Federal Security Program Manager

Remote position based in the United States.

About the role

Rhymetec was founded in New York City in 2015, growing steadily in the areas of compliance, cyber security and data privacy. Our mission is to ensure our clients are compliant faster, so they can focus on their core business and less on the complexities of building effective and compliant infosec programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical federal compliance programs from scoping to delivery at scale for Rhymetec’s customers with a focus on government contractor and federal agency requirements including CMMC, FedRAMP, and NIST 800-171.
• Manage a small team of Security Analysts, driving performance through structured coaching, clear accountability measures, and consistent delivery of high-quality customer outcomes.
• Build information security programs for Rhymetec’s clients, including conducting gap assessments against federal and commercial cyber security frameworks, conducting risk assessments, and building strategy for creating and enhancing cyber security programs aligned to NIST 800-53, CMMC, and FedRAMP baselines.
• Achieve and maintain compliance for cyber security frameworks selected by Rhymetec’s customers.
• Participate and manage CMMC, FedRamp, GovRamp, and other external audits on behalf of customers, and provide evidence to CPAs and/or QSAs.
• Lead project management for Rhymetec’s customers and create tasks and milestones to achieve required objectives.
• Ensure customers achieve the required security objectives such as compliance frameworks on time.
• Monitor and enforce SLAs for responding to customer requests.
• Develop methods of tracking project progress and performance; analyze results to determine potential issues, risks, and enhancements.
• Improve and maintain customer retention by serving as a trusted federal compliance advisor, guiding clients through the complexity of government security requirements and positioning Rhymetec as a long-term strategic partner.

Qualifications

• 4+ years working in a federal cybersecurity and GRC space.
• Demonstrated ability to function in a fast-paced, multi-program environment with changing priorities.
• Previous experience in managing waterfall, hybrid, and agile delivery teams.
• Good leadership skills including the ability to influence and gain consensus in the absence of direct authority.
• Ability to anticipate potential problems and proactively troubleshoot to resolve issues.
• Understanding of cloud architecture and modern cloud systems.
• Project management and people management delegation skills.
• Federal certifications preferred (CCP highly preferred).
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency required.
• Availability to travel up to 2 weeks per year.

Benefits

• Employee-covered medical premiums (100%).
• Dental and vision benefits.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• PTO and sick time, plus 11 paid holidays.
• Professional development opportunities.
• 401(k) retirement company match (3%).
• Summer Fridays.