Technical Project Lead

Summary

Join A-LIGN as a Technical Project Lead and become the cornerstone of our penetration testing project management team. Collaborate with managers and consultants to initiate, manage, and drive projects to successful completion. Oversee project setup, resource allocation, and client engagement, ensuring projects stay on track. Balance operational execution with strategic oversight to deliver exceptional outcomes and foster strong client relationships. This pivotal role empowers the team to advance cybersecurity objectives. The position reports to the PTPMO Associate Manager and is full-time.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in project management or a related role
• Deep expertise in project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid)
• Demonstrated success in managing projects and effective client communication, including scheduling engagements, delivering documentation, and managing post-engagement deliverables
• Exceptional relationship-building skills, fostering collaboration, prioritizing tasks, influencing cross-functional teams to drive effective partnerships with clients, stakeholders, and internal teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ensuring clarity and professionalism in interactions
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities to ensure timely and successful delivery
• Passion for adopting and promoting best practices to optimize project outcomes
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, adept at devising strategic solutions aligned with business goals
• Agility in embracing change and thriving in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Lead project management efforts with autonomy, taking full ownership of tasks to drive timely and effective project delivery
• Serve as the primary client liaison, driving seamless communication to manage scheduling, tester assignments, pre-engagement and post-engagement documentation, ongoing support, deliverable timelines, and relationship-building to foster trust
• Create and distribute authorization-to-test forms, ensuring compliance and clarity for client engagements
• Coordinate kickoff calls, arranging internal and external invitations to align stakeholders
• Leverage Salesforce to manage project tasks, track progress, monitor overdue items, submit remediation tests and schedule change requests, and ensure accurate task closure and timeline adjustments
• Proactively manage project issues and changes to scope, cost, or schedule, escalating to Pentest Managers with clear analysis and plans to mitigate risks and align with project goals
• Manage the preparation and delivery of final reports, ensuring timely client submission
• Assign and optimize resources to achieve project objectives, ensuring efficient team utilization
• Monitor project activities and maintain organized records to support team and client needs
• Proactively manage changes to project scope, cost, and schedule, developing contingency plans to ensure alignment with project goals and mitigate risks
• Schedule clients for multi-year engagements, aligning timelines with strategic objectives
• Develop and champion best practices and tools to enhance project execution and team performance

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, business administration, or a related field is preferred
• Project Management certification (e.g.PRINCE2,CAPM,PMP) preferred
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Salesforce, Jira, Confluence) with experience in Salesforce is a plus

Benefits

• 24 days Annual PTO
• Additional Health Insurance, Vision, Dental
• Multisport card
• Paid Office Closure December 24 - January 1
• Paid Holidays Schedule
• Annual Bonus Program
• Technology Allowance
• Certification Reimbursement
• Flu Shot Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program