# Deputy Program Manager

**Company:** [Apogee Global RMS](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/geSBqHDGDaNbdGDW8ZF14M.md)
**Location:** Washington, United States
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Employment type:** Contract

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## Description

Apogee is seeking an experienced **Deputy Program Manager / Enterprise Risk & Resilience Lead** to support a federal readiness simulation and decision-support program. This role will combine program governance, enterprise risk management, organizational resilience, continuity planning, and executive decision support to help ensure successful delivery of mission-critical initiatives.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Program Manager, technical teams, operational subject-matter experts, and federal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate mission, operational, workforce, cybersecurity, schedule, and implementation risks.

This individual will play a key role in strengthening program execution, improving organizational readiness, and enabling informed decision-making across complex federal environments.

### Key Responsibilities:

-   Support the Program Manager with program governance, schedule management, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and execution oversight.
-   Develop, maintain, and manage the integrated enterprise risk register.
-   Identify and evaluate operational, organizational, workforce, cybersecurity, technical, schedule, and implementation risks.
-   Develop risk mitigation strategies, response plans, ownership models, escalation paths, and risk triggers.
-   Lead risk and governance discussions with senior leaders and federal stakeholders.
-   Support organizational resilience and continuity planning efforts, including disruption, surge, degraded operations, and recovery scenarios.
-   Track program decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks, issues, and corrective actions.
-   Support executive briefings, readiness assessments, milestone reviews, and decision gates.
-   Coordinate cross-functional teams, deliverables, and workstream dependencies.
-   Contribute to program documentation, training materials, demonstrations, and transition activities.
-   Support continuous improvement of program processes, governance frameworks, and operational readiness capabilities.

## Requirements

-   Bachelor’s degree in Business, Public Administration, Emergency Management, Organizational Leadership, Risk Management, or related discipline.
-   Minimum 8 years of experience supporting program management, enterprise risk management, business continuity, resilience, readiness, or federal consulting initiatives.
-   Proven experience establishing and managing enterprise risk management processes.
-   Experience supporting complex federal programs with multiple stakeholders, technical teams, and interconnected workstreams.
-   Ability to translate operational and organizational risks into actionable mitigation strategies.
-   Strong communication skills with experience in executive briefings, reporting, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement.
-   Ability to obtain and maintain required client suitability requirements, including Public Trust eligibility if required.

### Preferred Qualifications:

-   Master’s degree in a relevant field.
-   PMP, PMI-RMP, CBCP, Lean Six Sigma, change management, or related professional certification.
-   Experience supporting defense, national security, emergency management, continuity, mobilization, or federal readiness programs.
-   Experience designing or supporting tabletop exercises, scenario planning, crisis management, or resilience programs.
-   Familiarity with simulation platforms, analytics solutions, technology implementations, or decision-support environments.
-   Experience working with federal agencies and mission-critical programs.
-   Experience in Program management, risk strategy, operational resilience, and executive decision-making.
-   Expertise in working with senior stakeholders, managing ambiguity, and driving risk-informed outcomes in complex federal environments.
-   Ability to obtain and maintain client-required suitability clearance or Public Trust determination.
-   Candidates must be able to support periodic onsite meetings in Virginia.

## Benefits

For any questions (OR) to apply, please contact us at **careers@apogeeglobalrms.com**.