Technical Project Manager ( Governance & Compliance)

Milestone Technologies - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Project Manager at Milestone Technologies will oversee assigned projects from inception to completion, ensuring effective coordination among various cross-functional teams. This role requires strong communication skills, attention to detail, and professionalism to manage multiple large-scale projects, particularly in the areas of security operations, risk, and compliance. The Project Manager will be responsible for tracking project status, risks, and dependencies while facilitating regular meetings and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent projects requiring coordination with cross-functional stakeholders and teams.
• Lead and manage large-scale projects from planning, development, launch, socialization, and adoption.
• Track, escalate, and mitigate project risks and issues as appropriate.
• Work with key team members and leadership to prioritize tasks using internal tools.
• Own and manage project plans and provide regular communications to management and stakeholders on project status, risks, dependencies, etc.
• Host and lead regular project meetings with respective stakeholders.
• Monitor, track, and escalate relevant security risks and issues to ensure timely mitigation.
• Develop project plans and provide regular communications to management and stakeholders on project status, risks, and dependencies.
• Lead project meetings to define requirements, approach, and resources, and follow up on action items for accountability.
• Draft and maintain documentation for projects, operations processes, and material evidence.

Requirements

• 5+ years of related security project experience in supporting security operations, risk and compliance, technology audit, and governance in financial and/or technology industry.
• Familiarity with security operations workflow and processes including incident response management, vulnerability management, issues remediation, cloud security, network security, and controls testing.
• Experience in providing client services with requirements gathering, strategy, and outcome-based deliverables to meet business requirements and timelines.
• Adaptable in a fast-paced culture with the ability to be flexible in changing environments and priorities.
• Experience with data reporting and analytics dashboards, visualization tools, and presentation tools.
• Industry certifications in security, technology, and/or business management are a plus (e.g., CRISC, CISSP, CCIE, CISM, CISA, AWS Cloud Practitioner).
• Knowledge in regulatory compliance frameworks (NIST CSF & 800-53, ISO27001, SOC, HITRUST, HIPAA, FedRamp, PCI, GDPR, etc.).
• Understanding of risk and security industry literature and knowledge bases (OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST 800-39).
• Experience in supporting compliance for Payments Compliance Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) of financial products and services in banking and fintech industries.
• Execution-oriented, results-driven, and self-motivated in supporting the program vision, strategy, and approach with minimal guidance.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the financial services or fintech industry.
• Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling options