Cyber Security Technical Project Manager

AVA Consulting is seeking a Cyber Security Technical Project Manager

Location: Remote - US

U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Description:

• We are seeking a highly motivated Security Technical Project Manager to join our client s growing team as they expand into newly acquired business adjacencies. This individual will help drive information security onboarding across acquired companies' applications, infrastructure, and vendor ecosystems, ensuring alignment with corporate information security standards, policies, and industry best practices.
• The Security M&A Analyst will act as a liaison between the security organization, cross-functional partners, and acquired company engineering, IT, compliance, and business teams. The role will coordinate and collect metrics on key initiatives such as vendor security reviews, IAM/SSO onboarding, infrastructure hardening, PCI compliance, vulnerability management, and security design reviews for critical applications and product launches.

Responsibilities:

• Security Program Reporting: Maintain accurate and up-to-date reporting on security integration activities for acquired companies, including status of key initiatives, risks, and remediation efforts.
• Track and report progress against M&A security roadmaps, milestones, and integration timelines.
• Produce regular security status reports and dashboards for leadership, highlighting:
• Overall integration progress, Open and emerging risks, Compliance gaps and remediation status, Key blockers and dependencies
• Maintain centralized tracking for Security risks and risk ratings, Exceptions, compensating controls, and risk acceptances, Vulnerabilities and remediation SLAs
• Assist with preparing executive-ready summaries that translate technical security issues into clear business risk and impact.
• Monitor remediation timeline progress and escalate at-risk or overdue items with supporting details to senior team members.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy of reporting across multiple acquired entities and integration workstreams.
• Support ongoing improvements to reporting templates, metrics, and dashboards to enhance visibility into each acquired entity's security program status.
• Assist with ad-hoc reporting requests related to M&A security activities as needed.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with engineering, IT, compliance, and legal teams to support the integration of security requirements into product and infrastructure lifecycles.
• Communicate security requirements, program timelines, and deliverables to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support senior security team members by providing visibility into security risk and technical compliance posture for acquired companies.

Requirement:

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing or supporting security-focused technical projects or programs..
• Experience supporting security initiatives related to cloud security, vulnerability management, infrastructure security, and IAM/SSO.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams to coordinate tasks, manage multiple priorities, and track project timelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document and communicate security-related information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.
• Exposure to information security program implementation or compliance management activities.
• Interest in or pursuit of relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, PMP, or cloud security certifications such as CCSK or CCSP).
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and support pragmatic remediation approaches.

NOTE: Interested Candidates can apply by sending their Updated Resume and Contact Details.

Ron Tolson

AVA Consulting

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