Program/Project Manager - AI Exp Req'd / DOD Clearance

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Program Manager

Position Summary:

Position Description:

Program Manager

Location:

Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH

Work Posture:

Hybrid

Travel:

Occasional

Deployment:

No

Drug screening:

Yes

Security Clearance:

Citizenship:

Top Secret

Must be a U.S.

Education

: A bachelor’s degree in a field directly related to the scope of work.

Required Experience

• Experience overseeing and coordinating cross-functional technical teams providing support in Agile development, adversarial AI, cybersecurity, and AI model lifecycle management in alignment with mission objective.
• Ability to successfully manage program execution across multiple technical domains including AI DevSecOps, cyber analytics, systems integration, and security engineering, ensuring deliverables meet contract standards and government requirements.
• Experience guiding system integration efforts to ensure interoperability across platforms, enabling seamless coordination within Family of Systems (FoS) and Systems of Systems (SoS) environments.
• Demonstrated experience integrating system security engineering and cybersecurity risk management into program-level planning, including oversight of Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) support.
• Ability to oversee full-spectrum software engineering and testing efforts, including the design, development, deployment, and sustainment of AI models, as well as coordinate of developmental and operational test and evaluation (DT&E/OT&E).
• Experience serving as the primary interface with government stakeholders, coordinating SME contributions, resolving issues, and guiding continuous improvement across AI, cybersecurity, and systems engineering efforts.

Salary:

Commensurate with experience

Responsibilities:

SANCORP is seeking a Program Manager to support the Air Force Research Laboratory through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO). The following are examples of responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate all aspects of program execution across technical disciplines, including Agile development, AI model lifecycle, cybersecurity, and integration efforts, ensuring alignment with mission objectives and performance goals.
• Oversee Agile-based project teams and ensure iterative development, adaptive planning, and early delivery are achieved through close collaboration with government stakeholders and cross-functional personnel.
• Provide program-level guidance and quality assurance on adversarial AI activities, ensuring model evaluation, sensitivity analysis, and threat-informed risk mitigation are integrated into development cycles.
• Manage team support for obtaining and maintaining Authority to Operate (ATO), ensuring proper documentation, technical validation, and compliance with security policies.
• Supervise cyber analytics operations, including monitoring network performance, managing cybersecurity tools, and ensuring integrity of Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) platforms.
• Direct the implementation of cybersecurity risk management processes across all systems and ensure risk assessments, mitigation strategies, and policy adherence are regularly evaluated and updated.
• Coordinate system integration initiatives, guiding teams in building Family of Systems (FoS) and Systems of Systems (SoS) architectures, and ensuring interoperability across platforms.
• Manage AI DevSecOps pipelines, ensuring that security is embedded throughout the development lifecycle, with automated security testing and CI/CD processes continuously maintained.
• Oversee security engineering functions focused on designing, documenting, and maintaining complex databases and access systems, emphasizing secure configuration and lifecycle protection.
• Supervise software engineering efforts including development of modular, scalable code; manage end-to-end software lifecycle from design and development to testing and delivery.
• Ensure systems under contract receive proactive maintenance support, including corrective, adaptive, preventive, and perfective actions, maintaining system health and mission readiness.
• Guide system security engineering activities to “design in” cyber protections and “engineer out” vulnerabilities throughout product and system lifecycles.
• Provide oversight of AI model development and operations teams, ensuring mission-driven data science solutions, model governance, deployment strategies, and continuous integration/delivery are effectively executed.
• Lead testing and evaluation efforts including developmental test & evaluation (DT&E) and operational test & evaluation (OT&E), ensuring systems meet functional, operational, and supportability standards under realistic conditions.
• Serve as the primary interface with government leads to communicate progress, manage priorities, mitigate risk, and ensure all technical workstreams meet contract deliverables and mission intent.

Sancorp Consulting LLC shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Sancorp’s changing needs. This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate at Sancorp’s sole discretion.

Sancorp Consulting, LLC, is an SDVOSB and SBA 8(a) company seeking highly motivated and qualified professionals and offer an attractive salary and benefits package that includes: Medical, Dental, life and Insurance; 401K, and holidays to ensure the highest quality of life for our employees. Please visit our website for more information at www.sancorpconsulting.com.

Sancorp Consulting, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. At Sancorp Consulting, LLC we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to , , , , , , or any other protected characteristic as defined by applicable law. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.