Cybersecurity Project Manger

The Fountain Group; United States; Remote; USD 79,556 - 113,307; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Job summary

A national staffing firm is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager for a fully remote role based in the CST Time Zone. The role involves leading enterprise cybersecurity projects, managing stakeholders, and delivering on scope, quality, and time. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience. Competitive pay of $70/hr, with potential for contract extension or conversion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience managing large, complex and transformative programs or projects required.
• Experience leading IT transformation initiatives and vendor management required.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise cybersecurity and IT transformation programs end-to-end.
• Manage stakeholders and vendors; facilitate governance meetings.
• Identify and drive mitigation for project risks and improve client satisfaction.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field

Tools

NIST

DevSecOps

Agile methodologies

Job description

Overview

The Fountain Group is a national staffing firm seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager for a prominent client. 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, W2 Contract (No 1099/C2C), with a possibility of extension or conversion based on performance and budget
• Our company offers a benefits package 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.
• 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.

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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