Cybersecurity Staff Action Officer

The role

You will support the Department of War Chief Information Security Officer by managing projects and communicating with senior officials. You will oversee CISO projects, develop project management frameworks, and draft senior level communications.

What you will do

• Oversee and report on the execution, quality, and completeness of assigned CISO projects, actions, and taskers.
• Support the development, implementation, and refinement of project management frameworks, tools, processes, and governance structures.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to advance actions and sustain progress toward milestones.
• Ensure initiatives and products are staffed and coordinated appropriately at all required levels.
• Prepare, route, and refine materials for senior level information and decision.
• Draft and refine talking points, briefings, and other senior level communications.
• Prepare senior leaders with clear materials, talking points, and strategic context.
• Support presentation of issues across increasingly senior forums.
• Participate in department wide forums and identify issues requiring higher level adjudication.
• Track governance issues and provide periodic updates to stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Master's degree in information systems, cybersecurity, project management, business administration, government, public policy, organizational leadership, or similar related field and 10+ years of rela
• Experience distilling and briefing complex topics for senior leader decision-making.
• Exceptional and executive-level interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience supporting GO/FO/SES clients or similar senior leaders in the DoW.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts, policies, and governance sufficient to support executive level discussions and documentation.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and improving staff products, decision support materials, and project-related documentation.
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize, plan, and execute with limited oversight in a fast-paced and high-visibility environment.
• Proven ability to navigate complex organizational structures and priorities.
• Knowledge of DoW correspondence requirements.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Software.

Nice to have

• Background in cybersecurity cyber policy and / or cyber governance forums.
• 2+ years of experience supporting Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) clients.
• Experience working in a senior-level DoW front office.

Benefits

• health
• financial
• well-being

About the company

ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. They provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis and deliver practical, useful solutions.