Technical Project Manager Unit 42

Your Career

The Technical Project Manager will be a member of the Global Consulting Operations team and will be responsible for supporting multiple projects concurrently in partnership with our technical teams clients and internal stakeholders. This position will be primarily focused on Unit 42s Proactive Service engagements as well as Digital Forensics and Incident Response engagements and will report directly to the Manager for Unit 42 Security Consulting Project Management Office (PMO).

Your Impact 

• Manage multiple projects effectively by defining schedules and goals based on Statements of Work (SOWs) and communicating directly with clients where needed

• Maintain and update status reports for external clients and customers 

• Identify issues and risks related to projects and overall health of the client;  Ensure any identified issues/risks are escalated to the project Engagement Lead

• Partner with project Engagement team members to accomplish project goals and objectives ensuring execution of project tasks and monitoring progress to completion

• Support the delivery of quality solutions to clients and customers

• Develop and maintain a solid understanding of engagements that are supported by the PMO through mentoring training delivery execution and ongoing feedback  

• Partner with project Engagement team for project staffing needs

• Develop strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders for each project 

• Partner with the Engagement Lead to ensure the projects adhere to budget and time frame guidelines 

• Comfortable with managing customer expectations and dealing with conflict

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• Bachelors degree in MIS Cybersecurity Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience preferred

• 3 years of professional experience in Project Management focusing in one or more of the following: Cybersecurity Digital Forensics Incident Response Cyber Risk/Controls Software Defined Lifecycle (SDLC)/Infrastructure or other IT related technical environments  

• PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent preferred

• Ability to lead multiple small to mediumscale projects creating project plans and ensuring ontime task execution and documentation

• Ability to work autonomously prioritize projects and solve problems preferred

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and diplomacy  

• Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written form

• Strong proficiencies with Google Suite Asana and Clarizen preferred

• Previous direct client/customer consulting experience preferred

• Flexibility to work nights weekends holidays as needed preferred 

Additional Information :

The Team

Unit 42 Consulting is Palo Alto Networks security advisory team.  Our vision is to create a more secure digital world by providing the highest quality incident response risk management and digital forensic services to clients of all sizes. Our team is composed of recognized experts and incident responders with deep technical expertise and experience in investigations data breach response digital forensics and information security. With a highly successful track record of delivering missioncritical cybersecurity solutions we are experienced in working quickly to provide an effective incident response attack readiness and remediation plans with a focus on providing longterm support to improve our clients security posture. 

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for nonsales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $94000 $153000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment

Were problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecuritys status quo. Its simple: we cant accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating together.

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Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship No. Please note that we will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.