Cyber Security Project Manager - Local

Must Have Skills/Attributes

Agile, AWS, Clarity, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, JIRA, PMP, Program management, Service Now

• Cybersecurity Project Management Experience (10 yrs)
• Financial Management Experience (10 yrs)
• Expert Analytical Skills (10 yrs)
• Software Delivery Methodology Knowledge (10 yrs)

• Bachelor's Degree

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

• 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 250250
  
  Kto3M (internal and external labor)
• MS Project, Azure Dev Ops (ADO) Boards, or similar project planning tools
• Clarity PPM for financial and status reporting
• Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Teams
• Power
  
  BI, 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.

• 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