Federal - Client Data Protection Project Manager

Organization: Accenture Federal Services
Location: Arlington, VA

We are:
Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, VA, San Antonio, TX, and St. Louis, MO. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.

We believe that great outcomes are everything. It’s what drives us to turn bold ideas into breakthrough solutions. By combining digital technologies with what works across the world’s leading businesses, we use agile approaches to help clients solve their toughest problems fast—the first time. So, you can deliver what matters most.

Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation’s priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect.

You are:
A Client Data Protection Project Manager who will be responsible for helping transform the Client Data Protection program toward its federal-based approach including the way we collaborate, operate, and deliver value add to the company. You are a project manager of a diverse team which strives toward business process excellence. You will be accountable for constructing detailed work plans, planning and allocating resources, monitoring progress, and keeping key stakeholders informed throughout a project's lifecycle all in coordination with the Client Data Protection Director.

The work:

• Ensuring projects are delivered on time

• Coordinating with internal and external parities

• Determining dependencies and conflicts between projects

• Managing relationships between team members and stakeholders

• Measuring project performance

• Escalating to upper management when needed

• Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation

Here's what you need:

• U.S. Citizenship required

• 4 years of Client Data Protection, Risk Management, Security Audit, or Security Compliance experience supporting a federal government

• Possess strong knowledge of Scrum and Agile Project Management processes

• Experience in business risk analysis and making complex business/risk trade-off recommendations and decisions

• Leadership experience with small to medium sized teams

Other required skills

• Effectively manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• Scheduling and task management skills

• Able to work with business stakeholder to evaluate effectiveness and plan for ways to improve or resolve identified issues

• Supported programs by planning and allocating resources, monitoring progress, and adapt to changing requirements

• Experience developing and refining technical and business requirements and processes

Bonus points if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in cybersecurity or project management

• Project Management certification such as Agile/Scrum, PM/BA, CAPM, PMP

• CISSP, CISA, CISM or other Security, Audit, or privacy certifications, or the ability to obtain certification within six months

• Experience in Microsoft Project and Azure DevOps

• Negotiation skills to handle changing demands by stakeholders and conflicts between personnel and other parties

• Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills to use hard Data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases

• Knowledgeable with government Security-related rules and regulations

Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York City or Washington as set forth below and information on benefits offered is here.    

Role Location: Range of Starting Pay for role  

California: $95,600-$153,100

Colorado: $95,600-$132,300

New York City: $110,700-$153,100

Washington State: $101,900-$140,800

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