Legal Project Manager​/Facility Security Officer; FSO

Job Title: Legal Project Manager / Facility Security Officer

Job Family: Legal Department

Company: Paligen Technologies

Location: Tampa, FL (on site)

Paligen Technologies is dedicated to the advancement of novel manufacturing solutions in the commercial, defense, and aerospace industries. We are always looking for new ideas and people who are passionate about their craft. We are seeking a professional and dependable Legal Project Manager / Facility Security Officer (FSO) to provide comprehensive support across legal operations, security compliance and facility management. This includes leading core legal operational functions, spanning document control, investigative and litigation support, enterprise records management, and cross-functional legal project execution ensuring organizational compliance.

This role also carries pivotal responsibility for safeguarding the enterprise as the Facility Security Officer, championing our security compliance program under the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) and DCSA requirements. This includes providing enterprise-wide security compliance oversight to ensure personnel, information, physical facilities, and classified defense contracts are in full compliance with government standards.

• Manage corporate document control by maintaining policies, procedures and work-instructions, overseeing version control and approvals, and ensuring timely, accurate publication to SharePoint.
• Provide support for investigations, including legal holds, interviews, document review/production, and third-party subpoena management.
• Oversee Records Management Program by maintaining retention standards, coordinating departmental compliance reviews, and ensuring secure lifecycle management of electronic and hard-copy records.
• Assist with corporate governance statutory filings, registrations, annual reports and amendments.
• Maintain and administer the Legal Department's SharePoint site and document libraries, ensuring content accuracy and streamlined organization.
• Manage legal billing processes, including reviewing invoices for accuracy and maintaining outside counsel engagement documentation.
• Assist with organization administrative and compliance duties and support as required.

• Manage and implement the National Industrial Security Program (NISP) in compliance with NISPOM, DoD 5220.22-M, ICDs, and agency-specific directives.
• Oversee personnel clearances, including clearance processing, reinvestigations, incident reporting, and continuous eligibility monitoring.
• Maintain accurate personnel security records and systems (DISS, NBIS) and ensure adherence to need-to-know and access requirements.
• Conduct required briefings, debriefings, annual training, and enterprise-wide security awareness programs, including insider threat.
• Manage classified document control including accountability, inventory, and safeguarding requirements, transmission, and destruction of classified information.
• Coordinate classified contract security requirements, perform DD254 reviews, manage subcontractor security compliance.
• Collaborate with the front desk receptionist to support facility safety and emergency response.

• Associate or bachelor's degree;
  Plus, a minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience, or in absence of a degree, 7 years of relevant experience.
  • Paralegal certificate and/or experience preferred but not required
• A minimum of one year project and budget management experience.
• Experience in Corporate compliance and corporate governance.
• Ability to work independently, confident in abilities, but seeks help when needed, anticipates next steps.
• Self…