Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Project Manager

Location: US - Remote (Any Location)

Remote Type: Remote

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for a talented Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Project Manager t to join our Security & Risk organization! This role leads workstream-level planning, coordination, and reporting while driving shared services delivery across the Security & Risk organization. As part of the Program Management Office (PMO), you will lead initiatives, drive data-driven decision support through analytics and reporting automation and establish continuity practices across workstreams. You will play a key role in strengthening execution maturity, driving adoption of Program Management Office process, tools and standards, and enabling strategic initiative execution.

What You'll Be Doing:

Project Management & Program Support:

• Lead planning, execution alignment, and capacity optimization for assigned projects
• Facilitate scope, dependency, and risk discussions; prepare leadership-ready summaries/briefs
• Develop project plans, schedules, and resource allocations to ensure timely delivery
• Track cross-initiative dependencies and identify execution risks with mitigation options
• Lead intake and prioritization efforts, implement process enhancements such as workflow and template development/optimization, and facilitate the adoption of program management tools to ensure consistency and scalability
• Establish continuity practices to reduce fragmentation and rework
• Lead Security and Risk organization shared services execution and accountability across assigned service categories
• Define and monitor shared service level expectations and performance
• Manage intake across shared services requests and prioritize workload

Financial Operations:

• Coordinate forecasts, spend tracking, and budget activities
• Support spend optimization, license rationalization, and procurement coordination

Vendor & Contract Operations:

• Coordinate vendor intake, performance tracking, SLAs, and renewal workflows
• Support QBRs and vendor governance activities

Data & Reporting Operations:

• Develop and maintain KPI dashboards and metrics frameworks (Power BI)
• Support program and leadership with recurring reporting cadences (weekly, monthly, quarterly)
• Leverage automation and AI tools to improve reporting efficiency

Business Enablement:

• Lead or support enterprise task forces, M&A integration, and transformation initiatives
• Serve as cross-functional liaison (HR, IT, Legal, Procurement, Finance)
• Partner with IT Business Relationship Management (BRM) and Business Unit leadership on security-related coordination

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree required
• 4+ years in program/project management, program delivery, business analysis, or enterprise operations management experience
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder influence, and executive communication skills
• Advanced proficiency with project management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet)
• Experience with financial coordination, budget management and vendor management
• Advanced data manipulation, visualization, and dashboard development (Power BI)

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience in cybersecurity, risk, compliance, or technology environments
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Data analytics or Business Intelligence certification
• Experience with automation/AI tools for reporting
• Confluence, SharePoint, Power Apps, or similar knowledge management platforms

Security Clearance:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Corporate team.

For over 80 years, Parsons Corporation, has shaped the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.

Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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