Sr. IT Project Manager to lead cybersecurity (IAM) work streams for a major insurance client - 4234
Job Type: Contract
Positions to fill: 1
Start Date: Mar 20, 2023
Job End Date: Mar 15, 2024
Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable
Job ID: 128076
Location: Toronto
Position: Sr. IT Project Manager to lead cybersecurity (IAM) work streams for a major insurance client - 4234
Duration: 12 months with possble extension
Location: Remote (with occasion need to travel to Waterloo, Toronto)
Description:
Reporting to the Director, Security Program, the Project Manager candidate has accountability for the end-to-end delivery of security initiatives. This role will be accountable to initiate, plan, and govern projects through to execution including operational handover. The candidate is accountable to remove barriers and facilitate solutions to achieve the identified goals and success factors and leverage project delivery best practices and methodology to achieve the required solutions.
Accountabilities:
• Owns end-to-end initiative delivery ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on budget and within the required quality.
• Work closely with the Security Sponsors and Security Executive Sponsors to define the project delivery approach, from project initiation to implementation.
• Work closely with the Security Architecture on ensuring that a sound and future proof architecture is planned, and its implementation meets the technical quality standards.
• Ensures that appropriate organization, governance, decision making, and delivery structures are in place to drive outcomes articulated in the business case, business requirements, and defined charter.
• Ensures that standard and best practice for project management processes is applied to plan and execute initiatives with high complexity and risk.
• Responsible for governance of project budgets, working closely with the Security, Risk and Crisis Management Business Office and IT Finance.
Must-haves:
Nice to haves:
Duration: 12 months with possble extension
Location: Remote (with occasion need to travel to Waterloo, Toronto)
Description:
Reporting to the Director, Security Program, the Project Manager candidate has accountability for the end-to-end delivery of security initiatives. This role will be accountable to initiate, plan, and govern projects through to execution including operational handover. The candidate is accountable to remove barriers and facilitate solutions to achieve the identified goals and success factors and leverage project delivery best practices and methodology to achieve the required solutions.
Accountabilities:
• Owns end-to-end initiative delivery ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on budget and within the required quality.
• Work closely with the Security Sponsors and Security Executive Sponsors to define the project delivery approach, from project initiation to implementation.
• Work closely with the Security Architecture on ensuring that a sound and future proof architecture is planned, and its implementation meets the technical quality standards.
• Ensures that appropriate organization, governance, decision making, and delivery structures are in place to drive outcomes articulated in the business case, business requirements, and defined charter.
• Ensures that standard and best practice for project management processes is applied to plan and execute initiatives with high complexity and risk.
• Responsible for governance of project budgets, working closely with the Security, Risk and Crisis Management Business Office and IT Finance.
Must-haves:
- 5+ years exp as a project manager leading information security (IAM)/cybersecurity projects
- Working knowledge of Identity and Access Management practices
- Strong Domain exposure to Information Security and Cyber Security
- 5+ yrs MS Project/MS Excel exp
- 5+ years of agile experience
Nice to haves:
- prev insurance exp