Guidehouse is a consulting firm that specializes in cybersecurity and technology solutions. The Technical Project Manager will lead multi-workstream cybersecurity implementation projects, ensuring alignment between technical teams and business owners while managing schedules, risks, and budgets.
Responsibilities:
- Lead multi‑workstream cybersecurity implementation projects—including IAM, MFA modernization, SSO/identity federation, SIEM/SOAR integrations, endpoint/XDR deployments, PAM rollouts, and cloud security solutions
- Develop project plans, charters, roadmaps, work breakdown structures, RACI charts, and governance artifacts for technical deployments
- Guide scoping, requirements gathering, backlog definition, and sprint planning; ensure alignment between technical teams and business owners
- Drive delivery methodology (Agile, hybrid, or waterfall) tailored to client needs
- Manage schedules, risks, dependencies, milestones, and budgets across multiple engineering teams
- Coordinate vendor and third‑party solution providers (e.g., Okta, SailPoint, CyberArk, MSFT, CrowdStrike, Splunk, etc.)
- Facilitate status reporting, executive briefings, and PMO‑aligned deliverables (RAIDs, change requests, dashboards, earned value metrics)
- Support the deployment lifecycle: design reviews, implementation readiness, cutover planning, hypercare, acceptance testing, and operational transition
- Possess solid comprehension of cybersecurity domains to manage and challenge implementation teams: Identity & Access Management (IAM), SSO/MFA, Zero Trust, endpoint protection, SIEM/SOAR, threat intelligence, cloud security, network security, and application security
- Understand high‑level architecture diagrams, integration patterns, and technical dependencies to ensure sequencing and delivery alignment
- Translate between business, security, and technical teams to ensure clarity and alignment
- Coordinate with cross‑functional teams—security operations, IT, DevOps, cloud, compliance, and executive sponsors
- Lead workshops, status meetings, risk reviews, and executive steering committees
- Ensure exceptional stakeholder experience by promoting transparency, alignment, and proactive communication
- Identify delivery risks, interdependencies, and improvement opportunities across programs
- Support proposal efforts, LOE development, resource planning, team staffing, and pursuit/orals support
- Mentor junior project managers and analysts; contribute to Guidehouse program delivery standards and playbooks
Requirements:
- Due to nature of client engagement, must be a US Citizen
- High School diploma AND Fourteen (14+) plus years of paid professional experience with multiple years leading technical or cybersecurity project delivery; Or Associate's degree AND Twelve (12+) plus years of paid professional experience with multiple years leading technical or cybersecurity project delivery; Or Bachelors' degree AND Ten (10+) plus years of professional experience with multiple years leading technical or cybersecurity project delivery
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity implementation lifecycles (IAM, MFA/SSO, SIEM/SOAR, endpoint/XDR, cloud security, PAM, vulnerability management)
- Demonstrated success managing multi‑team projects in state & local government and/or commercial environments
- Proficiency with project management tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, Confluence, ServiceNow, etc.)
- Ability to interpret technical documentation, understand architecture diagrams, and manage complex dependencies
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, risk management, and executive‑facing presentation skills
- Ability to travel
- Ability to work onsite in a Guidehouse Office or Client Office location as needed
- Preference will be given to candidate who reside within reasonable driving distance of a Guidehouse Office or Client Office Location
- Experience overseeing deployments involving: IAM platforms (Okta, Azure AD/Entra, SailPoint, CyberArk, Ping, Radiant Logic), SIEM/SOAR platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic, QRadar, IBM SOAR, Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR), Endpoint security / XDR (CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender, SentinelOne, Carbon Black), Zero Trust initiatives, SASE, identity‑driven security
- Cybersecurity certifications (Security+, CISSP, CCSP, CISM, GIAC PM/Cloud/Detection certs)
- Experience working with OT/critical infrastructure security deployments (optional)
- Experience managing cross‑vendor program environments with integrators, MSSPs, and third‑party solution providers
- Experience with FedRAMP or NIST frameworks
- Any of the PMP, PMI‑ACP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent PM certifications