Remote Cybersecurity & Compliance Program Lead

Emerging Tech; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerging Tech is seeking a Program Manager to lead cybersecurity and compliance initiatives across multiple government agencies. The role requires orchestration of kickoff, planning, testing oversight, and closeout while ensuring on-time delivery and client satisfaction under a fixed-price framework.

You will own governance, risk management, and executive communications, coordinating across numerous client organizations and safeguarding sensitive government data throughout the engagement.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing complex cybersecurity, IT audit, compliance, or cyber risk engagements.
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Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary client interface and single point of accountability for all deliverables and contractual commitments
• Lead project kickoff and develop, publish, and maintain the Master Project Plan as the authoritative program tracking tool
• Direct multi agency coordination for system access requests, testing schedules, stakeholder communications, and deployment activities
• Own the deliverable acceptance process from end to end, including evidence packages, submission tracking, and formal approval records
• Maintain risk and issue registers and proactively identify and elevate schedule variances before they impact key milestones
• Produce daily, biweekly, and monthly status reports and executive dashboards
• Facilitate lessons learned sessions and lead structured knowledge transfer to government personnel
• Enforce confidentiality, evidence handling, records retention, and public records compliance across the delivery team
• Manage change control and ensure work does not proceed without required written client approval

Skills

Cybersecurity program management

Multi-agency coordination

Executive communication

Risk and issue management

Governance & reporting

Evidence handling & confidentiality

Project governance structures

Client acceptance processes

Education

PMP

CISSP

CISA

CISM

CRISC

GCIH

CEH

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

ServiceNow

ClickUp

Confluence

SharePoint

Microsoft 365

Job description

Emerging Tech is seeking a Program Manager to lead cybersecurity and compliance initiatives across multiple government agencies. The role requires orchestration of kickoff, planning, testing oversight, and closeout while ensuring on-time delivery and client satisfaction under a fixed-price framework.

You will own governance, risk management, and executive communications, coordinating across numerous client organizations and safeguarding sensitive government data throughout the engagement.