Program Manager IV

Program Manager IV

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Program Manager IV for a Remote role!

Position Title: Program Manager IV

Location: Remote

Anticipated Start Date: 08/15/2025

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Contract - [FULL TIME (40 Hours a week)]

Pay Range: $80.00/hr-$85.00/hr

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in program management (for IC6, 8 years for IC5)
• 3+ years of cybersecurity or information security
• In-depth experience of one or more project and/or product management methodologies (for example: agile, PMI, product execution)
• Track record of making risk based decisions using data to understand trends and support decision making
• Track record of consistently working under your own initiative, demonstrating experience of resourcefulness and pivoting in changing situations, being detail-oriented and a proactive problem solver, and delivering results at a large scale
• Experience influencing and driving alignment amongst a wide stakeholder base, including: executive leaders, peers, technical, and non-technical stakeholders across roles across the company

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Cybersecurity certifications, e.g., Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Product Development related project management certifications, e.g., Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Experience understanding proprietary in-house built systems, information security, corporate systems (e.g., ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday), and driving complex projects with process and technology changes.
• Experience managing projects related to cybersecurity and information security operations, including projects on improving and demonstrating the maturity of repeatable operations (i.e. compliance issue remediation, process maturity enhancements, developing runbooks to run repeatable processes , etc.)
• Track record of building cybersecurity / information security programs that stand up to rigor of external legal and regulatory compliance with eye toward developing efficiencies (e.g. reduced overhead, increased speed to execute, automation features, etc).

Top 3 must-have HARD skills:

• 8 to 10 years -
• certifies information security
• delivery manager
• cyber security and or risk
• stakeholder management

Good to have skills:

• Technicality- experience managing technical projects
• risk and governance (cyber security preferred)
• an engineer plus 5 + years of experience would work, but not just an engineer
• 3rd party security and identity and access management
• big tech or financial background.

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 241288 when responding to this ad.

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