Risk & Controls Project Manager (Agile SDLC / IT Lifecycle Controls)

Job Title: Risk & Controls Project Manager (Agile SDLC / IT Lifecycle Controls)

Location: Plano, TX (Onsite – 5 Days/Week)
Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced Risk & Controls Project Manager to lead enterprise technology risk and control initiatives across Agile SDLC and IT infrastructure environments. The ideal candidate will partner with Technology, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams to implement governance, technology controls, and process improvements while managing cross-functional projects.

Required Skills

• Experience as a Project/Program Manager delivering risk, controls, or governance initiatives in a technology environment.
• Strong knowledge of Agile SDLC concepts and how controls map into product/engineering delivery.
• Familiarity with technology control domains (e.g., access management, change/release, secure configuration, vulnerability/patch management, asset management, logging/monitoring, third-party or procurement controls)
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder workstreams and drive outcomes through influence.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working with infrastructure / end-user / data center / network teams on IT asset and hardware lifecycle processes
• Exposure to common control and risk frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT) and audit/testing lifecycle.
• Tooling familiarity (examples): Jira/Confluence, ServiceNow, GRC platforms, CI/CD tooling, asset inventory/
• Certifications (nice to have): PMP/PMI-ACP, CSM/SAFe, ITIL, CRISC/CISA.