What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at University of Texas System?
FLSA Status
Exempt
Earliest Start Date
March 1, 2025
Salary
Salary commensurate with experience
Hours per Week
40 hours weekly
Hiring Department
Office of Information Security
Required Application Materials
A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.
About Us
For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, five health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 116,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.
The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's fourteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.
Purpose of Position
The Cybersecurity Awareness Project Manager is responsible for our security awareness and education program. Ultimately this role will be to reduce risk to our organization by ensuring all employees, staff and contractors know, understand, and follow our security requirements and behave in a secure manner. As part of this role, the Program Manager will create a strategy for program development, logistics, and execution developing training programs in support of internal and external stakeholders
Essential Functions
- Develop and Implement Employee Engagement Programs :
Create and sustain a positive program that engages employees, focusing on promoting secure behaviors both at home and at work. Ensure employees demonstrate consistent secure behaviors regardless of their location or the devices they use.
Identify the primary human risks to the organization and the necessary behavioral changes to mitigate these risks. Develop and maintain a security awareness program that effectively modifies these behaviors, ensuring employees act securely and reduce organizational risk.
Ensure the security awareness program complies with all industry regulations, standards, and state compliance requirements.
Manage contracts with software vendors, cloud services, consultants, event venues, hotels, exhibitors, caterers, and other stakeholders to support various program activities.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Working Conditions
Additional Information
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to a minimum of 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. Participation in TRS is mandatory.
A background check will be conducted on candidates under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following : criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request form the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.
EO / AA Statement
The University of Texas System Administration is a federal contractor committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.
For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu .
