Security PMO Lead - Defense Projects

Chaos Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 105,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k company match

Lunch provided on-site

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Staff Security Project Manager to lead security projects across all CHAOS locations. You will own schedules, budgets, and vendor engagement, while coordinating with IT and other PMs to ensure on-time delivery.

The role requires a U.S. Person, Active PMP, and experience in defense or security programs, with the ability to obtain a security clearance. Travel up to 20% is expected.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Person.
• Active PMP.
• Track record owning multiple concurrent projects from initiation through closure, including charters, schedules, plans, budgets, and documentation.
• Experience leading vendor sourcing and contracting, including RFPs, proposal evaluation, and purchase and change orders.
• Experience overseeing design consultants, integrators, and contractors through construction administration, commissioning, and handover.
• Strong budget and stakeholder management, including status reporting and executive communication.
• Experience with document control, change management, and QA/QC governance.
• Proficiency with Smartsheet and Jira; familiarity with AI platforms.
• Military or defense industry experience; ability to obtain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own project schedules, plans, and budgets, including tracking status and spend.
• Develop project charters, plans, communications, and other project documents.
• Lead vendor sourcing, including producing RFPs, evaluating vendor proposals, and managing purchase and change orders.
• Review contract requirements and progress and coordinate contractors on scheduling.
• Attend new build kickoff site visits to identify challenges and opportunities for systems technology implementation.
• Manage stakeholder and executive communications.
• Maintain RAID logs.
• Produce weekly status reports for stakeholders.
• Facilitate CHAOS Stakeholder meetings.
• Collaborate across teams and departments, including IT, and partner with other project managers to create a cohesive network of PMs to keep projects on schedule.
• Travel: up to 20%.
• Must be a U.S. Person.
• Active PMP.

Skills

PMP certification

Security project management

Vendor sourcing

Contracting (RFPs)

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Documentation control

Military/defense experience

Security clearance capable

Travel up to 20%

Tools

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Staff Security Project Manager to lead security projects across all CHAOS locations. You will own schedules, budgets, and vendor engagement, while coordinating with IT and other PMs to ensure on-time delivery.

The role requires a U.S. Person, Active PMP, and experience in defense or security programs, with the ability to obtain a security clearance. Travel up to 20% is expected.