Director of Federal / FedRAMP PMO

2 Months ago • 10-12 Years • Product Management • Undisclosed

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Job Description

The Director of Federal/FedRAMP PMO at Forescout leads programs, FedRAMP, and DoD/IL certifications, ensuring compliance with security requirements. Key responsibilities include managing project plans, timelines, and budgets; ensuring adherence to FedRAMP requirements; coordinating audits; communicating with stakeholders; managing risks; and driving continuous improvement. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Product Management, and external vendors to manage the FedRAMP certification process and product lifecycle management. This includes portfolio-wide planning, launch readiness, and providing visibility to key stakeholders. The position requires strong experience in product lifecycle management, cybersecurity, project management, and federal/cloud standards.
Must have:
  • 10+ years' experience in product lifecycle management
  • Strong project management skills
  • Deep understanding of FedRAMP and cybersecurity standards
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Cross-functional collaboration experience
Good to have:
  • MBA or advanced degree
  • Experience with monday.com
Perks:
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • 80% coverage of employee and dependents' benefits premiums (US only)
  • 401K match
  • Generous PTO policy

Who We Are 
We envision a world where every cyber asset is seen, secure, and compliant. 
Forescout Technologies, Inc., a global cybersecurity leader, continuously identifies, protects, and helps ensure the compliance of all managed and unmanaged cyber assets – IT, IoT, IoMT, and OT. For more than 20 years, Fortune 100 organizations and government agencies have trusted Forescout to provide vendor-agnostic, automated cybersecurity at scale. 
 
What You Will Do
Forescout has an excellent opportunity for a strategic and business-focused Director of Federal Program Management Office to join our high-energy, multi-cultural, world-changing team.  As the Director of Federal PMO, you will lead our Programs and FedRAMP and DoD/IL certifications.  This role is pivotal in ensuring that our company meets the security requirements necessary to achieve and maintain FedRAMP and other certifications. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in cybersecurity, project management, and understanding of federal and cloud standards. 
 
This role plays a pivotal role in driving effective product lifecycle management within the Forescout team. This role involves overseeing various strategic cross-functional initiatives, including portfolio-wide planning orchestration, launch readiness, and providing visibility to key stakeholders throughout the execution process. 
 
Furthermore, one key program is to lead the FedRAMP Certification Process, overseeing the entire FedRAMP certification process from start to finish, ensuring all requirements are met and maintained. This includes initial assessments, documentation, audits, and continuous monitoring, working across Engineering, Product Management, and the external vendors, labs, and accelerator partners.   
 
In this role, you will own the following: 
  • Project Management: Develop and manage project plans, timelines and budgets for existing programs, and management of the FedRAMP certification process. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely completion of all tasks and milestones.
  • Compliance Management: Ensure that all FedRAMP requirements are understood and adhered to across the organization. Provide guidance and training to internal teams on FedRAMP standards and best practices.
  • Audit Coordination: Coordinate and manage all external audits and assessments related to FedRAMP. Ensure that all necessary documentation and evidence are prepared and available for auditors.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders regarding all programs, being able to communicate project status, risks, and issues to senior management and other stakeholders.
  • Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with all programs. Develop risk management strategies and contingency plans to address potential issues.
  • Continuous Improvement: Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of programs and projects. Stay informed about changes and updates to FedRAMP requirements and adjust processes accordingly.
  • Cross-functional orchestration: Act as single point of contact in deploying releases into operation, including streamlining and orchestrating communication and product lifecycle activities amongst multiple product teams and other parts of the organization.
  • Product analytics management: Support Product Management with data and analytic insights required to drive product adoption outcomes, improve product design/features, and keep a pulse on product health.
 
What You Will Bring
We encourage you to apply if you meet most but not all the desired skills and experience listed in this job posting.  We value competencies, aptitude, and a great attitude as supplement to experience.
 
  • Product Lifecycle experience: 10-12+ years’ experience working in one or more facets of the product lifecycle (e.g., as a product manager, product operations, project management) is essential, as this role requires strong experience and deep knowledge of the end-to-end product lifecycle management process.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field (MBA or advanced degree is a plus).
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with different teams such as Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support to ensure that the product meets the needs of all stakeholders.
  • Operational Excellence: In addition to exceptional program management skills and experience, but also be able to create and implement processes and systems that ensure operational excellence across the organization.
  • Impactful Reporting and Executive Communications: Create and present clear and concise reports that communicate product performance and progress to executive stakeholders.
  • Trusted team player: Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; Be “humble, hungry & smart”.
  • Self-motivated: Able to work independently while coordinating activities with cross-divisional teams.
  • Solid analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to think strategically.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Able to communicate with technical and business experts at all levels of the organization.
  • Excellent Microsoft Office experience (Project, Power Point, Excel), Jira, and Confluence toolsets. Experience with monday.com is a plus.
 
What Forescout Offers You
Managing cyber risk, together – We are led by a visionary leadership team who encourages professional growth and development. We promote a diverse and inclusive culture providing for a collaborative and innovative environment where our team can make an impact on worldwide security while working on technology which is at the forefront of the industry. We are also proud of our competitive compensation and benefits offered. (We cover 80% of employee and dependents’ benefits premiums, in the U.S. only, 401K match, generous PTO policy, and much more.)  If you have a strong work ethic, are visible and lean in, you will be recognized. We are in growth mode and there is a ton of opportunity at Forescout. Apply now to find out more!  www.forescout.com 
 
Our Mission - Continuously identify, protect, and ensure the compliance of all cyber assets across the modern organization.
 
Our Cultural Values
  • One Team – We all work together, and we all win together. 
  • Cyber Obsessed – We are curious about technology, and we are innovative and passionate about solving big programs. 
  • Customer Driven – We listen, we learn, and we make it right. 
  • Relentless – We're smart, determined, and find a way. We figure stuff out. 
  • Collaborative, without Ego – No one succeeds alone. We strive to be the humble person that people want to work with. 
 
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us.
If this opportunity intrigues you, we would love for you to apply! 
 
 
NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES: We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Forescout does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Forescout employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Employment Placement Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired because of the referral or through other means. 

Forescout Technologies is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We value and embrace diversity, equality, inclusion, and collaboration at the core of our “One Team” philosophy. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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