Cybersecurity Project Manager (contract)

Job Description

Summary:

The Cybersecurity Project Manager is a role within the Technology Program Management Office reporting directly to the Senior Director, Information Security Portfolio Manager, with dotted line matrixed reporting to the Business Engagement & Technology Senior Director - Information Security and Cyber Resilience.

 

The Cybersecurity Project Manager is required to have relevant PMO-related experience specifically in cybersecurity, risk, compliance, controls and audits. This experience will be critical in understanding both the process challenges and the technology being implemented, which will help the Project Manager facilitate successful delivery outcomes. 

 

The Project Manager will work closely with the Business Engagement & Technology Principal Analyst - Information Security and Cyber Resilience. and the cross-functional team. The Project Manager will ensure that the project is in alignment with other inter-dependent projects, programs and stakeholders.    

 

Contract details:

• This is a US based remote role.
• East Coast Working hours. 
• Contract will go through end of 2026, chance to extend. 
• W2 position

The Project Manager will be responsible for hands-on execution of the project. This includes responsibility for:

• Program and Workstream Governance
• Scope Management
• Schedule Management
• Resource Management
• Financial Management
• Risk and Issue Management (including cross-functional impact assessment/mitigation)
• Dependency Management (both within the program and externally)
• Integration Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Communications and Change Management
• Business Adoption and Acceptance / Client Satisfaction

The Project Manager should expect to be heavily involved in presenting and monitoring status, anticipating challenges, unblocking issues, managing dependencies and providing business sponsor and stakeholder transparency for the program through accurate and timely management reporting.  The Project Manager may also be responsible for collaboration with project managers from external consulting teams to ensure successful joint outcomes and accurate management reporting.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Knowledge and Experience

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in Project Management
• Demonstrated proficiency in managing large-scale, complex projects

• Experience working specifically on cybersecurity, risk, compliance, controls and audit projects.

Leadership

• Demonstrated leadership presence and drive
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to clearly and succinctly express ideas
• Experience facilitating project meetings and effectively and respectfully holding team members accountable for status, deliverables and the timely escalation of blockers
• Unfailing commitment to representing project status in an accurate and timely manner, weekly or in near real time when changes occur

• Successful track record of managing collaborative projects with vendors and packaged software

Collaboration

• Exemplify a highly collaborative mindset and actively facilitate team communication

• Build strong relationships with peers and colleagues across the Technology organization, and with key Information Security business clients

• Actively anticipate, track and plan for risks and issues, dependencies, resourcing and contingencies
• Communicate status, risks and issues in a direct and timely manner
• Escalate issues in a manner that is effective and direct

 

Innovation

• Demonstrate an analytical, objective, and strategic mindset and a drive to learn new technologies
• Analyze processes and systems, identifying potential for change
• Possess an understanding of technology solutions implemented in the past

 

Skills/Tools

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience practicing project feature prioritization and backlog grooming methods
• Experience with Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) tools and reports
• Demonstrate ability to accurately track and forecast financials and provide accrual information to Finance
• Understanding of the principles of finance and cost benefit analysis (e.g., capitalized, amortized and expensed costs, opportunity costs, soft and hard dollar benefits, payback, ROI, ROE, NPV, etc.) 

 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Biopharmaceutical or biotechnology experience
• Experience with