Project Manager

Fortreum is a trusted leader in cloud and cybersecurity services, ranked among the Top 5 FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAO). With the addition of Kovr.AI, we have expanded our capabilities to include advanced cyber risk quantification and analytics, enabling organizations to better understand, measure, and communicate risk. Together, we deliver independent, third-party, vendor-agnostic regulatory assessment and advisory services, alongside advanced cybersecurity offensive and compliance technical solutions. Our comprehensive service portfolio spans regulatory compliance frameworks including FedRAMP, CMMC, FISMA, SOC, PCI, ISO, and HIPAA.

Working with Fortune 500 companies and leading cloud service providers, we’ve built our reputation on service-delivery excellence and an unwavering commitment to client success. Our continued rapid growth creates exceptional opportunities for driven professionals to make their mark in the cybersecurity industry—guided by our core values: quality above all, a customer-driven mindset, autonomy, and personal accountability.

On our team, you will have the opportunity to work with industry-leading experts who've supported the world's biggest cloud providers. This position offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager to orchestrate customer engagements in the public and tech sectors. In this role, you will lead multiple parallel client implementations and manage timelines.

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including tasks, timelines, milestones, and responsible parties

• Coordinate stakeholders and project activities for advisory and assessment engagements with cloud service providers (CSPs)

• Gather required materials to prepare kickoff decks and project planning documentation based on engagement type

• Schedule and lead project kickoff calls, including service-specific charter and RFI validation sessions

• Obtain approvals and signatures for all required planning documentation

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle

• Communicate with customers to define and manage project schedules, expectations, and deliverables

• Lead or participate in recurring client status meetings; document and distribute meeting minutes and action items

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with clients and internal stakeholders at all levels

• Collaborate with technical leads and delivery teams to ensure successful execution of project deliverables

• Monitor project progress to ensure delivery of high-quality services on time and within allocated hours

• Manage priorities, tasks, and assigned hours to meet delivery and utilization targets

• Support consultants with time management and resource allocation across concurrent projects

• Coordinate internal product-related initiatives, including new feature rollouts, platform updates, and non-development product releases

• Align cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., product, delivery, operations) to ensure smooth execution of internal launches

• Track timelines, dependencies, and communications for internal releases to ensure readiness and adoption

• Assist technical leads in validating budgets and allocating hours within financial management tools

• Adjust resource schedules as needed to balance workloads and meet project demands

• Identify, track, and escalate project risks, issues, and timeline concerns to executive leadership as needed

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project data in project management tools (e.g., Jira)

• Execute project and task closeout procedures, ensuring all deliverables and documentation are completed

• This is a client-facing role requiring strong communication and organizational skills. Limited travel may be required for client engagements and service delivery

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4 years of equivalent job experience

• 2-6+ years of experience in managing multiple projects where regular interactions with an internal team and customers were required

• 2+ years of information security or professional services experience

• Budget management, project management, estimation, capacity planning, facilitation skills, presentation skills, strong communication skills

• Knowledge of MS 365 toolset

• Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and modern road mapping tools

• Ability to plan complex projects then react and communicate deviation from that plan over time

• Background with NIST-based frameworks such as FISMA or FedRAMP

• Ability to be self-directed with little oversight

• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with team members and clients

• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

$80,000 - $124,000 annual salary

What Fortreum Offers

We offer a competitive compensation package, where you will be rewarded based on your performance/outcomes and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Our benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401K plan with a 4% match, company paid short-term disability, company paid long-term disability, company paid AD&D and life insurance, flex time off, annual bonuses, training stipends, certification reimbursements, access to over 30,000 free online training courses, personal cell phone allowance, new hire and annual home office stipend, spot awards and eleven paid holidays.

An Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer

Fortreum is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email [email protected]. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail [email protected] or call 703-594-1460. This email and phone number is created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response.

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