Cybersecurity Project Manager

Job Title: Cybersecurity Project Manager

Location: Jersey City NJ

Duration: Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Own the integrated Information Security project plan and drive delivery against critical milestones.
• Coordinate security-related initiatives including vendor risk management, application onboarding, identity and access management, SSO, segregation of duties, PAM, security operations, network security, physical security, and regulatory readiness.
• Manage program governance, RAID logs, dependencies, decisions, and executive reporting.
• Drive accountability across stakeholders and ensure actions are tracked through closure.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding, security reviews, risk assessments, and remediation activities.
• Prepare executive-level status reporting and support steering committee and leadership reviews.

Candidate Profile

This is not a traditional project coordinator role. We are looking for a highly assertive program leader with strong executive presence who can operate effectively in a complex, high-pressure environment.

The ideal candidate will:

• Confidently challenge assumptions, timelines, resource plans, and delivery commitments.
• Pressure-test project plans and identify execution risks before they become issues.
• Be comfortable asking difficult questions and challenging optimistic status reporting.
• Drive accountability across stakeholders and hold teams responsible for commitments.
• Escalate issues proactively and push for decisions when ambiguity threatens delivery.
• Possess a "trust but verify" mindset and validate status through evidence and data.
• Balance diplomacy with persistence while maintaining focus on outcomes.
• Demonstrate experience managing large, cross-functional cybersecurity or technology programs.

Required Experience

• Project/program management experience within Information Security, Cybersecurity, Technology Risk, or Enterprise Technology.
• Experience leading large-scale transformation, integration, merger, acquisition, or joint venture programs.
• Strong understanding of vendor risk management, security governance, identity and access management, and technology risk.
• Financial services experience strongly preferred.
• PMP and/or security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CRISC) are a plus.