Project Manager - III - Crossfire Consulting Corporation

Project manager with background in compliance.

Targeted Years of Experience: 5-7 years

Working Model: Hybrid- Onsite everyday during training/onboarding then Tues / Thurs. Advance notice will be provided if additional in office days required.

Location: Temple Terrace FL only

Description

This individual contributor role will be responsible for analyzing and validating the risk assessment drivers, reviewing Security sensitive & government data, and driving an end to end Clearance process that protects our customer, employee and supplier data. This role will lead the Vendor and Application Clearance for all of Telecommunication s Corporate System Group. You will provide direction and guidance to application managers and the data custodians. In addition, this position works closely with the Legal and Information Security teams to share and shape/define ongoing Compliance and Clearance practices.

Responsibilities:
Project manages, reviews and prioritizes Global Clearance.
Partner with the application custodian teams and Telecommunication s Global Enablement Factory to identify and govern Government & Security solutions.
Collaborate with the application teams to validate risk assessment drivers - data elements, data mitigation, tools, scope of work, privileges.
Validates vendor clearance for SOW, SRP, locations vetted/approved.
Manages all facets and provides project level leadership for Compliance and Clearance projects that when implemented will provide an improved risk posture for Corporate Systems as given below:
Provides support across functional and organizational boundaries. Communicates with other project team members to ensure a clear understanding of data security and compliance objectives, policies and requirements.
Collaborates and builds relationships with key application teams, Security and core business partners (e.g. Global Clearance PMO, IT Security Risk, Legal, etc.) to enable continued Compliance education and awareness around assigned initiatives and to improve overall relationships.
Tracks and provides regular project level metrics that will enable a clear understanding of the status of assigned projects and escalates to their supervisor and appropriate Clearance leadership for guidance when adjustments / issues are encountered that pose risk to defined objectives.
Utilize dashboards and tools to enhance the monitoring of day-to-day compliance activities
and support of organizational KPIs as given below:
MTTCA (mean time to clearance approval) organizational metrics reporting (GCM).
Governance and Operations.
Manage organizational clearance retirements.
Maintain understanding of governing policies and apply to the Clearance process.
Drive implementation of process improvements.
Continued education on clearance policy and tools.
Validation of clearance status support for sourcing.
Conduct Government & Security Sensitivity data reviews
Provide insights on role-based access

MUST HAVE SKILLS (Most Important):List at least top 3 required skills (Quick-hit descriptions of functions expected of the worker, etc.) and years of experience or range for each outlined required skill.
Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience or relevant certifications and training.
Three or more years of relevant work experience.
Experience managing cross-functional or enterprise level projects.
Strong organizational and communications skills
Proven ability to partner with multi-tiered organizations
Strong accountability and ownership of programs

DESIRED SKILLS:
Experience interpreting and implementing policies and processes to ensure a strong control environment.
Experience in Software Development, Support and Project Management.
Experience leveraging auditing principles and methods to evaluate policies, processes and systems to identify business risks and control gaps.
Demonstrated organizational, facilitation and negotiation skills.
Experience with report writing/database.
Experience with smartsheets and project plans

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
PMP, CISA, Security +