Cybersecurity Project Manager (PM) – Security Operations

Location: Remote (occasional availability for U.S. time zone meetings required)

Openings: Cybersecurity Project Managers (Contract)

Target Onboarding: Mid-October

About the Role

We are looking for a detail-oriented and highly organized Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead the operational logistics behind security audits and penetration testing programs. This is an operations-focused role responsible for coordinating vendor/contractor teams, tracking testing timelines, and driving remediation efforts to completion. You will act as the connective tissue between internal stakeholders and external contractor teams, ensuring security programs run smoothly and on schedule.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Program Logistics: Own the end-to-end logistics and timeline planning for security audit and penetration testing programs.
• Vendor & Contractor Management: Coordinate and manage multiple vendor/contractor teams, including large contractor groups, to ensure smooth collaboration and on-time delivery.
• Timeline Tracking: Track penetration testing project progress against key milestones and flag risks to timelines early.
• Remediation Coordination: Follow up on vulnerability remediation efforts, ensuring risk items are tracked, addressed, and closed on schedule.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact between internal teams and external contractors, keeping all parties aligned.
• Status Reporting: Regularly compile and present project status updates, timelines, and outstanding risk items to stakeholders.

Language & Technical Requirements

Spoken Languages

• English: Strong working proficiency (required for stakeholder collaboration, reporting, and vendor coordination).
• Mandarin Chinese: Preferred for local coordination, depending on team placement.

Required Skills

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant project management experience.
• AI background preferred.
• Solid project management experience, ideally within a security, IT audit, or compliance context.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and vendors.
• Experience creating status reports, tracking dashboards, and presenting progress to stakeholders.

Good to Have: Tools & Methodologies

• Familiarity with project management or ticketing tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, or similar).
• Exposure to vulnerability management platforms or security audit workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of demonstrated experience managing complex projects involving multiple external vendors or contractor teams.
• Technical Background: General familiarity with security audit or penetration testing processes.
• Collaboration & Communication: Strong cross-functional communication skills, comfortable coordinating between internal teams and external contractors.
• Mindset: Proactive, highly organized, and capable of managing ambiguity across multiple concurrent engagements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience specifically managing penetration testing programs or security audit operations.
• Experience managing large contractor groups (10+ contractors) across distributed teams.
• Familiarity with the vulnerability management lifecycle and remediation tracking processes.
• Background or experience working on AI-related projects preferred.