Program Manager – Cybersecurity
Job Description
Company: Assyst
Location: New York, US
ASSYST is seeking a Senior Project Manager with demonstrated experience managing Information Security programs within the Federal Government.
The Project Manager will lead and coordinate cybersecurity assessment initiatives to strengthen and standardize security maturity. This role oversees the execution of NIST Cybersecurity Framework based assessments, ensuring consistent implementation and collaboration with agency stakeholders. The PM will drive actionable outcomes to enhance risk management and improve overall cybersecurity posture.
Key Responsibilities Oversee the team to support full RMF lifecycle to achieve and maintain ATO for federal systems
Monitor, track, and report on overall contract performance, including progress against schedule, deliverable status, risks, and issues.
Ensure contractor adherence to this solicitation and subsequent work orders, quality standards, coordination procedures, and data handling protocols.
Serve as the central project lead, ensuring alignment to establish a standardized and objective cybersecurity maturity baseline.
Develop and maintain project tracking mechanisms to enable leadership to monitor cybersecurity maturity progress, measure the impact of security investments, and support informed decision-making.
Annual Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) reporting and audits, ensuring all managerial and technical security controls meet federal standards
Manages cybersecurity resources and engages with stakeholders daily to gather input on program priorities, service needs, and policy or procedure changes affecting delivery, ISSO training program, coordination with all parties, and support for the roadmap and improvement processes.
Proactively engage with leadership to support their strategy direction, oversee day-to-day operation across teams to ensure continuity and coordinated execution. manage contract and the agency policies, procedures, workforce and technology changes. Work as a back to ISSO and advi
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