Cybersecurity Program Manager Job at Spectraforce Technologies in Chicago

Role: Cybersecurity Program Manager

Location: Chicago, IL - Hybrid

Duration: 12 Months

Project Overview:

We are looking for a Program Manager who will be assigned to one or more of a 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:

1. Drive hard-working global teams consisting of employees and onshore/offshore consultants from multiple vendors.
2. Manage projects with teams that consist of technology engineers, solution architects, business analysts, scrum masters, and application owners.
3. Partner with key business and technology stakeholders in the delivery of critical technology initiatives to meet our strategic goals.
4. Responsible for the planning, execution, and delivery of Infosec projects.
5. Proactively identifies and mitigates risks that impact Infosec projects.
6. Change agent for project management best-practices.

Qualifications:

1. 10+ years of overall experience with at least 5+ years of demonstrated track record of leading and managing high visibility business and technology projects.
2. Demonstrated experience of working in matrixed organization to drive delivery and change.
3. Proficiency in Project Planning tools such as ADO Boards/Kanban, PowerPoint, and Excel. Strong familiarity with PowerBI, MS Forms, and Power Automate.
4. Bachelor's Degree required, PMP or Agile certification is a plus.

Knowledge and Skills:

1. Experience in Cybersecurity, Regulatory, or Audit-related projects with requisite understanding of terminology, expectations, and sensitivity of information.
2. Effective communicator - able to articulate ideas and information verbally and in writing; uses proper grammar and spelling in all written deliverables.
3. Proactive - takes initiative at suggesting process improvements and anticipates the needs of the Program and Project Managers they support.
4. Organized - able to handle multiple simultaneous work deliverables and prioritize them accordingly.
5. 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.
6. Detail oriented - ensures accuracy with all deliverables.
7. Thorough - able to follow and establish processes, and identify critical steps and actions.
8. Intellectually Curious - ask questions to seek deeper understanding of the subject matter; do independent research to learn more about topics related to the work.
9. Deep project management expertise with ability to structure complex cross-functional initiatives to enable clarity, completeness, and speed of execution.
10. Dynamic relationship building and partnership skills; a strong collaborator with experience leading initiatives across multiple groups and stakeholders.
11. Empower the team to make decisions. Emphasis on team collaboration and sharing of ideas.
12. Appreciate team efforts often and publicly.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

1. Manages execution of complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues.
2. Leads cross-functional teams to drive disciplined execution of strategic projects from initiation to completion.
3. Engages with leaders at different levels of the organization to define project objectives, build project plans with clear milestones, communicate progress, and drive consensus.
4. Simplify complex issues and identify creative solutions to drive to rapid issue resolution.
5. Anticipate project risks and escalate in a timely manner to drive decisions and/or course correction.
6. Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.
7. 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.