SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:
The Project Manager will lead one, and possibly two, strategic enterprise-wide initiatives. The initiatives involve the evaluation of technologies and service providers. The outcome of the evaluation will determine the progress of the projects, which would entail either implementing a technology or onboarding a service provider to provide a service.
This role requires a senior, experienced project manager with strong cybersecurity delivery experience, sufficient technical depth to engage credibly with security and engineering teams, and a proven ability to run structured Request for Proposal (RFP) processes within large, regulated organisations.
Key Responsibilities
Programme & Project Delivery
- Own end-to-end delivery of the projects, from initiation and vendor evaluation through to implementation and operational handover.
- Define and manage programme scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise security strategy, identity and access management (IAM) roadmaps, and broader zero-trust and cyber-resilience initiatives.
- Provide accurate, timely reporting to senior stakeholders, steering committees, and executive sponsors.
Technology Evaluation & RFP Management
- Lead a formal RFP process to identify and evaluate technologies and service
- Coordinate technical evaluations, proof-of-concept activities, and vendor due-diligence exercises.
- Work closely with procurement, legal, risk, and compliance teams to ensure commercial, regulatory, and contractual alignment.
Technical & Security Engagement
- Act as a bridge between cybersecurity and risk teams and various other technical teams required to deliver the project
- Understand and articulate technical concepts
- Ensure security requirements, architectural standards, and risk controls are translated into clear project outcomes.
Stakeholder Management
- Engage with senior leaders across IT, Security, Risk, and Business functions.
- Drive alignment across teams with competing priorities in a complex enterprise environment.
- Manage third-party vendors and system integrators to ensure delivery quality and accountability.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Ensure the programme meets internal security policies, regulatory expectations, and audit requirements applicable to the financial services sector.
- Identify, track, and mitigate risks related to identity-based threats, operational disruption, and implementation challenges.
Required Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 8+ years’ experience delivering complex cybersecurity projects or programmes.
- Proven experience managing enterprise-scale security initiatives within the financial services sector or similarly regulated environments.
- Demonstrated success in running formal RFP processes, including vendor evaluation and selection.
- Strong project management discipline across budget, scope, risk, and stakeholder governance.
- Ability to engage confidently with technical and security specialists while maintaining a delivery-focused mindset.
Technical Background (Required)
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity and third-party risk concepts
- Experience delivering projects spanning both on-premises and cloud environments.
- Ability to translate technical risk into business-relevant outcomes.
Desirable
- Experience with identity-centric security or zero-trust programmes.
- Exposure to non-human identity, service account governance, or machine identity risk.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent.
Key Skills & Attributes
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management capability at senior levels.
- Highly organised, analytical, and delivery-oriented.
- Comfortable operating in complex, matrixed enterprise environments.
- Able to balance strategic objectives with operational realities.
- Calm and decisive under pressure, with a proactive risk management mindset.
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