Sr Project Manager

Horizontal Talent; Maple Grove (MN); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive cross‑functional software initiatives that support compliance, documentation, and audit readiness in a highly collaborative environment.

You will build detailed plans, coordinate stakeholders across software, security, quality, IT, and product, and maintain trackers while guiding risks, actions, and decisions to keep complex programs on track.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7+ years of project management experience supporting cross‑functional software, technology, security, quality, or compliance work.
• Experience creating and managing schedules, action logs, risk logs, status reports, and project documentation.
• Strong ability to organize complex information and keep multiple priorities moving forward.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Comfort working with stakeholders across different functions and levels of the organization.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive, follow‑through mindset.
• Proficiency with common project management, documentation, and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed project plans, including scope, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross‑functional work across software development, information security, privacy, quality, IT, product, and other stakeholders.
• Track compliance‑related activities supporting SOC 2 and HIPAA readiness, including control deliverables, remediation items, evidence requests, owners, and due dates.
• Support internal and external audit preparation by keeping documentation organized, current, and easy to access.
• Maintain centralized trackers for project artifacts, approvals, records, procedures, and supporting evidence.
• Facilitate meetings, working sessions, reviews, and status updates, capturing decisions, action items, risks, and next steps.
• Monitor risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, and help drive mitigation and resolution efforts.
• Prepare clear status reports and progress updates for stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve tracking, documentation, reporting, and compliance workflows.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Documentation & scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

PM tools

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

SharePoint

Job description

Bring structure, clarity, and momentum to software initiatives that support compliance, documentation, and audit readiness in a highly collaborative environment. This role is ideal for an experienced project manager who enjoys coordinating cross‑functional teams, driving follow‑through, and keeping complex initiatives organized and on track.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain detailed project plans, including scope, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross‑functional work across software development, information security, privacy, quality, IT, product, and other stakeholders.
• Track compliance‑related activities supporting SOC 2 and HIPAA readiness, including control deliverables, remediation items, evidence requests, owners, and due dates.
• Support internal and external audit preparation by keeping documentation organized, current, and easy to access.
• Maintain centralized trackers for project artifacts, approvals, records, procedures, and supporting evidence.
• Facilitate meetings, working sessions, reviews, and status updates, capturing decisions, action items, risks, and next steps.
• Monitor risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, and help drive mitigation and resolution efforts.
• Prepare clear status reports and progress updates for stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve tracking, documentation, reporting, and compliance workflows.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7+ years of project management experience supporting cross‑functional software, technology, security, quality, or compliance work.
• Experience creating and managing schedules, action logs, risk logs, status reports, and project documentation.
• Strong ability to organize complex information and keep multiple priorities moving forward.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Comfort working with stakeholders across different functions and levels of the organization.
• Strong attention to detail and a proactive, follow‑through mindset.
• Proficiency with common project management, documentation, and collaboration tools.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a regulated environment, ideally with software as a medical device (SaMD).
• Background supporting SOC 2 audit readiness, evidence collection, control testing, or remediation.
• Experience contributing to HIPAA privacy and/or security compliance efforts.
• Experience in healthcare, medical device, life sciences, or another regulated industry.
• Familiarity with information security, privacy, software development lifecycle, or quality system processes.
• Experience managing audit documentation and compliance evidence repositories.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, SharePoint, or similar tools.
• PMP, Agile/Scrum, or similar certification is a plus.

Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, respect is fundamental, and everyone has the opportunity to contribute and succeed. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and bring their unique experiences to the team.

• Competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.
• The pay range for this role is $51 - $89 per hour based on qualifications and experience.