The Project Manager will lead and coordinate cybersecurity assessment initiatives across state agencies to strengthen and standardize security maturity. This role oversees the execution of NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)-based assessments, ensuring consistent implementation and collaboration with agency stakeholders. The PM will drive actionable outcomes to enhance risk management and improve overall cybersecurity posture.Key Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining the overall project schedule to ensure timely completion of all assessments and deliverables.
- Overseeing Contractor personnel assigned to the Contract, ensuring adequate staffing and expertise.
- Managing day-to-day Contract operations and serving as the central point for communication with the State Project Manager (or equivalent OSM lead).
- Monitoring, tracking, and reporting on overall Contract performance, including progress against schedule, deliverable status, risks, and issues.
- Ensuring Contractor adherence to this solicitation and subsequent Work Orders, quality standards, coordination procedures, and data handling protocols.
- Proactively identifying, documenting, and managing Contract-level risks and developing mitigation strategies.
- Coordinating the preparation and submission of all required Contract deliverables (e.g., PMP, Status Reports).
- Serve as the central project lead, ensuring alignment to establish a standardized and objective cybersecurity maturity baseline across state agencies.
- Collaborate with the Office of Security Management’s (OSM) Information Security Officer (ISO) program to coordinate assessment planning, stakeholder engagement, and execution across all participating agencies.
- Oversee the collection and analysis of assessment data to identify control gaps, systemic risks, and opportunities for improvement within individual agencies and at the enterprise level.
- Develop and maintain project tracking mechanisms to enable leadership to monitor cybersecurity maturity progress, measure the impact of security investments, and support informed decision-making.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or a related discipline.Certification: Candidates must possess a PMP certification from the PMI.Experience:
- At least five (5) years of experience managing IT related projects.
- Experience in a leadership role for at least three (3) successful projects that were delivered on time and within budget, including a project similar in size to the State / Federal enterprise-wide implementation.
- At least three (3) years of experience in managing projects with an organizational change management component that involve working with stakeholder groups across the organization.
- At least five (5) years of experience using PMI’s PMBoK methodologies and artifacts.
ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law
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