Communications Project Manager (IT/Cyber)

Technical Execution

Lead the implementation of communication strategies across projects by evaluating feasibility, managing deviations from plans, and communicating key decisions, risks, and mitigation strategies to stakeholders.

Communication Strategy & Leadership

Shape enterprise communication strategies across projects, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment with organizational and client branding. Deliver high‑impact presentations to clients and senior leadership, translating complex information into actionable insights.

Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns

Lead cybersecurity awareness campaigns, overseeing strategic communications planning, outreach, and messaging to increase public awareness, engagement, and action related to cybersecurity initiatives and risks.

Schedule & Timeline Management

Develop and manage integrated project schedules across communications initiatives. Allocate resources effectively to meet contractual milestones and ensure timely completion of all deliverables and required administrative activities.

Quality Management & Continuous Improvement

Identify non‑conforming communication outputs, assess impact and significance, and implement corrective actions. Promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement through process refinement and staff engagement.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

Oversee documentation strategies across projects, ensuring all communications deliverables are well‑organized, compliant with contractual standards, and tailored to stakeholder needs.

Business & Client Relations

Lead client relationships by anticipating needs, aligning communications solutions with client objectives, and supporting business development through proposal input, strategic framing, and solution positioning.

Requirements

• Minimum Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in English, Communications, Marketing, Business, or a related field; minimum of nine (9) years of relevant professional experience in communications, marketing, public relations, or related disciplines; additional relevant education may substitute for experience
• Minimum of two years of experience supervising staff or leading teams
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Fitness Determination
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing comprehensive communications strategies for IT initiatives across multiple projects or campaigns
• Proven experience coordinating and placing media advertising across offline and online channels, including digital, print, broadcast, or paid media platforms
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing teams, assigning workloads, setting priorities, and overseeing performance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience delivering presentations to executive leadership or clients
• Experience analyzing campaign performance data and translating insights into actionable recommendations
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office productivity software and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
• Must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this role

Skills That Set You Apart

• Experience leading cybersecurity awareness or public education campaigns
• Background supporting federal agencies or highly regulated environments, particularly DHS or national‑security-focused organizations
• Advanced project and resource management skills across large, multi‑workstream communications initiatives
• Intermediate knowledge of AI tools, including their limitations and risks, and how they can be applied to support project management tasks

Benefits

Ripple Effect rewards our employees for their contributions to our mission in many ways, from competitive pay and exceptional benefits to a range of work/life programs based on your employment classification and personalized preferences.