Crisis Communications Project Manager at Sibylline Ltd Austin, TX

Sibylline Ltd; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 94,500 - 115,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k) with up to 5% matching

20 paid days accrued per year

Employee Assistance Plan

Job summary

Sibylline Ltd is seeking a Crisis Communications Project Manager in Austin, TX. The role involves overseeing crisis communication projects, managing project advancements, and delivering innovative tech solutions in a fast-paced environment. Qualified candidates should have at least a bachelor's degree, relevant experience, and strong skills in project management and crisis systems. The position offers a salary of $105,000 annually and includes benefits like medical insurance, 401(k) matching, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 2+ years Project Management experience.
• Experience with crisis management systems.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Manage projects to advance GTCM initiatives.
• Deliver technology solutions to improve GTCM’s operations.
• Coordinate with the client’s IT team and external vendors.

Skills

Project Management

Crisis Management Systems

Presentation Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience

Tools

Everbridge

Ontic

Veoci

Jira

Wrike

Job description

Job Title: Crisis Communications Project Manager

Location: Austin, TX

About Sibylline

Sibylline is a leading intelligence and strategic risk consultancy in the security sector. Since 2010 we have supported businesses, governments and NGOs through the provision of high-quality risk analysis, due diligence and consultancy services.

The firm provides an innovative, entrepreneurial and fast-growing working environment, offering employees ever greater exposure to high profile clients and challenges. Sibylline offers fantastic opportunities for career progression within a successful company, and we aim to help our employees to build their own personal profiles as well-regarded analysts within the broader industry.

Job Description

Sibylline is looking for a Crisis Communications Project Manager to join us embedded in our client’s Crisis Communication and Active Threat (CCAT) team, supporting the Global Threats & Crisis Management (GTCM) team. The GTCM team employs sophisticated monitoring and notification technologies to assist the client during crises. The Crisis Communications Project Manager oversees projects that construct and maintain the crisis communications framework used to monitor and respond to global threats.

In this role, you will leverage workflow and technology expertise to ensure top-notch services for GTCM and across the client footprint. The candidate will provide technological support to a 24/7 team of analysts spread across the USA, UK, and Singapore as part of a tight-knit operation providing actionable intelligence and advice to decision makers.

The successful candidate should be interested in crisis response technology and will support the CCAT and GTCM team in the administration and development of key systems, especially the Everbridge Visual Command Center (VCC) and other tools.

The position is on-site at our client’s offices in Austin, TX. The role will work core hours (0900-1700) Monday to Friday, but there may be occasional out-of-hours and weekend work requirements to support crisis response.

The candidate will be directed by the client’s security leadership day to day but will report to Sibylline’s Embedded Operations team. Full support and guidance will be provided from our head office, including training and professional development.

This role involves evolving responsibilities in program and project management to meet the changing needs of GTCM projects. The embedded Crisis Communications Project Manager will be responsible for five key areas:

• Manage projects to advance GTCM initiatives by leveraging technology enhancements and implementing procedural improvements by gathering and synthesizing requirement for new technology enhancements in threat intelligence feeds, platforms, and tools to ensure GTCM's operations.
• Deliver timely, sustainable, and innovative technology solutions to improve GTCM’s monitoring, notifications, and threat management to include developingsuper-user knowledge of Everbridge, Ontic, Veoci, Jira, and crisis management tools and technology.
• Coordinate with the client’s Information Systems and Technology team, external vendors, and cross-functional teams to drive development efforts.
• Build workflows, policies, and training to support crisis communications, specifically involving the client's Emergency Alerts.
• Benchmark to establish industry best practices and apply standards for the team in support of the technology budget, tool maintenance, testing, and quality control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in a related field
• 2+ years Project Management experience.
• Experience with crisis management systems (Everbridge/VCC, Ontic, Veoci, Jira or similar systems).
• Advanced presentation and visual creative skills in Keynote or similar presentation software.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in providing concise briefings to management with short turn-around times.
• Ability to distil complex ideas into simple tasks and execute efficiently and effectively.
• Experience building partnerships and working with others to meet shared objectives.
• Self-starter capable of performing well under pressure and within tight deadlines.
• Organized, methodical, and detail oriented in all aspects of work.
• Exceptional time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
• Able to maintain discretion and confidentiality.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in corporate security, crisis management, and/or project management.
• Technical experience in mass notification tools (preferably Everbridge).
• Deep interest and/or expertise in the crisis management and business continuity fields.
• Proficiency with Wrike project management software.
• Experience within a global security team (e.g. threat monitoring, travel security, or crisis management).
• Capable of seeing around corners, anticipating challenges, and proposing solutions.

Benefits

• Salary: $105,000 Annually
• Medical Insurance - Sibylline pays 80% of premiums, Employee pays 20%
• Dental Insurance – Fully Employee Paid
• Vision Insurance – Sibylline pays 100% of employee premiums, Employee pays for additional family members
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account
• Long Term/Short Term Disability – Sibylline pays 100% for employees
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance – Sibylline pays 100% for employees
• 401(k) with up to 5% company matching
• 20 paid days accrued per year
• 24 hours sick time per year frontloaded
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

Sibylline is committed to the recruitment and selection of candidates without regard for sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, age, political beliefs, culture and lifestyle. The firm is committed to fostering a business culture that reflects these values and promotes equal opportunity.