Cybersecurity Project Manager - University of North Carolina Wilmington

FuntoNetwork is a consulting company that connects experienced consultants with active RFP opportunities. They are seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to oversee the implementation of a cloud-based Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution for the University of North Carolina Wilmington, ensuring project delivery governance and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate implementation tasks, timeline, stakeholders, reporting, and project delivery governance
• Review the RFP scope, source posting, supporting documents, deadline, and client requirements
• Coordinate with FuntoNetwork and related consultants to support a complete, professional response
• Prepare documentation, analysis, recommendations, deliverables, or technical inputs related to this role
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders as needed
• Support quality control, status updates, and final submission readiness
• Decompose the project scope: Convert Cloud-Based Web Application Firewall (WAF) Solution and Implementation Services into work packages, milestones, owners, dependencies, and acceptance gates
• Build the integrated schedule: Sequence discovery, design, implementation, testing, training, launch, and closeout activities
• Establish project governance: Set decision rights, meeting cadence, status reporting, approvals, and escalation paths with University of North Carolina Wilmington
• Manage the RAID register: Own risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, mitigations, due dates, and escalation triggers
• Control scope and changes: Assess requested changes for schedule, staffing, cost, risk, and acceptance impact before approval
• Lead readiness and closeout: Coordinate acceptance evidence, launch readiness, transition documentation, lessons learned, and closure approvals

Requirements:

• Relevant experience for this RFP-based role
• Strong written communication, documentation, and stakeholder coordination skills
• Ability to work against proposal deadlines and client requirements
• Attention to detail and ability to follow structured submission requirements
• Experience supporting public-sector, enterprise, or consulting projects