Practice Manager, Director, Principal – NIST/CMMC

🕒 February 2

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ASCERA

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2023

🔒 Cybersecurity

📋 Compliance

☁️ SaaS

Cybersecurity • Compliance • SaaS

ASCERA is a cybersecurity SaaS company that automates evidence collection, continuous monitoring, and status reporting to help organizations—especially those in the U. S. Defense Industrial Base—achieve and maintain compliance with CMMC, DFARS, and NIST 800-171. Its platform automates generation and collection of compliance evidence, provides built-in guidance and continuous controls monitoring, integrates with systems to detect misconfigurations and out-of-compliance devices, and includes deployment, integration, and support services to accelerate assessment readiness.

📋 Description

• 112Cyber is seeking an experienced Services leader and Cyber Compliance professional ready to lead the growth and execution of our CMMC Compliance practice and team members. • Responsible for shaping and scaling our CMMC compliance services, owning customer delivery outcomes, and serving as a senior advisor to both clients and internal teams. • Drive strategic oversight of customer engagements, mentor and develop consultants, establish delivery standards, and partner closely with our platform and product teams to influence roadmap decisions based on customer needs. • Oversee and govern cybersecurity compliance engagements executed by senior consultants, ensuring consistent quality, methodology, and client outcomes. • Provide senior advisory oversight for customer programs supporting DFARS, CMMC, FedRAMP, NIST CSF and NIST SP 800-171 initiatives. • Own engagement success by partnering with client leadership to align regulatory requirements with business goals and risk tolerance. • Build and scale practice capability through the creation of repeatable delivery processes and ongoing consultant development. • Manage practice resources and capacity, aligning consultant skills and availability to active projects while balancing utilization, delivery timelines, and customer priorities. • Oversee formal CMMC assessments conducted by assessment teams, ensuring adherence to C3PAO requirements, assessment methodology, and accreditation standards.

🎯 Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience in IT security controls testing and documentation, including responsibility for managing and overseeing client control testing efforts. • 5+ years of experience leading and coordinating external and internal audit activities, including DFARS, CMMC, NIST 800-53, or similar regulatory assessments. • 5+ years of experience producing high-quality technical documentation, compliance deliverables, and executive-level reports. • 3+ experience in practice leadership, including managing consultant performance, capacity planning, delivery quality, and continuous improvement of service offerings. • Self-directed leader with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for outcomes. • Proven ability to engage executive stakeholders, build trusted relationships, and influence decision-making. • Exceptional communicator, able to translate complex technical and regulatory concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-technical audiences. • Active Lead CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA) credential; if not CCA certified, willingness to obtain. • One or more industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, or equivalent.

🏖️ Benefits

• The chance to be part of a winning team and a premier fast-growing Cyber Risk and Compliance firm (offering both Advisory and C3PAO services). • One of only under (100) C3PAOs in the United States approved by the CyberAB (DoD). • Strong culture tied to building an organization around top-performing human capital and customer success. • Ability to help shape the business in terms of this individual and their direct impact on an organization; looking for an entrepreneurial individual driven by growth and impact [not a “cog in a much larger wheel”]. • Growing sales pipeline based upon the growth in the CMMC market. • Competitive salary and bonus plan. • Long-term opportunity for equity interest in company. • Comprehensive medical, mental, and vision plans. • 401(k) with company match. • 30 days annual paid time off. • Significant Training and Development and Certification attainment. • Opportunity for long term career advancement. • Your contributions are felt and recognized at our growing company.