Role: Cybersecurity Project Manager

LOcation: Chicago, IL, USA -Only locals

Hybrid:

Must have Skills/Attributes: Agile, AWS, Clarity, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, JIRA, PMP, Program management, ServiceNow

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

o Identity & Access Management (PAM, IGA, IAA)

o Data Protection (DP)

o Security Operations

o 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 250???250Kto3M (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