Project Manager (Cyber Security)

Millennium; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium Corporation in Colorado Springs seeks a Project Manager (Cyber Security) with active Top Secret/SCI clearance to lead complex certification projects. This hands-on PM role requires translating requirements into actionable plans, coordinating cross-functional teams, and delivering critical milestones.

You will develop integrated project plans, track progress, manage risks, and provide leadership with data-driven status updates.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience managing complex or major projects.
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years experience or Associate's degree with 10+ years.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Experience supporting cyber operations projects or similarly complex technical initiatives.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams and stakeholders without direct personnel-management responsibility.
• Strong experience with project tracking, requirements management, risk management, corrective actions, and status reporting.
• Experience creating or working with Cradle charts, Pareto charts, trend analysis, dashboards, and other project visualization/reporting tools.
• Strong ability to identify trends, analyze project performance, assign ownership, and drive accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of major certification and accreditation projects from requirements through sustainment.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, and critical-path activities.
• Translate complex certification requirements into actionable tasks and ownership.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, government stakeholders, assessors, and supporting organizations.
• Track schedules, milestones, dependencies, action items, and deliverables; drive resolution of risks.
• Develop reporting artifacts (Cradle charts, dashboards, Pareto charts) to communicate performance.
• Monitor planned versus actual performance and provide data-driven recommendations to address risks.
• Coordinate collection and maintenance of certification artifacts and evidence.
• Lead project meetings, readiness reviews, and status meetings; document decisions and owners.
• Prepare executive-level summaries highlighting progress and milestones.

Skills

Cyber security project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Status reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Cradle charts

Dashboards

Pareto charts

Job description

Millennium Corporation is hiring a Project Manager (Cyber Security) to work in Colorado Springs. The candidate must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

This is a hands-on project management role for someone who knows how to take a complex technical effort, turn requirements into an actionable plan, establish accountability, and keep the team moving toward critical milestones.

While this position does not include direct personnel management, you will play a key role in coordinating cross-functional teams, assigning ownership, managing dependencies, identifying risks, and communicating project status to leadership.

The Project Manager for our Cyber Security Team will:

• Manage the full lifecycle of a major Red Team certification and accreditation project, from requirements identification through assessment, remediation, approval, and sustainment.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and critical-path activities.
• Translate complex certification and technical requirements into actionable tasks, work packages, ownership, and measurable completion criteria.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, technical SMEs, government stakeholders, assessors, and supporting organizations to keep project activities on track.
• Track schedules, milestones, dependencies, action items, and deliverables; identify overdue, at-risk, and critical-path activities and drive resolution.
• Develop Cradle charts, dashboards, Pareto charts, historical trend analyses, and other visual reporting tools to communicate project performance and identify areas requiring attention.
• Monitor planned versus actual performance and provide data-driven recommendations to address schedule, resource, technical, and documentation risks.
• Manage certification readiness activities, including requirements traceability, gap assessments, deficiencies, corrective actions, and closure criteria.
• Coordinate the collection, review, organization, and maintenance of certification artifacts and supporting evidence.
• Maintain project risk and issue tracking, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively escap
• Lead project meetings, working groups, readiness reviews, and status meetings; document decisions, action items, owners, and deadlines.
• Prepare recurring status reports, dashboards, briefings, and executive-level summaries highlighting progress, risks, accomplishments, and upcoming milestones.
• Establish standardized project management processes, tools, and trackers to improve visibility, accountability, and certification sustainment.
• Capture lessons learned and implement process improvements to create repeatable processes for future cyber certification efforts.

Qualifications

Required

• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience, including significant experience managing complex or major projects.
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience or Associate's degree with 10+ years of experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Demonstrated experience supporting cyber operations projects or similarly complex technical initiatives.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams and stakeholders without direct personnel-management responsibility.
• Strong experience with project tracking, requirements management, risk management, corrective actions, and status reporting.
• Experience creating or working with Cradle charts, Pareto charts, trend analysis, dashboards, and other project visualization/reporting tools.
• Strong ability to identify trends, analyze project performance, assign ownership, and drive accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Experience with Red Team operations, certification/accreditation, cybersecurity assessments, or security compliance programs.
• Experience supporting government or DoD cyber programs.
• Experience managing projects involving multiple stakeholders, technical disciplines, and competing priorities.