Who are we?
Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.
Summary
Smarsh is seeking a highly experienced Senior Program Manager to lead its FedRAMP High authorization initiative. This is a critical, high-visibility role responsible for end-to-end execution of FedRAMP High readiness, assessment, authorization, and transition to continuous monitoring for Smarsh’s public sector solutions.
The role requires deep FedRAMP expertise, strong cross-functional leadership, and the ability to work directly with 3PAOs, federal agency sponsors, and internal product and engineering teams.
How will you contribute?
- Lead the FedRAMP High authorization program from readiness through ATO and ongoing compliance.
- Manage an agency-sponsored FedRAMP path, coordinating with federal sponsors and the FedRAMP ecosystem.
- Own program planning, scope control, milestones, risks, and executive reporting.
- Drive cross-functional execution across Engineering, Security, Compliance, Cloud Operations, Legal, and IT.
- Serve as primary point of contact for the 3PAO and related federal stakeholders.
- Oversee documentation, assessments, POA&Ms, and vulnerability remediation processes.
- Coordinate compliance-driven tooling and infrastructure migrations (e.g., FedRAMP-authorized tools, GovCloud).
- Lead transition from authorization into continuous monitoring.
What will you bring?
- 10+ years of experience in program or portfolio management within SaaS, cloud, security, or compliance-driven environments.
- Proven experience leading FedRAMP High (or equivalent high-assurance federal authorization) programs.
- Strong working knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, and federal authorization processes.
- Direct experience working with 3PAOs and U.S. federal agencies.
- Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience with system integrators supporting federal compliance programs.
- Prior experience working at or with a 3PAO.
- Existing relationships within the federal compliance / FedRAMP community.
- Experience with US-person or IL5-adjacent compliance constraints.
- PMP, PgMP, or similar certification.
What do we offer?
- We value our people and offer a competitive salary along with company bonus
- Strong maternity and paternity scheme
- A workplace pension scheme
- Take what you need holiday package
- Private medical insurance
- Dental plan
- Group life assurance
- Group income protection
- Employee assistance programme
- A monthly wellness allowance
- Adoption assistance
- Stock options
Don't meet every requirement? Apply anyway! We value diverse candidates and encourage applications, even if you don't perfectly match the job description. Studies have shown that some strong candidates may self-select out of the interview process prematurely, at Smarsh we encourage an inclusive, high-performing environment.
Smarsh is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Smarsh invites all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Including frequency of functions.
About our culture
Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.
