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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for a talented Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance Project Manager t to join our Security & Risk organization! This role leads workstream-level planning, coordination, and reporting while driving shared services delivery across the Security & Risk organization. As part of the Program Management Office (PMO), you will lead initiatives, drive data-driven decision support through analytics and reporting automation and establish continuity practices across workstreams. You will play a key role in strengthening execution maturity, driving adoption of Program Management Office process, tools and standards, and enabling strategic initiative execution.
What You'll Be Doing:
Project Management & Program Support:
- Lead planning, execution alignment, and capacity optimization for assigned projects
- Facilitate scope, dependency, and risk discussions; prepare leadership-ready summaries/briefs
- Develop project plans, schedules, and resource allocations to ensure timely delivery
- Track cross-initiative dependencies and identify execution risks with mitigation options
- Lead intake and prioritization efforts, implement process enhancements such as workflow and template development/optimization, and facilitate the adoption of program management tools to ensure consistency and scalability
- Establish continuity practices to reduce fragmentation and rework
- Lead Security and Risk organization shared services execution and accountability across assigned service categories
- Define and monitor shared service level expectations and performance
- Manage intake across shared services requests and prioritize workload
Financial Operations:
- Coordinate forecasts, spend tracking, and budget activities
- Support spend optimization, license rationalization, and procurement coordination
Vendor & Contract Operations:
- Coordinate vendor intake, performance tracking, SLAs, and renewal workflows
- Support QBRs and vendor governance activities
Data & Reporting Operations:
- Develop and maintain KPI dashboards and metrics frameworks (Power BI)
- Support program and leadership with recurring reporting cadences (weekly, monthly, quarterly)
- Leverage automation and AI tools to improve reporting efficiency
Business Enablement:
- Lead or support enterprise task forces, M&A integration, and transformation initiatives
- Serve as cross-functional liaison (HR, IT, Legal, Procurement, Finance)
- Partner with IT Business Relationship Management (BRM) and Business Unit leadership on security-related coordination
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree required
- 4+ years in program/project management, program delivery, business analysis, or enterprise operations management experience
- Strong facilitation, stakeholder influence, and executive communication skills
- Advanced proficiency with project management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet)
- Experience with financial coordination, budget management and vendor management
- Advanced data manipulation, visualization, and dashboard development (Power BI)
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience in cybersecurity, risk, compliance, or technology environments
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Data analytics or Business Intelligence certification
- Experience with automation/AI tools for reporting
- Confluence, SharePoint, Power Apps, or similar knowledge management platforms
Security Clearance:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance
Security Clearance Requirement:
NoneThis position is part of our Corporate team.For over 80 years, Parsons Corporation, has shaped the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 4+ years in program/project management, program delivery, business analysis, or enterprise operations management
- Strong facilitation, stakeholder influence, and executive communication skills
- Advanced proficiency with project management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet)
- Experience with financial coordination, budget management, and vendor management
- Advanced data manipulation, visualization, and dashboard development (Power BI)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance
- Experience in cybersecurity, risk, compliance, or technology environments
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Data analytics or Business Intelligence certification
- Experience with automation/AI tools for reporting
- Confluence, SharePoint, Power Apps, or similar knowledge management platforms
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
