Senior SSA Enterprise Systems Program Manager and Technology Advisor

Role Description

We are seeking a senior technology leader, program manager, or technical advisor with substantial experience supporting Social Security Administration (SSA) technology programs, systems, organizations, or enterprise services. Relevant experience may have been gained as an SSA employee or as a contractor, subcontractor, consultant, or industry partner directly supporting SSA technology work.

The successful candidate may bring broad enterprise experience across multiple SSA technology domains or deep expertise within a major technical domain, supported by sufficient familiarity with related areas to advise leadership and coordinate complex delivery. Relevant domains include:

• Software and web development
• Database and data administration
• Software engineering
• Systems integration
• Cloud services
• Infrastructure
• Systems administration
• Cybersecurity
• Enterprise architecture
• Digital services

This position combines strategic advisory responsibilities with hands-on enterprise program management. The individual must understand SSA’s technology environment, organizational structure, operating practices, stakeholder relationships, and contractor-supported services and be able to translate that knowledge into actionable plans, independent assessments, executive materials, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and practical recommendations that move initiatives from strategy through execution.

Qualifications

• Substantial direct experience supporting SSA technology programs, systems, organizations, or enterprise services.
• Experience may have been gained as an SSA employee or as a contractor, subcontractor, consultant, or industry partner directly supporting SSA technology work.
• Must have served in a senior technology leadership, enterprise program management, technical advisory, technical delivery, program director, technical director, systems leadership, or comparable role.
• Broad experience across software and web development, database and data administration, software engineering, systems integration, cloud, infrastructure, systems administration, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and digital services, or deep expertise in one or more of these domains.
• Demonstrated experience managing or supporting complex technology programs or initiatives, including planning, execution, stakeholder coordination, risk management, performance tracking, and executive reporting.
• Strong knowledge of federal technology governance, organizational structures, technical decision-making, stakeholder responsibilities, and contractor interaction.
• Experience evaluating technical delivery, program performance, quality, schedule, risk, staffing, resources, key personnel, or contractor performance.
• Ability to develop high-quality program plans, executive briefings, decision materials, status reports, risk assessments, operating procedures, technical narratives, and other management deliverables.
• Experience serving as or working closely with an SSA executive, Government program manager, Contracting Officer’s Representative, Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative, technical director, program director, system owner, division director, or senior information technology official is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting SSA modernization, cloud, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, digital services, enterprise architecture, systems integration, application development, incumbent transition, credentialing, or access continuity is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting major SSA contracts, enterprise technology services, contractor transitions, proposal development, technical evaluations, or program startup activities is preferred.
• Experience advising senior leadership while directly managing major technology programs, contractor-supported services, organizational change, or enterprise transformation is preferred.

Requirements

• Must understand how SSA technology organizations, program offices, technical teams, acquisition personnel, security organizations, Government leaders, and contractors interact.
• Must be able to assess technical and management approaches from both a domain-specific and enterprise perspective and translate that assessment into actionable recommendations and executable plans.
• Must be able to operate independently, manage competing priorities, organize ambiguous requirements, and move complex activities forward with limited direction.
• Must be comfortable advising executive leadership while also taking direct responsibility for planning, coordination, analysis, documentation, tracking, and delivery.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Remote work flexibility
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Retirement savings plan