Project Manager (IT)

Spectraforce Technologies

United States, Illinois, Chicago

Jan 07, 2025

Job Title: CyberSecurity Project Manager

Duration: 10 Months(Possibility to Conversion)

Location: 333 Wabash IL (Onsite 3 days/week + Once per month, weekend days)

Project Overview:

We are looking for a Project Manager who will be assigned to one or more of large book of cybersecurity projects that require project management best-practices and rigor to execute and successfully deliver on time and on budget.

Contractor's Role:

* Drive hard-working global teams consisting of employees and onshore/offshore consultants from multiple vendors.

* Manage projects with teams that consist of technology engineers, solution architects, business analysts, scrum masters, and application owners.

* Partner with key business and technology stakeholders in the delivery of critical technology initiatives to meet our strategic goals.

* Responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of Infosec projects.

* Proactively identifies and mitigates risks that impact Infosec projects.

* Change agent for project management best-practices.

Qualifications (must haves):

* 10+ years of overall experience with at least 5+ years of demonstrated track record of leading and managing high visibility business and technology projects.

* Demonstrated experience of working in matrixed organization to drive delivery and change.

* Proficiency in Project Planning tools such as ADO Boards/Kanban, PowerPoint, and Excel. Strong familiarity with PowerBI, MS Forms, and Power Automate.

* Bachelor's Degree required, PMP or Agile certification is a plus.

Knowledge and Skills:

* Experience in Cybersecurity, Regulatory, or Audit-related projects with requisite understanding of terminology, expectations, and sensitivity of information

* Effective communicator - able to articulate ideas and information verbally and in writing; uses proper grammar and spelling in all written deliverables

* Proactive - takes initiative at suggesting process improvements and anticipates the needs of the Program and Project Managers they support

* Organized - able to handle multiple simultaneous work deliverables and prioritize them accordingly

* Analytical - able to assemble data and analyze patterns, trends and draw conclusions and recommendations; rely on data to guide decisions; have ability to perform data analysis on one's own to guide team forward

* Detail oriented - ensures accuracy with all deliverables

* Thorough - able to follow and establish processes, and identify critical steps and actions

* Intellectually Curious - ask questions to seek deeper understanding of the subject matter; do independent research to learn more about topics related to the work;

* Deep project management expertise with ability to structure complex cross-functional initiatives to enable clarity, completeness, and speed of execution.

* Dynamic relationship building and partnership skills; a strong collaborator with experience leading initiatives across multiple groups and stakeholders.

* Empower the team to make decisions. Emphasis on team collaboration and sharing of ideas.

* Appreciate team efforts often and publicly.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

* Manages execution of complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues

* Leads cross-functional teams to drive disciplined execution of strategic projects from initiation to completion.

* Engages with leaders at different levels of the organization to define project objectives, build project plans with clear milestones, communicate progress, and drive consensus.

* Simplify complex issues and identify creative solutions to drive to rapid issue resolution.

* Anticipate project risks and escalate in a timely manner to drive decisions and/or course correction.

* Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.

* Communicate project roadmap in terms meaningful to both business and technology organizations to influence, educate and support the implementation of key business, digital and automation capabilities.