Staff/Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Federal
Venture studio that launches, operates, and scales technology companies across healthcare, cyber, and national security.
About Red Cell Partners
Red Cell Partners is an active McLean, Virginia-based venture studio founded in 2020. It creates, incubates, operates, and scales mission-critical technology companies across healthcare, cyber, and national security, with both incubation and investment activities.
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About the Role
You will own technical program execution for Red Cell Federal and Red Cell Partners partners adopting Trase OS, with a focus on federal and national security programs. You will turn ambiguous requests into scoped work, drive secure deployment readiness, work with GRC on RMF/ATO and STIG requirements, coordinate releases, lead escalations, and build onboarding runbooks and documentation. You will drive decisions and keep delivery commitments on track.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship required
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- 8-10+ years in technical program management, engineering, or related roles
- Track record delivering complex software, infrastructure, or platform programs in secure or regulated environments
- Strong technical judgment and cross-team execution experience
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and agent workflows
- Experience with cloud and/or on-premises deployments, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, networking, identity/access, and secrets management
- Familiarity with secure software delivery, vulnerability remediation, audit logging, and observability
Responsibilities
- Own RCF/RCP program delivery and translate ambiguous requests into user stories, acceptance criteria, and milestones
- Establish a single intake and prioritized backlog with Product and partners
- Drive secure deployment readiness across cloud, private-network, and on-premises environments
- Partner with GRC and security to incorporate RMF/ATO, STIG, and impact-level requirements
- Coordinate release and image handoffs including versioning, scan results, SBOMs, and rollback readiness
- Drive ongoing support for federal deployments including patching, hardening, and upgrades
- Coordinate partner issue triage and technical escalations
- Build onboarding and operational handoffs through runbooks, documentation, and training
- Run planning, grooming, delivery reviews, and risk escalation
Benefits
- 100% employer paid health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family
- 14 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
- Unlimited PTO with management approval
- Professional development opportunities
- Optional 401K
- FSA
- Equity incentives
- Mental health benefits through Tara Mind
- Cost effective GLP-1 solutions through Crux