizing stakeholders, and contractor teams
• Ensures schedules, risks, issues, actions, dependencies, decisions, and leadership briefings remain current and decision-ready
• Owns scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, budget tracking, and delivery governance
• Maintains project plans, RAID logs, decision records, action trackers, and status reporting
• Facilitates stakeholder alignment, working sessions, reviews, and executive briefings
• Coordinates RMF, A&A, technical, security, program-office, customer, and contractor workstreams
• Manages change control, acceptance criteria, deliverables, and project closeout
• Escalates risks and decisions early with clear options, impacts, and recommendations

Knowledge:

Working knowledge of RMF, NIST standards, SA&A processes, DoD cybersecurity policies
• Experience using project management tools (Microsoft Project, Xacta, SharePoint, etc.)
• Understanding of RMF and A&A lifecycle activities and decision points
• Knowledge of DIA and Intelligence Community security requirements.

Skills:
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage senior Government stakeholders
• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• Ability to synthesize complex information into executive-ready briefings and reports
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills for dependency and risk management
• Effective facilitation and stakeholder coordination across technical and non-technical teams

Abilities:
• Lead or contribute to security initiatives requiring cross-functional coordination
• Manage competing priorities and complex stakeholder relationships
• Work effectively in classified environments
• Maintain compliance with classified information protection requirements

Requirements

Certifications Preferred:
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, or ITIL
• No certification mandatory if candidate demonstrates equivalent experience and capability

Education:
  • Possess a Bachelor's degree

Other:
  • 8 years of experience in addition to education.


Clearance:
  • Hold a Top-Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Ability to Pass CI Poly.

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