Elder Research · 22 hours ago
Program Manager, Insider Threat
Lanham, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expElder Research Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation, seeks a motivated Program Manager to join their team in Lanham, MD. The Program Manager will lead the operations and strategic direction of the Insider Threat Program, managing a multidisciplinary team and ensuring effective execution of detection, investigation, and response activities.
EducationConsultingBig DataInformation TechnologyAnalyticsDatabaseTraining
No H1B
Security Clearance Required
Responsibilities
The Insider Threat Program Manager leads the day-to-day operations and strategic direction of the Insider Threat Program
Responsibilities include managing a multidisciplinary team, ensuring all insider threat detection, investigation, and response activities are executed effectively and in alignment with agency policies
Oversee hiring and onboarding of staff with appropriate security clearances and skills, manage stakeholder engagement and ensure timely delivery of reports, metrics, and deliverables
Develop and maintain program plans, risk registers, and governance documentation, and serve as the primary point of contact
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business administration, Project Management, Information Systems or related field with equivalent demonstrated experience
10+ years of relevant experience
Experience in program management, project management, personnel with demonstrated success managing an analytics team that required integration and collaboration across a large, complex organization of similar scope to the IRS. Specialized program management and integration experience shall also include expertise in such areas as advanced User Behavior Analytics techniques
Success in implementing and supporting this capability within the Financial Services Industry or US Intelligence Community
Success in implementing User Behavior Analytics governance processes; specifically, the discipline to organize reporting, analytics and manipulate data to support analytical models and filters
Ability to articulate as well as support a visionary approach that will position the IRS to successfully deter, detect, and mitigate near and long-term cyber threats from a User Behavior Analytics perspective
Ability in working cohesively and productively with various levels of management to include technicians that reflects a mature understanding of operations and organizational dynamics
Ability to assist with Research and develop methods for applications in diverse domains such as cyber security, fraud analytics, service development, marketing research, public policy, optimization and risk management. Research new algorithms and methods for optimizing service quality, business growth and new ways for modeling end-user behavior through quantitative analysis
Ability to assist with client engagements focused on Big Data and Advanced Business Analytics, in diverse domains such as cyber security, fraud analytics, service development, public policy, optimization, risk management; Communicate results and educate others through reports and presentations
Active IRS Public Trust w/ Background Investigation
Preferred
Master's degree in business administration, Project Management, Information Systems or related field with equivalent demonstrated experience
PMP certification
CERT InT PgM (CERT Insider Threat Program Management) or CISSP certification
Company
Elder Research
Elder Research, Inc. is a consulting company in data science, predictive analytics, and text mining.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$3M2025-12-10Acquired
2023-10-16Series Unknown· $3M
Leadership Team
Gerhard Pilcher
CEO
Jeff Deal
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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