CMMC Audit Project Manager (Hybrid)

Cyderes; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical insurance

Retirement match

PTO & sick leave

Professional development

LinkedIn Learning

Mobile stipend

Job summary

Cyderes is seeking an experienced Project Manager with CMMC knowledge to lead a United States Federal CMMC audit for a strategic, enterprise customer. You will own end-to-end delivery, manage timelines, and coordinate across Cyderes teams to ensure evidence is complete and accurate.

You will speak with customers about CMMC scoping, controls, and evidence standards, lead meetings and status sessions, and drive risk mitigation to a successful audit outcome.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably within cybersecurity, IT, consulting, or professional services.
• Working knowledge of the CMMC framework, including its maturity levels, control domains, and assessment/audit process.
• Prior experience supporting or coordinating a CMMC assessment, audit, or readiness effort — as a PM, coordinator, or adjacent role — strongly preferred.
• Proven experience managing complex, customer-facing technology projects from initiation through completion.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, priorities, and cross-functional teams.
• Excellent customer-facing communication, presentation, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to translate technical CMMC requirements for non-technical stakeholders.
• Preferred: PMP certification; CMMC-related certification (e.g., CMMC RP/CCP/CCA); and experience within an MSSP, MDR/XDR provider, cybersecurity consulting firm, or security technology company.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of CMMC audit deliverables, applying knowledge of CMMC domains, practices, and assessment objectives to ensure all audit follow-up questions are answered accurately by the appropriate Cyderes team member(s).
• Develop and maintain planning documents, timelines, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, and delivery schedules aligned to CMMC assessment phases and evidence-collection requirements.
• Manage resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests as encountered throughout the audit process, drawing on familiarity with common CMMC audit pitfalls and assessor expectations.
• Serve as the primary project-management contact for the customer on Cyderes' CMMC audit deliverables and overall support, able to speak knowledgeably to CMMC scoping, controls, and evidence standards.
• Participate in all meetings, recurring status sessions, and executive updates related to the CMMC audit activity, translating CMMC-specific requirements into clear project status and risk narratives for stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional Cyderes teams — including cybersecurity consultants and engineers — to ensure CMMC evidence (SSPs, POA&Ms, artifacts, control mappings, etc.) is complete, accurate, and provided on time.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and blockers tied to CMMC audit requirements and drive timely resolution and escalation of Cyderes-related actions.
• Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards, customer expectations, and CMMC assessment criteria for everything Cyderes is accountable for providing.
• Lead project closeout, lessons learned, documentation, and transition activities, capturing insights to strengthen future CMMC engagements.

Skills

Project management

CMMC knowledge

Audit coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Cyderes is seeking an experienced Project Manager with CMMC knowledge to lead a United States Federal CMMC audit for a strategic, enterprise customer. You will own end-to-end delivery, manage timelines, and coordinate across Cyderes teams to ensure evidence is complete and accurate.

You will speak with customers about CMMC scoping, controls, and evidence standards, lead meetings and status sessions, and drive risk mitigation to a successful audit outcome.