Position Summary
Join Deloitte’s GPS Security team as a Specialist Manager, Risk and Compliance Services, supporting classified security disciplines and programs across the Government & Public Services practice. In this role, you will provide leadership, governance, and oversight across classified operations, secure infrastructure, and compliance activities in highly regulated national security environments. The ideal candidate can balance strategic priorities with operational execution, manage risk, and advise stakeholders on mission-critical security matters.
Work you'll do
As a Specialist Manager, Risk and Compliance Services on the GPS Security team, you will be responsible for…
- Leading security strategy, governance, and risk management activities across classified programs, including translating regulatory and operational requirements into clear guidance for stakeholders and decision makers
- Overseeing classified operations, secure facilities, systems, and processes to support accreditation-ready, resilient, available, and compliant environments across assigned engagements
- Advising PPMDs, GPS leadership, engagement teams, and client stakeholders on security compliance, classified operations, risk posture, and security plans for classified proposals
- Leading, mentoring, and developing team leads and team members supporting classified security programs, while reinforcing accountability, workforce planning, and capability development
- Driving operational excellence across multiple teams and classified initiatives by balancing priorities, addressing capacity constraints and risks, and improving security processes, governance models, and execution
A successful candidate would possess these skills:
- Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
- Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
- Ability to lead projects or workstreams
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others
The team
At Deloitte, GPS Security is an internal operations team providing a range of security services. We help Deloitte professionals navigate security protocols from proposals through contract execution and contract closeout. Our clients are other Deloitte professionals. Team members work collaboratively and apply specialized knowledge and skills to provide a holistic, customer-centric experience for Deloitte professionals and external clients.
Qualifications
Required:
- 5+ years of experience in security management
- 1+ years of experience reviewing and applying proposal, contract, security, or compliance requirements
- 1+ years of experience leading projects, workstreams, or teams
- 1+ years of experience developing or improving processes, documentation, or controls
- Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
- Top Secret/SCI clearance with poly
- In office role with primary location in our Chantilly, VA office with no defined remote work role
Preferred:
- Experience supporting activities across the proposal, contract, and contract closeout lifecycle
- Experience in a professional services environment
- Experience working across risk, compliance, legal, contracts, or operations stakeholders
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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