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Optiv

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Security Program Strategy • Enterprise Risk and Compliance • Threat and Vulnerability Management • Security Architecture and Implementation • Security Education and Awareness

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💰 Venture Round on 2017-01

Description

• 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 with focus on the management of project risk and forecasting challenges and devising strategies to overcome and compensate. • 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 is accountable for the progress of the project; and drives timelines by creating and maintaining schedules, 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. • Actively monitor the project budget, burn rates, milestones, and deliverables to ensure the timely, uninterrupted, and delay-free completion of the project.

Requirements

• BA or BS in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field. • Advanced degree is desirable. • 3-6 years of experience in a customer facing project/program delivery leadership role within a professional services organization. • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred. • Excellent Project Management skill, specifically demonstrated success managing multiple clients and disparate initiatives on a long term-basis required. • Management of information security projects preferred. • Demonstrated experience with Project Management methodologies, best practices, and toolsets required. • Experience interfacing with both clients and partners required. • Strong 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. • Previous experience in a security services environment preferred. • Significant experience as a Consultant providing security expertise to clients preferred. • Ability to work as a team player, strong interpersonal and communication skills required.

Benefits

• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups. • 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)