Technical Program Manager, Federal Deployment and Authorization (DHS/CBP)

About Sayari:  Sayari is the judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk. The Sayari Commercial World Model resolves 11.7B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions forming the ground truth of global commerce. A Judgment Ontology, encoding over a decade of investigative tradecraft, and Superconductor, an agentic orchestration platform, deliver AI that reasons like an expert analyst, shows its work, and traces every finding to its source. Trusted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, HM Revenue & Customs, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv. Technical Program Manager, Federal Deployment and Authorization (DHS/CBP) Sayari  •  Government Solutions  •  Washington, DC About Sayari Sayari is the judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk. The Sayari Commercial World Model resolves 10.6B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions forming the ground truth of global commerce. A Judgment Ontology, encoding over a decade of investigative tradecraft, and Superconductor, an agentic orchestration platform, deliver AI that reasons like an expert analyst, shows its work, and traces every finding to its source. Trusted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Treasury, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. Position Description Sayari is hiring a Technical Program Manager to own delivery of an enterprise program deploying the Sayari Platform inside U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The program has two parallel tracks: configuring the platform for CBP mission workflows, and taking the system through the DHS security authorization process (Authority to Operate) so it can process live government data. You own the plan, the dependencies, and the accountability for both. Federal deployments take several forms: a Sayari-operated enclave in a government cloud region, a deployment into an agency-provisioned cloud tenancy, or an on-premises installation. Each changes who provides the security controls, who may access the environment, what personnel security is required, and how long authorization takes. You will build the schedule around those tradeoffs. Senior individual contributor based in the Washington, D.C. area. Expect to be on-site at CBP [2 to 3 days per week], more during kickoff and assessment fieldwork. Much of the job is producing documents the government will read, sign, or act on, so clear writing matters. Reports to the SVP of Government Solutions and Services. How This Role Fits the Team Forward Deployed Engineers configure the platform, write infrastructure-as-code, build the agents that automate CBP workflows, and implement technical controls. The Account Executive owns the commercial relationship, executive sponsorship, and expansion. You turn contract obligations into a plan and the plan into weekly accountability for Sayari, subcontractors, and the government. In every CBP working session, you convert open questions into written decisions with an owner and a date. Job Responsibilities Program Ownership Integrated program plan : Build and maintain the master schedule for deployment and authorization: work breakdown, critical path, dependencies, and explicit allowances for each government-side gate. Contract delivery : Own scope, schedule, and contractual milestones from award through go-live. Track every deliverable, key personnel requirement, and reporting obligation. Deployment model decisions : Lead the analysis of hosting and boundary options with Sayari Security, Infrastructure, and the FDE team. Present the tradeoffs to CBP and Sayari leadership and drive a decision. Security Authorization (ATO) Run the authorization program : Own Sayari's side of the NIST Risk Management Framework process under DHS policy, from kickoff to ATO letter. Sequence and track every package artifact, from categorization and System Security Plan through Security Assessment Report and POA&Ms. Coordinate the producers : Partner with the Sayari Security team, who own control implementation and package content, and with Infrastructure and the FDEs, who build the environment the package describes. Manage the assessors : Contract and manage the independent third-party assessor. Schedule a readiness review before formal fieldwork, close remediation before submission, and keep the government's Security Control Assessor engaged throughout. Work the government gates : Coordinate with the CBP System Owner, ISSO, ISSM, CISO, Privacy Office, and Authorizing Official through document review and the authorization decision. Ongoing authorization : After the ATO, establish the continuous monitoring, change control, POA&M, and annual assessment cadence, then hand it to a steady-state owner. Compliance Workstreams Privacy : Coordinate the Privacy Threshold Analysis, Privacy Impact Assessment, and System of Records Notice determinations, and deliver the technical content (data elements, flows, retention, retrieval paths) the government needs to complete them. Accessibility : Manage Section 508 conformance: Trusted Tester coverage, test plan and results, remediation, and the Accessibility Conformance Report. Operational obligations : Security operations and monitoring arrangements, incident reporting timelines, supply chain and software attestations, and government-furnished information handling. Personnel Security Clearance pipeline : Own pre-screening, background investigation tracking, reciprocity, badging, and system access for every Sayari and subcontractor person on the program. Plan work around who is cleared t