Senior Communications Project Management Specialist

Gunnison

$125K — $138K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in communications, project management, program support, or federal consulting
  • 5+ years in cybersecurity, IT, risk management, or compliance
  • Experience as a primary point of contact for stakeholder communications
  • Proficiency in Scrum methodologies and managing Kanban boards
  • Strong writing and editing skills, with ability to communicate to diverse audiences
  • PMP certification and foundational cybersecurity certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+) required
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the main point of contact for stakeholder communications
  • Support cybersecurity communications and project management activities
  • Facilitate and manage Scrum meetings and Agile processes
  • Develop and maintain clear documentation and communication materials
  • Prepare briefing materials and coordinate final deliverable checks
  • Track project schedules, action items, and risk management processes
  • Operate in a dynamic federal consulting environment with multiple stakeholders

Benefits

  • 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
  • 11 paid Holidays each year
  • 5 days of Flexible Time Off
  • 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10%
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Public Transportation Subsidies
  • Training and Certification allowance of up to $5,000/year
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

*This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison. Start date estimated to be on or around 12/01/2026, possibly sooner.

$125,000 - $138,000/year

Work location: Fully remote

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Serve as primary point of contact for stakeholder communications, coordination, and status updates
  • Support ITSO cybersecurity communications, stakeholder coordination, and project management activities
  • Conduct Scrum meetings, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
  • Oversee and maintain Kanban/Scrum board activities, including task tracking, backlog updates, workflow management, and action item follow-up
  • Develop clear communications for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Draft, edit, and coordinate cybersecurity bulletins, presentations, newsletters, announcements, meeting materials, and executive-ready content
  • Translate cybersecurity, risk, policy, compliance, and technical information into concise customer-facing communications
  • Coordinate with ITSO leadership, cybersecurity SMEs, project teams, and AO stakeholders
  • Support planning, tracking, and reporting for cybersecurity initiatives, awareness campaigns, governance activities, and recurring customer deliverables
  • Maintain schedules, action items, risks, issues, decisions, meeting notes, and status updates
  • Prepare briefing materials, status reports, dashboards, communications plans, and customer review packages
  • Coordinate peer reviews, quality assurance reviews, and final deliverable checks prior to customer submission
  • Support documentation management, quality control, process improvement, and knowledge transfer
  • Facilitate meetings, capture outcomes, track follow-up actions, and support timely completion of deliverables
  • Operate in a fast-paced federal consulting environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities


Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in communications, project management, program support, technical writing, or federal consulting support
  • 5+ years supporting cybersecurity, IT, risk management, governance, compliance, or security awareness activities
  • Experience serving as a primary point of contact for customer, stakeholder, or team communications
  • Experience facilitating Scrum meetings, project meetings, working sessions, or recurring status meetings
  • Experience managing Kanban, Scrum, or Agile task boards to track work, priorities, status, and deliverables
  • Experience developing communications for technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience coordinating with cybersecurity SMEs, program managers, customer leadership, and cross-functional teams
  • Experience supporting project schedules, status reporting, meeting facilitation, action item tracking, risks, issues, and deliverables
  • Experience supporting peer reviews, quality assurance, document reviews, or deliverable quality control
  • Strong writing, editing, briefing, and quality-control skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations independently
  • PMP
  • CompTIA Security+ or comparable foundational cybersecurity certification
  • Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Business, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field
  • Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree

Desirable Qualifications:
  • Prior AOUSC, federal judiciary, federal civilian, or government consulting experience
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity governance, risk management, security policy, security awareness, vulnerability management, incident response communications, or compliance programs
  • Familiarity with NIST, FISMA, RMF, cybersecurity controls, security assessments, or federal security documentation
  • Experience supporting executive-level briefings, customer-facing status reports, communications plans, or change management activities
  • Experience with SharePoint, Power BI, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, BMC Helix, or similar collaboration/reporting tools
  • Certified ScrumMaster, Professional Scrum Master, or SAFe Scrum Master
  • ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity, SSCP, GIAC GISF, or ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals
  • ITIL Foundation

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:
  • 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
  • 11 paid Holidays each year
  • 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year
  • 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Public Transportation Subsidies
  • Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!

Salary Description

$125,000 - $138,000/year

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