Cybersecurity Project Manager

Role Overview

CloudMigrate is seeking an experienced  Cybersecurity Project Manager  to lead the successful delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives for a global organisation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering multiple cybersecurity and compliance initiatives, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget and to a high standard while working closely with regional teams, Service Delivery, technical teams and business stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated delivery professional who can work with minimal supervision, take ownership of outcomes and proactively drive projects to completion. A strong focus on reducing organisational risk and demonstrating measurable business value through successful project delivery is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple cybersecurity initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, RAID logs, schedules and executive reporting.
• Coordinate activities across regional IT teams, Cybersecurity, Service Delivery, Infrastructure, Cloud and third-party vendors.
• Build strong working relationships with business stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery across multiple regions.
• Manage project governance including weekly initiative updates.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies and change requests.
• Ensure projects deliver measurable reductions in cybersecurity risk while providing clear business value.
• Drive delivery using Agile methodologies and project management best practices.
• Produce regular project dashboards, status reports and executive communications.
• Support change management, communications and user adoption activities.
• Maintain high-quality project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Take ownership of project outcomes, working independently and using initiative to overcome obstacles and maintain delivery momentum.

Essential Experience

Project Management

• Minimum 10 years' experience  delivering complex enterprise IT and technology projects.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects within large, global organisations.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources and governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leadership and executive teams.
• Experience working with geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams.

Cybersecurity

• Minimum 5 years' experience  delivering enterprise cybersecurity programmes and projects.
• Proven experience delivering projects including:
• PCI DSS Compliance
• Data Classification
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Microsoft Purview
• Microsoft Defender
• Security Governance
• Vulnerability Management
• Security Awareness initiatives
• Cloud Security

Desirable Experience

• Experience using  Azure DevOps Boards  or similar Agile project management tools (e.g. Jira) for:
• Sprint Planning
• Backlog Management
• User Stories
• Epics & Features
• Kanban Boards
• Dashboards and Reporting
• Work Item Management
• Experience delivering cloud transformation and migration programmes.
• Experience working within Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 environments.

Technical Knowledge

Desirable experience includes:

• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft 365 Security
• Microsoft Defender Suite
• Microsoft Purview
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Conditional Access
• Microsoft Intune
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Enterprise Infrastructure
• Cloud Migration programmes

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong leadership and influencing abilities.
• Highly organised with excellent planning and prioritisation skills.
• Demonstrates initiative and can deliver projects with minimal supervision.
• Results-oriented with a proven ability to remove delivery obstacles and drive successful outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities within a fast-paced global environment.
• Focused on delivering measurable business value while reducing organisational cybersecurity risk.
• Collaborative approach with experience working across regional and global teams.

Qualifications

Essential

• PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP or equivalent Project Management qualification.
• Degree or equivalent professional experience.

Desirable

• Agile Practitioner or Scrum Master certification.
• Microsoft Azure certification.
• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or similar.

Preferred Industry Experience

• Education
• Professional Services
• Enterprise IT
• Managed Services
• Global organisations