Project Manager-Cyber Security

Role & responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Project Planning and Initiation:
• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Develop comprehensive project plans including timelines, milestones, resource allocation, and budget estimations.
• Create detailed project documentation and work breakdown structures.
• Conduct risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
• Assigning engineers for projects:
• Identify the strengths and expertise of all engineers in the team
• Assignments of engineers based on their expertise and experience
• Understand the criticality of the customer, manage priorities and assign appropriate engineers
• Monitor the progress of the activities to engineers related to project assigned
• Project Execution and Monitoring:
• Track project progress against the plan, identifying potential roadblocks and taking corrective actions.
• Conduct regular project governance meetings with stakeholders to communicate progress and address concerns.
• Manage project budget, ensuring costs are within allocated parameters.
• Monitor quality standards and ensure adherence to project requirements.
• Stakeholder Communication and Management:
• Establish clear communication channels with key stakeholders including clients, internal teams, and senior management.
• Proactively manage stakeholder expectations, providing timely updates and addressing concerns.
• Facilitate effective communication between project team members and stakeholders.
• Project Closure and Evaluation:
• Conduct project post-mortem reviews to identify lessons learned and areas for improvement.
• Prepare project documentation and reports, including deliverables, key metrics, and financial summaries.
• Ensure project closure activities are completed, including hand-off to relevant teams.
• Reporting and documentation:
• Management reports, weekly, monthly, quarterly as per requirements
• Project governance reports
• Automation on reports
• Project documentation repository management

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related field.
• PMP or Prince2 certification is required
• Proven experience as a Project Manager with a successful track record of delivering complex projects on time.
• Strong proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) and tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Sharepoint, etc).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred candidate profile