IT Project Manager Cybersecurity

Role overview Coordinate cybersecurity initiatives from planning through implementation and operational handoff, helping convert security strategy into work that improves risk posture, compliance, resilience, or security capabilities. Projects may focus on a single security area or bring together several teams, with the project manager aligning technical and business stakeholders around clear outcomes. The role leads through coordination and accountability rather than direct authority.

Responsibilities - Manage cybersecurity projects end to end, including plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and actions. - Coordinate work across security, technology, business, vendor, and external partner teams in areas such as identity, incident response, cloud, network, application security, AI security, and governance. - Facilitate planning, stakeholder reviews, steering meetings, governance forums, and leadership updates. - Track delivery risks, resource needs, inter-team dependencies, and schedule impacts; develop responses and help clear blockers. - Maintain project reporting on progress, decisions, risks, milestones, budgets, forecasts, resourcing, and business outcomes. - Align delivery with security roadmaps and approved objectives; support vendor, contract, procurement, and implementation planning as applicable. - Maintain lifecycle documentation and project controls, adapting methods to Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in information technology, cybersecurity, business, engineering, or a related field. - 2–5 years of project management experience in technology, cybersecurity, risk management, or related work. - Experience coordinating projects with multiple teams, stakeholders, and cross-functional dependencies. - Experience delivering projects in one or more areas such as identity security, security operations, incident response, cloud or network security, cyber risk, governance, product security, application security, or security engineering. - Knowledge of project planning, risk and dependency management, and stakeholder engagement. - Ability to prepare clear status updates and leadership communications, manage project budgets and forecasts, and lead teams without direct authority.

Benefits and work setup Remote role with occasional travel for training or meetings; 40 scheduled hours per week. A dedicated, interruption-free workspace is required to protect sensitive health information. The posting lists a base pay range of $86,300–$118,700 per year, an incentive plan, and benefits including health coverage, retirement savings, paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, disability coverage, and life insurance. Pay may vary by location and qualifications.