Nspired is recruiting a hands-on IT Project Manager for a public quantum technology company with offices in Louisville, Colorado and Chicago. The IT team is lean and hands-on, with no PMO. This role delivers the CIO's priority projects across compliance, business systems and IT operations — you'll own a portfolio of projects end to end, and the mix will shift as priorities do. This is an IT delivery role, separate from the client's subcontracts or program-management openings.
The kinds of projects you'll lead
- SOX IT controls and audit readiness — access and change-management controls, service-management workflows that produce audit evidence, and remediation tracking with control owners
- NetSuite and business systems — intake, access governance, segregation of duties, testing and release management for business applications
- Government compliance — CUI handling, NIST 800-171 / CMMC work and secure-environment projects, coordinated with security and legal
- IT projects with engineering and R&D — endpoint, software and infrastructure requests from technical teams
- Tool evaluations and vendors — real selection criteria (usability, compliance, vendor quotes, implementation effort and timeline), and holding implementation partners to dates
- Policies and documentation — keeping IT and security policies current through review and sign-off
Control design, policy interpretation and audit sign-off stay with the client's control owners and auditors.
How you'll work
- Work the CIO's priority list first; raise risk early, with options and a recommendation
- Run a short weekly status that leadership doesn't have to chase: done, at risk, what you need
- Bring stakeholders a clear position with an owner and a date — not a list of open concerns
- Check what already exists (contracts, prior work) before starting something new
- Use AI tools to move faster; nothing goes out without your own review
What success looks like
- First 30 days: every active project mapped with its owner, real status and next date
- First 90 days: delivering against an agreed plan, with audit evidence on time
- Ongoing: auditors, finance and engineering trust the dates you give
What you bring
- 7+ years delivering IT projects hands-on, from plan to handover
- Delivered compliance, audit-readiness or security remediation (SOX ITGC, PCI, NIST, CMMC or similar) through at least one external audit
- A concrete example of raising risk early and driving a decision
- Comfortable working in the tools as they are, deferring to specialists, and running without coordinator support
- U.S. person (citizen or green-card holder)
Helpful additional experience
- SOX IT change management
- NetSuite or other ERP delivery
- CMMC, NIST 800-171, CUI or ITAR
- Freshservice or ServiceNow, and Jira
- Denver/Boulder or Chicago local
This probably isn't for you if
- You want to run a PMO or manage other project managers
- You'd rather facilitate ceremonies than own deliverables
- You need a fully defined scope before you start
Assignment details
- Contract engagement through Nspired Tech Solutions; individual hands-on delivery
- Hybrid in Louisville, Colorado or downtown Chicago, or remote within the U.S. for the right candidate, with occasional travel to either office; on-site expectations will be confirmed during screening
- Approximately 40 hours per week, through February 2027, with possible extension
Compensation and benefits
- Pay: $85–105 per hour, depending on experience (1099 independent contractor through Nspired Tech Solutions)
- Benefits: none during the contract assignment
How to apply Apply through the secure Nspired form linked on this page by November 13, 2026. Share examples of compliance work you personally delivered. You may remove your date of birth, graduation dates and other age-related information from your resume.