Job Summary
We are looking for a seasoned Project Manager with a strong background in IAM (Identity & Access Management) and PAM (Privileged Access Management) remediation to lead enterprise-wide security remediation programs. This role is critical in ensuring closure of audit findings risk assessments and regulatory gaps. The ideal candidate combines technical understanding of IAM/PAM domains with strong Agile/Scrum project delivery skills.
Years of experience needed 7 years of IT project management experience with 3 5 years in IAM/PAM programs.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Management & Delivery:
- Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of IAM & PAM remediation efforts.
- Create and manage detailed remediation project plans milestones and resource assignments.
- Track progress issues and risks against audit remediation timelines.
- Manage RAID (Risks Assumptions Issues Dependencies) logs for each workstream.
- Ensure alignment with audit compliance and InfoSec governance teams.
IAM/PAM Remediation Execution:
- Work with IAM/PAM teams to remediate identity risks such as excessive privileges orphan accounts toxic combinations and stale access.
- Coordinate re-certification de-provisioning and least-privilege access initiatives.
- Oversee remediation of privileged account usage and session monitoring gaps.
Scrum & Agile Practices:
- Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies including stand-ups sprint planning demos retrospectives.
- Maintain JIRA/Confluence dashboards for team progress and transparency.
- Drive backlog grooming and prioritization of remediation items.
- Track velocity sprint metrics and escalate blockers proactively.
Stakeholder & Audit Engagement:
- Liaise with internal auditors risk officers compliance teams and application owners.
- Provide regular updates and evidence on remediation status.
- Prepare documentation runbooks and reports required for audit closure.
- Support closure of regulatory findings (e.g. SOX GDPR HIPAA PCI-DSS).
Behavioral Skills:
- Ability to communicate in business terms to all levels of personnel within the company.
- Ability to consult with technical or non-technical personnel and derive information.
- Ability to prioritize workload without/little supervision.
- Ability to define a problem or objective and identify relevant concerns or factors.
- Flexible to support in USA EST business hours.
Qualification & Preferred Skills:
- Bachelors degree in computer science Cybersecurity or related field.
- 7 years of IT project management experience with 3 5 years in IAM/PAM programs.
- Demonstrated experience managing remediation or audit response projects.
- Deep understanding of IAM lifecycle processes RBAC provisioning and access governance.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks (SOX NIST GDPR ISO 27001 etc.).
- Agile/Scrum certification (CSM SAFe or equivalent) preferred.