Position Overview:The Program Manager owns the portfolio of Cybersecurity Services provided to the State of Texas and is the single point of accountability for delivery performance. Apollo is responsible for a continuously replenishing portfolio of assessments, advisory and incident engagements, and managed service onboardings, each with its own customer, schedule and acceptance criteria, governed by one set of contractual obligations and a single prime relationship. This is a customer-facing, hands-on program leadership role. Success is measured by engagements landing on time, deliverables accepted on first submission, clean financials, and a prime contractor who never has to ask Apollo where something stands.
Key Responsibilities:- Own the full delivery lifecycle for the portfolio of concurrent engagements under the DIR MSS contract
- Maintain program- and project-level plans, milestone schedules, and RAID logs
- Run the full delivery cadence including managing the full-service request and task order lifecycle (intake, scoping, estimate, execution, delivery, acceptance, closeout)
- Serve as the primary liaison between Apollo leadership, business units, SAIC, DIR, customer stakeholders, and Apollo's project manager, assessment and engineering teams
- Set the communication and escalation cadence for each engagement
- Own the program budget , with support from Project Managers, across all projects, including the revenue/cost forecast, staffing and vendor costs, and margin and utilization reporting by engagement and total program
- Identify cross-project risks and issues threatening program-level objectives
- Manage Apollo's CJIS program including ensuring all members are cleared through the background investigation process, providing recurring reporting as necessary
- Contribute to PMO process and tooling improvement, and support capture/proposal activity with delivery estimates and past performance data from the program.
- Develop update reports to key stakeholders internally and externally to ensure no gaps in prime or Apollo understanding of program and project statuses
Qualifications- Required
- Demonstrated delivery experience in cybersecurity, IT managed services, or technology consulting (assessments, security operations, incident response, or compliance).
- Experience delivering under a government contract (state, local, education, or federal), including deliverable acceptance, contractual reporting, and audit expectations.
- Direct ownership of a program budget including forecasting, spend tracking, invoicing, and margin reporting.
- Proven ability to manage a prime contractor or channel partner relationship from the subcontractor side, including flow-down obligations and joint governance.
- Fluency with a Professional Services Automation platform (Cloud Coach, Kantata, OpenAir, Certinia, or comparable) and with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, and Excel.
- Exceptional written communication and strong facilitation.
- Rigorous organizational discipline with attention to detail and follow-through
- Able to pass a fingerprint-based background investigation, meet CJIS personnel security requirements, and maintain that eligibility throughout employment.
- Preferred
- PMP or PMI-ACP Certification
- Direct experience with Texas DIR contract vehicles and the Texas public sector customer base.
- Familiarity with the Texas Cybersecurity Framework, Texas Administrative Code 202, TX-RAMP, NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, and the CIS Controls.
- Working knowledge of the CJIS Security Policy beyond personnel vetting requirements.
- Experience with services revenue recognition across time-and-materials, fixed-fee, and milestone-based structures.
- Prior experience managing a subcontract under a large systems integrator such as SAIC, Leidos, Accenture, or Deloitte.
- Based in Austin or Central Texas.
Expectations:- At 30 days:
- Observe current Program Manager across customer calls
- Review SOW, rate card, and active task orders
- Build an inventory of engagements, commitments, and open risks
- Within 60 days:
- Assume joint ownership of the reporting cadence, obligations register, forecast, and clearance roster alongside the current Program Manager
- Capture undocumented context (customer historical preferences, escalation paths etc.) into the program playbook.
- By 90 days:
- Run the program
- Own the forecast, escalation path, and SAIC governance cadence outright, with the outgoing Program Manager available only for consultation
- Deliver the first full monthly program review
Company ValuesWe have created a fantastic corporate culture - our values drive our behaviors. Here are the expectations:
- Passion for cybersecurity and a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security.
- Customer Outcomes: Their success is our success, we are business partners
- Entrepreneurial Approach: fast decision making, empowerment, focus on results, test and learn
- Win Together: Intense Collaboration, no silos
- Integrity is paramount
Why Youll Love Working Here- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, the company covers 100% of employee premiums and 90% of dependent premiums on base plans
- Unlimited PTO, 7 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays
- 401(k) with 4% company match after 90 days, immediately vested
- Company-paid life insurance at 1x annual salary
- Company-paid Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD) coverage
- $125 monthly home-office tech stipend for internet, equipment, and other technology needs
- Amazing colleagues, a collaborative environment, and a supportive, growth-focused culture
