Senior Project Manager – Cybersecurity (m/f/d)

Senior Project Manager – Cybersecurity

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large and complex infrastructure and cybersecurity projects, managing scope, schedule, budget, and quality across the full project lifecycle.
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives spanning on-premises environments, cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS), network, compute, storage, and disaster recovery.
• Ensure strict adherence to project management methodologies and change governance standards throughout all stages of delivery.
• Oversee infrastructure deployments aligned to enterprise architecture standards, embedding security-by-design principles into all initiatives from inception.
• Support the delivery of cybersecurity programmes including SOC, SIEM, IAM, endpoint security, and regulatory remediation workstreams.
• Manage project risks, issues, and dependencies proactively, maintaining up-to-date risk registers and escalating where appropriate.
• Ensure full compliance with cybersecurity policies and applicable regulatory obligations throughout project execution.
• Support internal and external audit activities, maintaining thorough project documentation and tracking remediation actions to closure.
• Act as the primary interface between Technology, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, and third-party vendors, ensuring alignment across all workstreams.
• Manage vendor relationships to ensure delivery against contractual commitments and security obligations.
• Provide regular, concise status reports, risk summaries, and escalation updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation and governance records in line with organisational standards.

Qualifications And Skills

• 10+ years of hands-on technical project management experience, ideally within a regulated financial services or banking environment.
• Demonstrable experience delivering infrastructure and cybersecurity programmes of significant scale and complexity.
• Strong working knowledge of on-premises and cloud infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS), network, compute, storage, and DR platforms.
• Solid understanding of cybersecurity domains including SOC operations, SIEM, IAM, and endpoint security.
• Proven experience managing project risks, audit findings, and regulatory compliance obligations within a structured governance framework.
• Skilled at managing multi-vendor environments and holding third parties accountable to contractual and security commitments.
• Confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively at all levels — from technical delivery teams through to C-suite stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• PMP or PRINCE2 certification is required; CISSP or CISM certification is strongly preferred.

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