Cybersecurity Project Manger

The Fountain Group; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral Bonus

Job summary

The Fountain Group is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager for a prominent client. This is a Fully Remote role in the CST Time Zone, with a 11-month contract on a W2 basis.

You will lead enterprise cybersecurity and IT transformation programs end-to-end, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing stakeholders and vendors, and delivering milestones within scope, time, and cost. A Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of program management experience are required; PMP is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field is required.
• 5+ years’ experience managing large, complex programs or projects (software delivery, datacenter/cloud migrations, enterprise transformations) is required.
• Hands-on leadership of cybersecurity/compliance programs (aligned to NIST/PCI/IAM/DevSecOps) with measurable outcomes is required.
• Experience leading IT transformation initiatives (ITSM, DevOps/DevSecOps, ERP/PLM, cloud/datacenter migrations), plus vendor, budget and scope management, is required.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Prior professional services or enterprise-client engagement experience, strong facilitation and communication skills, and experience working in agile environments with distributed teams is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise cybersecurity and IT transformation programs end-to-end: scoping, schedule and budget planning/tracking, change control, risk and issue management, and delivering milestones within scope, quality, time, and cost constraints.
• Coordinate and motivate cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams; manage stakeholders and vendors; maintain project documentation and repositories; facilitate governance and steering meetings; provide regular status and executive reporting.
• Identify and drive mitigation for project risks and issues, enforce quality gates and delivery standards, ensure compliance alignment (e.g., NIST/PCI/IAM/DevSecOps practices) and continually seek opportunities to improve client satisfaction and program outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Risk management

Cybersecurity

DevSecOps

Cloud migrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

The Fountain Group is a national staffing firm, currently seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager for a prominent client of ours. This is a Fully Remote role in the CST Time Zone.

Shift Information:

• Monday-Friday, 37.5 hr/week, Fully Remote position based in the CST Time Zone!
• Pay range starts at $70/hr!
• 11-Month contract to start! This is a W2 Contract (No 1099/C2C), with a possibility of extension or conversion beyond the original duration based on performance & budget at that time.
• Our company offers our consultants a suite of benefits after a qualification period including health, vision, dental, life and disability insurance.

Job Description:

• Position is primarily responsible for leading enterprise cybersecurity and IT transformation programs end-to-end: scoping, schedule and budget planning/tracking, change control, risk and issue management, and delivering milestones within scope, quality, time, and cost constraints.
• Position will also be responsible for coordinating and motivating cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams; managing stakeholders and vendors; maintaining project documentation and repositories; facilitating governance and steering meetings; and providing regular status and executive reporting.
• Position will be in charge of identifying and driving mitigation for project risks and issues, enforcing quality gates and delivery standards, ensuring compliance alignment (e.g., NIST/PCI/IAM/DevSecOps practices), and continually seeking opportunities to improve client satisfaction and program outcomes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field is required!
• 5+ years’ experience managing large, complex and transformative programs or projects (software delivery, datacenter/cloud migrations, enterprise transformations) is required!
• Hands-on leadership of enterprise cybersecurity and compliance programs (aligned to NIST/PCI/IAM/DevSecOps) with measurable outcomes is required!
• Experience leading IT transformation initiatives (ITSM, DevOps/DevSecOps, ERP/PLM, cloud/datacenter migrations), plus vendor, budget and scope management, is required!
• PMP certification is preferred!
• Prior professional services or enterprise-client engagement experience, strong facilitation and communication skills, and experience working in agile environments with distributed teams is preferred!

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