Program Management Prin - E6
Overview:
In this role you will support the UAE Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CoE) as a strategic, five-year program leader. You will help translate multi-stakeholder objectives into executable plans, coordinating across pillars like National Security, UAE Cyber Academy, and Learning platforms. You'll lead multidisciplinary teams, manage risk, and drive measurable cyber resilience outcomes in a UAE-led capability build. This is a mission-driven opportunity to shape national cyber capability and workforce development through a structured build–operate–transfer model. Compensation / Benefits MedicalDentalVision 401(k) match Paid time off Parental Leave
Responsibilities:
Direct and coordinate program phases from inception to completion, ensuring cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Act as primary customer contact, leading reviews on cost, schedule, and performance.
Establish milestones, monitor master plans, and resolve program problems through resource allocation or contract adjustments.
Guide design concepts and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration, and testing.
Support CoE delivery across pillars: National Security and Readiness, UAE Cyber Academy, Learning Experience Platform, Industry and Society Platform, Innovation and Technology, and central CoE operations.
Direct and mentor cross-functional teams across technical, manufacturing, and administrative areas.
Key requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.15+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, information assurance, systems engineering, or technical program management.
- Proven leadership of complex cybersecurity or high-assurance technology efforts in regulated environments.
- Experience coordinating stakeholders across organizational boundaries and translating objectives into executable plans and milestones.
- Experience managing program cost, schedule, risk, staffing, and executive reporting.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity risk management, compliance, assessment and authorization, and risk communication to leaders.
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Facilitation and negotiation
- Mentoring and organizational skills
- Cybersecurity leadership and systems engineering credibility
- Risk management and compliance practices (including assessment and authorization)
- Executive briefing and proposal development