Project Manager (Cybersecurity)

Lorien is hiring a Project Manager (Cybersecurity) for long-term contract work with a hybrid arrangement in Charlotte, NC. This role provides Agile program and project oversight, with a strong focus on Jira-based delivery tracking, compliance and risk traceability, and schedule and cost forecasting tied to Primavera P6.

Responsibilities

• Partner with delivery teams for each project to oversee Features, Epics, Stories, and the Backlog, ensuring alignment to the P6 schedule and deliverables.
• Establish monthly PI Planning in one form or another (Sprint-based planning is acceptable), supporting the monthly increment and work commitment.
• Establish a weekly Team of Teams cadence to review commitment status, sprint progress, and impediment status.
• Assure ongoing backlog grooming by the teams.
• Identify and manage impediments, reviewed at Core Team and Team of Teams levels, and drive items to closure.
• Track and trace each CS200 standard as mapped to individual projects to inform compliance reporting.
• Develop measures for percentage of controls improvements and/or compliance achieved based on project delivery, including overlap considerations across projects for improved compliance achievement insights.
• Research, identify, and prepare all required gating artifacts for each project’s next Gate.
• Work with project SMEs to develop estimates required for each Gate.
• Use a project controls template or PGO-D support for use of their estimating template and reporting tool.
• Develop a Scope Baseline for each Project and implement scope management and tracking templates (typically covering installed assets, licenses, or completed process project scope).
• Support monthly forecasting and reporting activities, including:
  • Scope management tools per project with monthly updates.
  • Schedule Forecast using Jira progress updates tied to P6 schedule.
  • Schedule Forecast using P6 milestone achievement and forecasting.
  • Cost Forecast labor forecasting support, gathering updates and inputs from project SMEs.
  • Cost Forecast invoicing forecasting updates, including review of outstanding or planned invoicing.
  • Cost Forecast Risk Register and SWORD review and updates.
  • Variance explanation and tracking.
  • Monthly reporting at both individual project and program levels, including Financial KPIs, Milestones, Issues, Risks, Dependencies, and Impediments.
  • Weekly status reporting focused on a 4-blocker summary.
• Support the Change Manager for planned activities, stakeholder analysis and updates, and communications related to project and program change management buildout, including communication collateral.

Requirements

• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)
• Jira
• Familiarity with the Agile framework, SDLC, and Hybrid Agile.
• Familiarity with project scheduling and the ability to assess schedule impacts associated with Agile delivery.
• Proficiency to Expert level in software and/or communications projects.
• Familiarity with backlog management, particularly in Jira and the technical delivery roadmap.
• Agile project management familiarity, including Agile ceremonies, managing scope and requirements traceability across multiple projects and workstreams, and participating and facilitating large-room engagements as needed.
• Proficiency to Expert level in risk management.
• Proficient to Expert in Microsoft Office Suite and other project management tools including Excel, Word, Project, Jira, Teams, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Familiarity with scheduling toolset Primavera P6.
• Proficient with risk management using Active Risk Manager/ARM (aka “SWORD”, now dba Riskonnect).

Technologies

• Agile, SDLC, Jira
• Excel, Word, Project, Teams, PowerPoint, Visio
• Primavera P6
• Active Risk Manager/ARM, SWORD, Riskonnect
• Microsoft Office Suite

Project Gating and Artifacting

• Proficient to Expert in Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools: Excel, Word, Project, Jira, Teams, PowerPoint, Visio.
• Familiarity with scheduling toolset: Primavera P6.
• Proficient in risk management: Active Risk Manager/ARM (aka “SWORD”, now dba Riskonnect).

Job Details

• Location: Charlotte, NC (hybrid)
• Employment type: Contract
• Compensation: USD 70 to 75 per hour
• Education: Bachelor’s degree