Cybersecurity Project Manager

A Cybersecurity Project Manager coordinates the delivery of focused short-term and long-term security projects.

Role overview

Cybersecurity Project Managers work with technical specialists to complete cybersecurity projects for their organization. This includes defining the scope of a project, creating and managing the project plan, identifying key stakeholders, managing the budget, ensuring all work is compliant with the relevant security standards, and completing the project within the deadline.

Cybersecurity Project Manager Job Titles

may also be referred to as:

Compliance And Information Security Project Manager

Cyber And Network Security Project Manager

Cybersecurity Project Manager

Cybersecurity Technical Project Manager

Cybersecurity Training Project Manager

Data Privacy Project Manager

Devsecops Project Manager

GRC Project Manager

Identity Access Management Project Manager

Information Security Agile Project Manager

Information Security Governance Project Manager

Privacy And Compliance Project Manager

Privacy Project Manager

Product Security Project Manager

Project Manager Cloud Security

Project Manager Cybersecurity And Training

Security Operations Project Manager

Security Project Manager

Security Technical Project Manager

Vulnerability/Security Project Manager

Career Path

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Average Salary

Based upon experience, salary for this role ranges from:

$165,833

National Average

$192,500

$215,833

* based upon those with two plus years of cybersecurity experience

Responsibilities

• Delivering on cybersecurity projects using the best approach as set out within any project methodology processes.

• Clearly defining project scope, costs, success criteria, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints with stakeholders.

• Defining priorities and requirements and managing the project through planning, design, build, testing, and service transition phases.

• Ensuring the agreed objectives and success criteria are delivered on time and within budget.

• Identifies and facilitates the resolution of any issues that may arise.

• Managing 3rd party vendors and managing multiple individuals and project aspects running concurrently.

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Tools & Environment

A Cybersecurity Project Manager can work on a temporary or full-time basis, depending on the nature of the project they’re working on. Often Project Managers will need to work in fast-paced environments and with short turnarounds. These professionals will need to use the right project management and productivity tools such as Trello, Asana, Monday, ClickUp, and more, to manage their teams and ensure that deadlines are met.

Certifications

Category	Organization	Certification
Planning	(ISC)2	CISSP-ISSAP
Planning	CREST	CRTSA
Planning	GIAC	GSE
Planning	GIAC	GDSA
Planning	GIAC	GCPM
Planning	SABSA	SABSA-SCF
Planning	SABSA	SABSA-SCP
Planning	SABSA	SABSA-SCM
Planning	SECO-Institute	S-ISME
	Organization