Optiv · 1 day ago
Project Manager | Remote, USA
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expOptiv Security Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to lead and direct multiple projects in the information security domain. The role involves driving projects from inception to completion, managing project risks, and ensuring timely delivery while coordinating with various stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
The Project Manager leads and directs multiple projects under the guidance of Project Management Office (PMO) leadership
Project Managers aggressively drive projects from inception to completion, identify and document project requirements, support clients on various information security initiatives, keep all stakeholders apprised of project and budget status, and manage issues to resolution
Project Managers are responsible for all aspects of the project over the entire life (initiation, plan, execute, control, close) with focus on the management of project risk and forecasting challenges and devising strategies to overcome and compensate
Project Managers are responsible for driving engagements forward and ensuring projects progress as planned and uninterrupted by comprehensive oversight and control of project activities and timelines
The Project Manager is accountable for the execution and delivery of customer-focused security solution projects ensuring uninterrupted progress or delays
The Project Manager shall have the skills necessary to drive project progress across multiple stakeholders and levels of oversight with assurance on maintaining progress, timeliness, and effective resource utilization ensuring a minimum of 40 hrs billed per week be each delivery resource
The Project Manager shall have the ability to develop strategic project delivery plans, detailed schedules, compensating project controls, cost forecasting, risk management, issues forecast and resolution planning, resource burn-rate analysis, forecasting, and reporting, and daily task management
The Project Manager is accountable for the progress of the project; and drives timelines by creating and maintaining schedules (including key deliverables, milestones, and dependencies), understanding the deliverables and the progress toward each milestone, identifying and managing issues, risks, and other potential delays ahead of time, and identifying and driving resolution of all project related risks and issues
Coordinate and facilitate internal and external planning and project status meetings
Identify, assess and track potential risk issues and create the appropriate mitigation plans into the overall project initiatives
Assure overall project and service offering quality and consistency through the sound application of methodologies, standards, templates, and other approved delivery requirements
Actively monitor the project budget, burn rates, milestones, and deliverables to ensure the timely, uninterrupted, and delay-free completion of the project
The Project Manager will routinely report to a Program Manager on cross-capability projects and collaborate with peers during the execution of a project to track dependencies, project issues and potential risks
Consolidate and report project performance metrics and status reports to internal and external stakeholders, and to the overall PMO
Coordinate and manage projects across various functional groups, communicating potential risks and impacts identified
Establish communication plans to facilitate core project team coordination and to provide status to management and extended project team members
Implementing project management controls on assigned projects to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations, while ensuring no delay or interruptions, and maintaining a minimum of 40hrs billed per week be each delivery resource
Maintain commitment to project milestones and deliverables and take necessary actions including escalation as necessary to achieve commitments
Ensures a strong and seamless relationship by maintaining communications about the project to the team: sales, customers and delivery personnel
Maintain working relationships with subject matter experts and personnel across the organization
Qualification
Required
BA or BS in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field
5-8 years of experience in a customer facing project/program delivery leadership role within a professional services organization required
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required
Excellent Project Management expertise, specifically demonstrated success managing complex projects across multiple clients and disparate initiatives on a long term-basis required
Management of information security projects required
Excellent skill with Project Management methodologies, best practices, and toolsets required
Experience interfacing with both clients and partners required
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Results oriented, high energy, self-motivated
Outstanding time management and organizational skills required
Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal and consultative skills
Ability to work independently with limited supervision required
Ability to work as a team player, strong interpersonal and communication skills required
Preferred
Advanced degree is preferred
Previous experience in a security services environment preferred
Significant experience as a Consultant providing security expertise to clients preferred
Benefits
Work/life balance
Professional training resources
Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)
Company
Optiv
Optiv is a cyber security solutions provider in North America that help clients plan, build and run successful cyber security programs.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Optiv has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2024 (8)
2023 (9)
2022 (11)
2021 (20)
2020 (12)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
CVC Capital PartnersSverica Capital
2023-05-31Debt Financing
2017-01-01Series Unknown
2016-12-05Acquired
Leadership Team
Julie Talbot-Hubbard
Senior Vice President, Cyber Protection and Identity
James Turgal
Vice President, Cyber Risk, Strategy & Board Relations
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