Project Manager; Cyber Security

Overview

Millennium is proud to be part of the Markon enterprise, a network of specialized organizations united in support of critical national security missions. This partnership strengthens our ability to deliver results by expanding our technical depth, operational reach, and access to a broader bench of proven experts, ensuring our customers continue to receive best-in-class cybersecurity support.

Since 2004, Millennium has operated at the forefront of cybersecurity. Our elite team of over 300 professionals brings an unmatched record of performance across Red Team Operations, Defensive Cyber Operations, Software Engineering, and Technical Engineering. As home to the largest contingent of contracted Red Team operators supporting the Department of Defense, Millennium delivers unparalleled threat intelligence and battle-tested expertise to both DoD and federal civilian customers.

Millennium is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Millennium Corporation is hiring a Project Manager (Cyber Security) to work in Colorado Springs
. The candidate must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

This is a hands-on project management role for someone who knows how to take a complex technical effort, turn requirements into an actionable plan, establish accountability, and keep the team moving toward critical milestones.

While this position does not include direct personnel management, you will play a key role in coordinating cross-functional teams, assigning ownership, managing dependencies, identifying risks, and communicating project status to leadership.

The Project Manager for our Cyber Security Team will:

• Manage the full lifecycle of a major Red Team certification and accreditation project, from requirements identification through assessment, remediation, approval, and sustainment.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and critical-path activities.
• Translate complex certification and technical requirements into actionable tasks, work packages, ownership, and measurable completion criteria.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, technical SMEs, government stakeholders, assessors, and supporting organizations to keep project activities on track.
• Track schedules, milestones, dependencies, action items, and deliverables; identify overdue, at-risk, and critical-path activities and drive resolution.
• Develop Cradle charts, dashboards, Pareto charts, historical trend analyses, and other visual reporting tools to communicate project performance and identify areas requiring attention.
• Monitor planned versus actual performance and provide data-driven recommendations to address schedule, resource, technical, and documentation risks.
• Manage certification readiness activities, including requirements traceability, gap assessments, deficiencies, corrective actions, and closure criteria.
• Coordinate the collection, review, organization, and maintenance of certification artifacts and supporting evidence.
• Maintain project risk and issue tracking, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively - Lead project meetings, working groups, readiness reviews, and status meetings; document decisions, action items, owners, and deadlines.
• Prepare recurring status reports, dashboards, briefings, and executive-level summaries highlighting progress, risks, accomplishments, and upcoming milestones.
• Establish standardized project management processes, tools, and trackers to improve visibility, accountability, and certification sustainment.
• Capture lessons learned and implement process improvements to create repeatable processes for future cyber certification efforts.

Required

• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience, including significant experience managing complex or major projects.
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience or Associate's degree with 10+ years of experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Demonstrated experience supporting cyber operations projects or similarly complex technical initiatives.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams and stakeholders without direct personnel-management responsibility.
• Strong experience with project tracking, requirements management, risk management, corrective actions, and status reporting.
• Experience creating or working with Cradle charts, Pareto charts, trend analysis, dashboards, and other project visualization/reporting tools.
• Strong ability to identify trends, analyze project performance, assign ownership, and drive accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• PMP certification strongly preferred.
• Experience with Red Team operations,…