The Role
Coordinates client-facing cybersecurity and advisory consulting engagements from initiation through closeout. Manages project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, governance, quality, documentation, and stakeholder communications. Prepares status reports, dashboards, financial summaries, meeting materials, and decision logs while escalating issues and supporting continuous improvement. Collaborates with engagement leaders, clients, and cross-functional delivery teams across cloud, compliance, and technology advisory practices.
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About Coalfire
Coalfire is on a mission to make the world a safer place by solving our clients’ hardest cybersecurity challenges. We work at the cutting edge of technology to advise, assess, automate, and ultimately help companies all across the world navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape. We are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices across the U.S., Argentina, and the U.K.
But that’s not who we are – that’s just what we do.
We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference.
The Advisory Project Manager is a client-facing delivery professional responsible for coordinating and managing consulting engagements from initiation through closeout. The Project Manager translates engagement objectives and statements of work into practical plans, coordinates delivery activities across client and Coalfire teams, and maintains clear visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and commitments.
Working across Coalfire’s Cloud, Compliance Advisory, Cloud Maintenance & Operations, and related consulting practices, the Project Manager supports successful delivery by managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, dependencies, documentation, and client communications. The role works in partnership with engagement leaders, delivery teams, and practice leadership, escalating material risks and decisions with clear context and recommended next steps.
What You’ll Do
- Client and engagement coordination
- Project planning and delivery controls
- Governance, risk and quality
- Financial and resource management
- Stakeholder communication and team collaboration
- Continous improvement
What You'll Bring
- 3+ years of progressive project management experience, including client-facing delivery in consulting, professional services, technology, cybersecurity, compliance, advisory, or a related environment.
- Experience coordinating projects with multiple stakeholders, workstreams, deliverables, dependencies, and competing priorities.
- Working experience tracking scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, quality, and change requests.
- Experience supporting project governance, RAID management, status reporting, and issue escalation.
- Experience collaborating with client stakeholders and cross-functional, matrixed delivery teams.
- Familiarity with project financial tracking, forecasts, resource plans, utilization, or commercial impacts.
- Working knowledge of Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid project management approaches, with the ability to apply an approach suited to the engagement.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to client service, delivery quality, professional integrity, and dependable follow-through.
- Experience in cybersecurity, compliance, cloud, technology advisory, or related consulting services is preferred.
- PMP, CAPM, CSM, PMI-ACP, or a related project management certification is preferred.
- Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Jira, OpenAir, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
- Ability to prepare clear status reports, dashboards, financial summaries, meeting materials, and decision logs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to organize complex information and surface actionable next steps.
- Ability to establish structure in changing environments and manage assigned work with appropriate independence.
- Foundational understanding of compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, DoD, CMMC, ISO, SOC, or HITRUST is preferred.
- Availability to support U.S.-based delivery teams.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, or associate degree plus equivalent experience in project management, business administration, consulting, technology, or a related field.
Why You’ll Want to Join Us
At Coalfire, you’ll find the support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In many cases, we provide a flexible work model that empowers you to choose when and where you’ll work most effectively – whether you’re at home or an office.
Regardless of location, you’ll experience a company that prioritizes connection and wellbeing and be part of a team where people care about each other and our communities. You’ll have opportunities to join employee resource groups, participate in in-person and virtual events, and more. And you’ll enjoy competitive perks and benefits to support you and your family, like paid parental leave, flexible time off, certification and training reimbursement, digital mental health and wellbeing support membership, and comprehensive insurance options.
At Coalfire, equal opportunity and pay equity is integral to the way we do business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Coalfire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact our Human Resources team at [email protected].
Skills Required
- 3+ years of progressive project management experience, including client-facing delivery in consulting, professional services, technology, cybersecurity, compliance, advisory, or a related environment.
- Experience coordinating projects with multiple stakeholders, workstreams, deliverables, dependencies, and competing priorities.
- Experience tracking scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, quality, and change requests.
- Experience supporting project governance, RAID management, status reporting, and issue escalation.
- Experience collaborating with client stakeholders and cross-functional, matrixed delivery teams.
- Familiarity with project financial tracking, forecasts, resource plans, utilization, or commercial impacts.
- Working knowledge of Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid project management approaches.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Commitment to client service, delivery quality, professional integrity, and dependable follow-through.
- Experience in cybersecurity, compliance, cloud, technology advisory, or related consulting services.
- PMP, CAPM, CSM, PMI-ACP, or related project management certification.
- Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Jira, OpenAir, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
- Ability to prepare clear status reports, dashboards, financial summaries, meeting materials, and decision logs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including organizing complex information and identifying actionable next steps.
- Ability to establish structure in changing environments and manage assigned work independently.
- Foundational understanding of compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, DoD, CMMC, ISO, SOC, or HITRUST.
- Availability to support U.S.-based delivery teams.
- Bachelor's degree, or associate degree plus equivalent experience in project management, business administration, consulting, technology, or a related field.
Coalfire Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Coalfire and has not been reviewed or approved by Coalfire.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible paid time off and paid parental leave are prominently offered, with remote/WFH support enabling time away when workload allows.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, wellness resources, and an EAP are part of the core package. Carrier coverage and plan options are regularly highlighted across employer materials.
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Retirement Support — A company‑matched 401(k) is included alongside other financial and development perks. This retirement benefit is consistently featured across benefits overviews.
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The Company
What We Do
Coalfire is the cybersecurity advisor that helps private and public sector organizations avert threats, close gaps, and effectively manage risk. By providing independent and tailored advice, assessments, technical testing, and cyber engineering services, we help clients develop scalable programs that improve their security posture, achieve their business objectives, and fuel their continued success. Coalfire has been a cybersecurity thought leader for more than 20 years and has offices throughout the United States and Europe.
