Cybersecurity Project Manager (1116275)

Location: Columbus, OH

Salary: $65.00 USD Hourly - $70.00 USD Hourly

Description

Job Title: Cybersecurity Project Manager

Location: Columbus Ohio 43219 (4 days Onsite, 1 day remote)

Type: 3 Months Contract to Hire

Contract only W2

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Project Manager with a proven track record of successfully managing technology-related regulatory projects and business sponsored projects that requires changes to IT applications. The ideal candidate will have expertise in addressing audit findings, control gaps, and compliance initiatives to meet regulatory and industry standards. This role is critical in driving projects that enhance governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks within the organization. As a Senior Project Manager, you will work cross-functionally with technology teams, compliance officers, risk management stakeholders, and senior leadership to ensure timely delivery of regulatory projects, effective remediation, and adherence to internal and external requirements.

This person must excel at communication, details, organization, leadership, project management, and has a positive attitude who proactively takes the initiative to 'Get Stuff Done' with high quality.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management : Lead end-to-end delivery of regulatory projects, including audit findings, and control remediation efforts. Develop project charters, plans, schedules, and budgets.

Regulatory Expertise: Manage projects that address requirements under major regulatory frameworks such as Dodd-Frank Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), or similar initiatives.

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including compliance, risk, audit, legal, and IT to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.

Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies. Develop mitigation strategies and escalation plans to address challenges effectively.

• Governance and Reporting: Develop and deliver regular status reports, project updates, and dashboards for senior leadership and stakeholders. Maintain documentation for audits and reviews.
• Process Improvement : Identify opportunities to enhance regulatory compliance processes, automate workflows, and improve project efficiency.
• Team Leadership: Provide direction to project team members, fostering collaboration, accountability, and a result-driven culture.
  
  

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in managing technical and regulatory projects, with at least 2 years focused on regulatory or compliance-related technology projects.
• Experience in financial services, or other regulated industries is highly desirable.
  
  

Skills And Competencies

• Experience managing technology projects that includes regulatory and compliance frameworks e.g., SOX.
• Knowledge of control frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, or ISO 27001 is a plus.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Exceptional problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Can work effectively with all organization levels and can tailor the communication when presenting project updates to executive management.
• Expertise in project management tools such as ADO, JIRA, or Microsoft Project.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
  
  

Technical Skills

Must Have

• 5 years experiencing in managing projects in a technology organization and having experience with Waterfall / Agile methodologies.
• End‑to‑end project management (initiation → planning → execution → close‑out)
• Scheduling, resource planning, and risk management
• Ability to manage dependencies across teams (engineering, security, infrastructure, business)
• Strong experience with project roadmaps and portfolio management
• Metrics and reporting (status reports, dashboards, KPIs)
• Budgeting and vendor management
• Facilitation and meeting leadership
• Must excel at communication, details, organization, leadership, project management, and has a positive attitude who proactively takes the initiative to 'Get Stuff Done' with high quality. ** Managing project deliverables, resources, schedule, budget, risks, and issues that deliver project deliverables on time with high quality while creating a positive experience for all stakeholders and clients. Ability to level-set expectations.
• Effectively manage and lead the successful delivery of the projects and requests from within various phases of delivery, across the entire lifecycle of delivery within project timeline and budget.
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience working at a Financial Services Company
• Experience working on a regulatory programs and projects
• Experience working on cybersecurity merger and acquisitions
  
  

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