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Prairie Consulting Services · 2 weeks ago

Project Manager -IT Risk Portfolio

Bolingbrook, IL

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

$68/hr - $75/hr

5+ years exp

Prairie Consulting Services is seeking a Project Manager -IT Risk Portfolio to lead and deliver enterprise-scale cybersecurity and technology risk initiatives. The role involves managing the full project lifecycle, ensuring compliance with PMO methodology, and collaborating with various stakeholders to drive secure outcomes.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Ruchita J.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage end-to-end delivery of cybersecurity and technology risk initiatives across the full project lifecycle

Own development, maintenance, and governance of all project artifacts

Serve as a liaison between Portfolio Managers, technical and functional stakeholders, and project teams

Ensure compliance with established PMO methodology, including documentation, change control, approvals, and gate reviews

Create project kickoff materials and facilitate project meetings

Develop and maintain high-level milestones and detailed project plans (e.g., risk assessments, control remediation, IAM governance, vulnerability remediation, regulatory compliance initiatives)

Develop and distribute regular communications to project stakeholders and sponsors

Provide weekly project status updates covering schedule, risks, controls, and impacts

Partner with Portfolio Managers on resource planning and capacity forecasting

Prepare biweekly status updates for governance and in-flight reviews, highlighting technology risks, control gaps, and remediation progress

Facilitate requirements approval, risk and control reviews, architecture reviews, and design walkthroughs

Coordinate with ITRM, Audit, Compliance, and Architecture teams to ensure alignment with risk frameworks, policies, and standards

Ensure required testing and validation activities are completed (control testing, evidence validation, remediation verification)

Manage project scope against the approved baseline with focus on risk, compliance, and control impacts

Facilitate project change requests and ensure required approvals, including ITRM sign-off

Engage ITRM teams for technology risk assessments, vendor risk reviews, and control evaluations

Qualification

CybersecurityRisk ManagementProject ManagementPPM ToolsInfrastructure InitiativesRetail Industry ExperienceChange ManagementCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree required; Project Management certification preferred

5+ years of project management experience managing infrastructure initiatives

5+ years of cybersecurity experience

5+ years of project management experience within the retail industry

Experience with Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) tools; Planview preferred

Strong expertise in estimating, planning, tracking, resource, cost, risk, issue, scope, and change management

Experience managing enterprise-level IT projects

Flexibility to support off-hours, weekends, and peak periods as needed

Company

Prairie Consulting Services

Established in 1997, Prairie Consulting Services, Inc.

Founded in 1997

Naperville, Illinois, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.prairieinc.com/

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