Cyber Security Project Manager - Local

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Agile, AWS, Clarity, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, JIRA, PMP, Program management, ServiceNow
Experience Desired: Cybersecurity Project Management Experience (10 yrs); Financial Management Experience (10 yrs); Expert Analytical Skills (10 yrs); Software Delivery Methodology Knowledge (10 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree


Job Description
Required Education

• College or University degree (required)
• MBA or relevant advanced degree (a plus, not required)
• Current PMP certification (strongly preferred, but not required)

Required Skills

• Minimum 10 years overall experience, including Financial Services industry
• Minimum 5 years leading and managing high-visibility technology projects
  • Identity & Access Management (PAM, IGA, IAA)
  • Data Protection (DP)
  • Security Operations
  • Attack Surface Management
• Experience working within a matrixed organization
• Ability to handle ambiguous or complex issues and identify creative resolution paths
• Demand & capacity management experience
• Superior verbal and written communication for varying audiences
• Takes initiative to suggest improvements and anticipate needs
• Delivery mindset with bias for action, curiosity to learn, and enhance processes
• Expert analytical skills to assemble data, analyze patterns, and draw conclusions
• Financial management experience managing project budgets of 250250Kto3M (internal and external labor)
• MS Project, Azure DevOps (ADO) Boards, or similar project planning tools
• Clarity PPM for financial and status reporting
• Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Teams
• PowerBI, Tableau, or similar data reporting and analytics tools
• Software delivery lifecycle methodologies (Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, etc.)

Client seeks a Cybersecurity Project Manager to drive execution of strategic cybersecurity projects in support of one or more key control areas: Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), Identity Authentication and Authorization (IAA), and Data Protection (DP). This role is accountable for successful project delivery of highly visible, mission-critical projects.


Job Description

• Lead global teams of technical and non-technical employees and consultants
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define expected project benefits and outcomes
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies
• Develop project schedules including effort estimates, task sequences, and assignments
• Lead resolution of conflicts or escalations
• Create and submit accurate project/program status reports
• Establish and maintain project artifact repository; ensure quality and adherence to internal software delivery methodology
• Develop project charters and communication plans
• Facilitate engagement with cross-impacted technology and business stakeholders
• Resolve complex problems through critical thinking
• Define and document project scope; ensure alignment to objectives and goals
• Perform project change control procedures for scope, resources, and financials
• Ensure adherence to technology Change Management requirements
• Develop and manage project capital and expense budgets
• Prepare and submit timely monthly forecasts (Clarity PPM)
• Analyze and manage monthly budget variance
• Optimize spend for assigned projects
• Participate in annual budget planning
• Identify project resource needs and work with leadership to ensure staffing requirements are met
• Manage project resources to deliver tasks, optimize utilization, and resolve conflicts
• Provide constructive performance feedback to leadership and line managers
• Foster a supportive, collaborative project delivery environment