Managed Services Project Manager

CyberGuard Advantage is hiring a Managed Services Project Manager to plan, execute, and deliver client engagements in cybersecurity and compliance professional services. The role coordinates delivery teams, clients, and internal stakeholders while managing project scope, timelines, risks, financial tracking, and PMO standards.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, dependencies, and resource allocations
• Drive day‑to‑day execution, ensuring milestones are met and deliverables align to contracted scope
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage delivery risks and issues; escalate appropriately to the PMO Director when needed
• Serve as the primary project‑level point of contact for clients
• Set and manage client expectations related to scope, timelines, dependencies, and roles
• Lead recurring project status meetings and provide clear, concise status reporting
• Support issue resolution with empathy, professionalism, and a solutions‑oriented mindset
• Partner closely with Delivery Teams and Practice Leaders to coordinate staffing, sequencing, and execution
• Align with the PMO Director on resourcing, utilization, and delivery priorities
• Collaborate with Finance to support:
• Accurate project forecasting
• Milestone tracking
• Billing readiness and revenue recognition activities
• Maintain accurate project tracking in PMO tools and systems
• Monitor project health indicators including schedule, scope, risk, and margin signals
• Ensure timely documentation of project progress to support revenue recognition and audits
• Flag scope changes or delivery variances early and support change control processes
• Apply PMO methodologies, templates, and best practices consistently across projects
• Contribute feedback and ideas to improve PMO tools, processes, and reporting
• Support adoption of firm‑wide delivery standards and governance expectations

Requirements:

• 4–7+ years of experience managing projects in a professional services, consulting, or technical delivery environment
• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent, client‑facing projects
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams in fast‑moving environments
• Working knowledge of professional services delivery fundamentals (scope, utilization, forecasting, margin awareness)
• Comfortable operating in regulated or compliance‑driven contexts
• Experience in cybersecurity, compliance, risk, or regulated services (e.g., SOC, ISO, PCI, HIPAA)
• PMP, CAPM, or similar project management certification strongly preferred
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams
• Familiarity with PSA or PMO tools (e.g., Mavenlink/Kantata, Smartsheet, Jira, MS Project)