Remote Project Management Specialist Jobs

• 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

• 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!

Why Join Gunnison?

• Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
• Quality is our top priority.
• Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
• There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
• We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
• We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for over 25 years.