Partner Coordinator Specialist

Aretum is seeking a Partner Coordinator Specialist to support stakeholder engagement and coordination activities within a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) environment. The ideal candidate will combine a strong understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals with experience engaging state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) organizations, government entities, regional associations, and cybersecurity industry partners.

This position will serve as a trusted coordination and consulting resource, helping facilitate stakeholder relationships, manage initiatives and deliverables, and translate complex cybersecurity and program information into clear, executive-level communications.

• Build, maintain, and manage productive relationships with government, SLTT, regional, and cybersecurity industry stakeholders.
• Coordinate engagement activities and initiatives involving state and local governments, regional associations, and other external partners.
• Support DHS/CISA stakeholder engagement programs, processes, and mission priorities.
• Apply an understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals, policy, and industry practices to stakeholder coordination and program activities.
• Serve as a liaison among internal teams, government stakeholders, industry partners, and other participating organizations.
• Plan, coordinate, and track projects, stakeholder activities, deliverables, milestones, and action items.
• Develop high-quality written materials, including executive briefings, reports, presentations, meeting materials, correspondence, and other leadership-level deliverables.
• Translate technical, cybersecurity, policy, and programmatic information into clear communications tailored to executive and non-technical audiences.
• Facilitate meetings, working sessions, stakeholder discussions, and follow-up activities.
• Identify stakeholder needs, risks, dependencies, and emerging issues and provide recommendations to program leadership.
• Provide consulting and advisory support related to stakeholder engagement, cybersecurity initiatives, program coordination, and partnership development.
• Maintain appropriate documentation, status reporting, and stakeholder engagement records.
• Support additional program management and coordination activities as required.

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity fundamentals from a technical, policy, or combined perspective.
• Experience working with state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) organizations
  , including state or municipal governments, regional associations, or similar public‑sector organizations.
• Experience managing relationships with industry stakeholders and external partners
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• Experience working with cybersecurity industry partners or organizations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with senior and executive-level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience developing executive‑level deliverables
  , presentations, reports, briefings, and other professional written products.
• Experience coordinating and managing projects, deliverables, timelines, and competing priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, organization, and general management skills.
• Demonstrated consulting skills, including the ability to assess stakeholder needs, synthesize information, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively across technical, policy, program, and executive stakeholder groups.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain DHS suitability.
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive communication skills.
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Ability to understand and communicate cybersecurity concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong project coordination and organizational skills.
• Ability to develop polished, concise, and executive‑ready deliverables.
• Strong analytical, consulting, problem‑solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, attention to detail, and responsiveness.

• Prior…