RQ09599 Project ManagerLeader Senior

Description:

As a Senior Project Manager & Security Architect you will lead large-scale high-risk security platforms providing Detection Engineering Threat Detection and Threat Intelligence programs that protect Ontarios Critical Valued Assets (CVAs). Youll combine advanced information-security architecture expertise especially in Detection Engineering Threat Intelligence and SIEM platforms with senior program lead experience and project-management skills. Youll manage end-to-end delivery embed security by design principles to ensure protection of critical valued assets and enhanced security monitoring. Deliverables for the resource includes managing the planning execution and delivery of complex security infrastructure projects across the organization ensuring alignment with cybersecurity objectives operational readiness and compliance requirements. You will collaborate closely with internal OPS teams and vendors to ensure the successful acceptance timely execution and day-2 supportability and operability of all project changes and deliverables.

General Skills:

• Senior leadership in enterprise security program delivery and technical design
  
• Deep understanding of information-security domains: DLP data classification encryption database activity monitoring IAM network security
  
• Proficiency with structured project-management methodologies (e.g. PMBOK) and OPS I&IT frameworks
  
• Excellent stakeholder management communication negotiation and executive-level reporting
  
• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills
  
• Track record of facilitating change management in enterprise organizations
  
• Agile and Waterfall delivery experience with hands-on backlog grooming Sprint planning and change control
  
• Team leadership and mentoring guiding both security architects and project teams
  
• Familiarity with government/regulatory mandates (FIPPA PHIPA PCI DSS AODA)
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as Senior Program Lead across Detection Engineering SIEM and Threat Intelligence security initiatives balancing scope schedule budget and quality
  
• Gathers and develops requirements and works with project stakeholders and ITS project managers to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
  
• Define and validate information security architecture for platform solutions Threat detection Monitoring and Threat Intelligence.
  
• Lead consultative workshops to capture business and security requirements threat models and security by design patterns
  
• Develop and manage integrated project schedules resource plans risk registers and change-control processes
  
• Oversee vendor engagements third-party integrations and interoperability with SIEM (Splunk Azure Sentinel) Threat Intelligence and SOAR platforms
  
• Chair Steering Committee and architecture-review boards; provide regular status updates to executives and sponsors
  
• Proactively identify and mitigate project and security risks escalating when necessary and recommending compensating controls
  
• Ensure day-2 supportability: coordinate knowledge transfer runbooks operational handover and monitoring/dashboard enablement
  
• Champion OPS I&IT security and project-management best practices driving continuous improvement
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Have:

• 10 years of cyber security experience as a PM.
  
• Candidate to demonstrate advanced experience managing enterprise scale IT modernization and/or cyber security projects and deep understanding of security tools technologies processes governance frameworks
  
• Extensive experience with cyber security domain specifically - Security incident and event management - SEIM.
  
• understanding of product management framework and delivery.
  
• Strong communication working with various stakeholders and managing team specifically with IT teams.
  
• Experience working with large organizations / Enterprise.
  
• Ideal candidate should have deployed SIEM related projects.
  

Nice to have:

• CISSP or similar certifications
  
• Prior cyber security risk management (ISO) exp.
  
• MITRE attack framework
  
• Prior OPS or public experience
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Enterprise IT & Cybersecurity Leadership:

• Candidate to demonstrate advanced experience managing enterprise scale IT modernization and/or cyber security projects and deep understanding of security tools technologies processes governance frameworks
  
• Manage enterprisescale IT modernization and cybersecurity programs.
  
• Deep expertise in information security domains and controls Data Loss Prevention (DLP) design and implementation SIEM Integration Threat Detection engineering and Threat Intelligence encryption tokenization and key management
  
• Proficient with Identity & Access Management (SSO MFA PKI) network security controls (firewalls NAC SASE) and both cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and on-prem security domains
  
• Solid understanding of security operations tools (SIEM Splunk/Sentinel SOAR EDR) Threat Intelligence Platforms and governance frameworks (PMBOK ITIL ISO 27001 FIPPA/PHIPA)
  

Advanced Program & Project Management Skills:

• Candidates should demonstrate the ability to lead complex high-risk projects through the following skill areas:
  

Key Competencies:

Analytical & Strategic:

• Attention to detail critical thinking defining input mechanisms strategic planning risk identification logical analysis
  

Communication & Collaboration:

• Facilitating group discussions engaging reluctant stakeholders negotiation relationship building executive presentations active listening
  

Decisive Leadership:

• Building consensus setting measurable objectives enforcing timelines prioritization goal orientation
  

Problem Solving & Adaptability:

• Aligning initiatives with emerging strategy creative brainstorming evaluating solutions identifying obstacles multitasking stress tolerance