Position: Security Operations & Engineering Project Manager
Company: Takeoff
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper
Published: 2020-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

PURPOSE OF ROLE
The Security Operations & Engineering Project Manager will oversee information security-specific projects that are medium to large in size and highly complex by applying technical expertise in IT project management. This includes responsibilities for managing projects end-to-end through the planning, development, execution, and implementation stages while adhering to company project practices. Overall, this role contributes to information security projects that ultimately work to move the organization forward and provide wide-scale technological improvements across the business.
 
RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENTS
- Delivers multiple mid-size to large technical projects that are moderately complex or one to two medium to large highly complex project from planning to minimum realization with full responsibility and accountability for the outcomes through consistent communication with project stakeholders and personnel
- Develops, analyzes, and manages all touchpoints of the project plan including responsibility for scheduling, resource forecasting, managing project financials, and providing input and justification for costs and budget impact
- Monitors and controls the overall project performance (timeline, budget, and resource utilization) against plan and looks to the project teams to implement adjustments when issues are identified and require resolution
- Drives the work for complex and large project teams by recommending or requesting resources to support project demands, communicates a clear vision of project goals and objectives, and provides technical expertise and input for deliverables worked on by the team
- Holds project teams accountable for meeting or exceeding expectations by coordinating team activities, managing milestones and deliverables, providing performance feedback to team members' supervisors 
- Controls and mitigates project risks by performing the qualitative and quantitative analysis of risks and trigger events, planning risk response, establishing contingency plans, anticipating dependencies affected by ongoing project changes, and recommending ways to mitigate future risks to management
- Manages the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships with customers, third-party vendors, and internal teams
- Supervises direct reports and manages designated IT workstream to meet customer and business needs by translating business plans into tactical action items and provides training and development opportunities for other project managers
- Responsible for tracking and reporting on key metrics (i.e. deliverables, financials, duration, benefits) and communicating findings to program managers and top management

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS, or related field (or equivalent experience in related field) 
- 6 years of experience in IT or technology-focused business area
- 4 years of experience managing IT-specific projects/programs involving the implementation of SDLC project life cycle methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.)
- Experience in international security-related projects - the must
- Experience leading technology project teams with or without direct report responsibility
- Background in business analysis, software design, software development, data architecture, operating systems, software testing or related technical area

PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Project Manager Institute (PMI) or another project/program management certification
- 4+ years of experience in IT project planning and coordination and working on projects or programs requiring the integration of cross-functional IT solutions
- 2+ years of experience using formal business process improvement methodologies
- ISO 27001/PCI DSS/SOC/GDPR Implementation experience