IT Project Manager

Description

• Collaborate closely with the internal IT team, vendor Project Manager and vendor team to align transition activities, scheduling, and priorities
• Support and coordinate knowledge transfer activities to ensure SOC analysts are fully trained and enabled
• Work with Cybersecurity leadership to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Partner with the internal Cybersecurity team to monitor security, operational, and business continuity risks throughout the transition lifecycle
• Consolidate and organize all transition-related documentation, including technical and contractual materials
• Monitor and audit contractual deliverables to ensure all obligations are met following the onboarding of in-scope services
• Work closely with the internal Cybersecurity team and leadership to ensure alignment with cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS, etc.)
• Review and validate service levels to confirm ongoing compliance with agreed standards after vendor onboarding
• Collaborate on service acceptance testing, operational readiness reviews, and post-transition maturity assessments
• Manage transition governance, including escalation of issues and resolution of risks during the onboarding phase
• Collaborate on validating operational handover criteria, including runbooks, escalation procedures, incident handling workflows, and reporting dashboards
• The role is limited to the onboarding phase of the new vendor and does not include ongoing operational management of MSSP services
• Track and coordinate all service transition activities to ensure a seamless onboarding of the new MSSP.
• Provide leadership and set priorities for the Business Analyst (BA) to support transition objectives
• Oversee the onboarding of new cybersecurity services, ensuring contractual obligations and technical requirements are met
• Delivery and planning of Security Operations Center (SOC) services, threat intelligence, incident response, and vulnerability management.
• Drive project execution across multiple internal and external stakeholders including vendor service teams, cybersecurity SMEs, infrastructure teams.
• Leads and facilitates the end-to-end planning transition and delivery of MSSP transition programs. This includes planning and design sessions, testing, training, product demos, change controls, communication strategies and solution adoption.

Requirements

• 5 years progressive Information Technology experience and a broad knowledge of Information Technology.
• Experience with cybersecurity compliance requirements and frameworks (NIST, CIS, etc.)
• Proven success managing cybersecurity vendor transitions or outsourced service onboarding.
• ITIL v3 or v4 certification is considered an asset.
• 5+ years of IT Project Management experience with proven experience with either the Agile and/or Waterfall Project Management methodologies.
• PMP or related project management certification.
• Strong knowledge of Managed Security Services Providers, Security Operations Center (SOC) related services, SIEM, SOAR, and security event monitoring.
• Bachelors degree in related fields
• Experience with successfully managing at least 2 projects involving cybersecurity services. The ideal candidate has specific experience of a cybersecurity service transition(s).
• Skilled in executive reporting and stakeholder communication up to C-suite.

Benefits

• Pay Rate: $95.00/hour, depending on experience

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance