Compliance Project Manager, Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Validate and enhance the current CUI boundary to minimize remediation scope and ensure assessment readiness.

• Facilitate coordination among IT Security, IT Operations, IT Engineering, and business stakeholders to aid in the implementation of necessary CMMC practices and controls.

• Monitor compliance initiatives, dependencies, corrective action plans, and project deliverables until completion.

• Oversee updates to policies, processes, and documentation that are essential for compliance and assessment readiness.

• Identify potential project risks, formulate mitigation strategies, escalate issues as needed, and suggest corrective measures to achieve project goals.

• Provide comprehensive project closeout documentation, transition materials, and final reports at the end of the engagement.

• Offer regular executive briefings on project status, risks, budget, timeline, and overall assessment readiness.

• Organize cloud infrastructure and system migration tasks required for CMMC compliance, collaborating closely with internal engineering and operations teams.

• Lead cross-functional meetings, document action items, and ensure accountability for project milestones and agreed deliverables.

• Collaborate with the Internal Audit & Compliance team to orchestrate assessments, evidence gathering, documentation, and remediation efforts.

• Create, maintain, and manage the integrated project plan, project schedule, milestones, dependencies, risk register, and executive status reports.

• Work with stakeholders to ensure that project objectives and deliverables are achieved.

• Communicate progress, risks, and recommendations as required.

• Carry out related project tasks and deliverables within the scope of the engagement, as mutually agreed upon.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in managing cybersecurity, compliance, governance, or risk-oriented IT projects.

• Experience in coordinating technical teams across security, infrastructure, cloud, engineering, and operations domains.

• Strong understanding of AWS and enterprise system architectures, with the capability to engage credibly with technical stakeholders regarding system dependencies, data flows, and compliance boundary considerations.

• Ability to rapidly evaluate existing compliance artifacts and create an actionable project plan with minimal onboarding.

• Excellent project management, organizational, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills in remote work settings.

• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

• Capacity to work independently and prioritize tasks in a remote environment.

• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality work within set deadlines.

• Familiarity with CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, or similar cybersecurity compliance frameworks, including the capability to engage with control requirements and System Security Plan (SSP)/implementation documentation.

• Experience in leading or coordinating a CMMC Level 2 compliance initiative through third-party assessment and certification.

• Experience in conducting CUI boundary validation and remediation planning within an active compliance program.

• Knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure in regulated or compliance-oriented environments.

• Possession of PMP, CSM, CISSP, CISA, CRISC, or similar professional certifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible work environment with remote work options.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Supportive team culture focused on collaboration and innovation.