Technical Project Manager

TekWissen LLC

Job Location:

Seattle, WA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients Who is a fashion specialty retailer founded on a simple idea: offer each customer the best possible service quality value and selection. We are looking for an individual to provide specialized Information Technology support for our strategic business partners within the client Corporate Center.

Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Location: Seattle WA 98101
Duration:2 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type:Onsite

Job Description:

About the Role:

Client s Technology division is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to drive high-impact Identity Security initiatives across our enterprise IAM landscape.
This contingent role sits within the Identity Security organization and partners closely with engineering architecture compliance and business teams to deliver complex programs on time within scope and in alignment with our security strategy.
You will lead delivery across one or more workstreams spanning privileged access management identity governance directory services modernization and phishing-resistant authentication.
This is a hands-on project management role that requires both technical depth in identity and access management platforms and strong stakeholder communication across executive engineering and compliance audiences.

Key Responsibilities:

Program & Delivery Management:

Own end-to-end program planning scheduling and execution for one or more identity security workstreams.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans dependency maps risk registers and RAID logs.
Lead sprint planning PI Planning events and backlog grooming in an SAFe/Agile delivery model.
Facilitate cross-team ceremonies including standups demos retrospectives and steering committee reviews.
Track and report on program health milestones and KPIs to senior leadership and the CISO organization.
Proactively identify escalate and resolve blockers risks and inter-workstream dependencies.

Identity Security Domain Work:

Drive delivery of Privileged Access Management (PAM) programs using BeyondTrust Password Safe Endpoint Privilege Management (EPM) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA).
Support initiatives related to Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) including conditional access policy governance hybrid identity and lifecycle management.
Partner with IGA teams on SailPoint IdentityNow configuration access certification campaigns and role engineering.
Coordinate Okta identity platform hardening including phishing-resistant MFA (FastPass FIDO2/WebAuthn) device assurance policies and authenticator enrollment controls.
Translate technical identity requirements into workable project scope acceptance criteria and delivery milestones.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:

Serve as the primary point of contact for program status across technology security compliance and business stakeholders.
Prepare and deliver executive-ready status reports steering committee decks and program dashboards.
Partner with Vendor Management and Procurement on contingent resource onboarding and statement of work management.
Coordinate with audit and compliance teams (SOX PCI-DSS NIST) to ensure delivery timelines support control testing windows.

Skills:

Required Qualifications:

7 years of technical project or program management experience in enterprise IT or cybersecurity environments.
Demonstrated hands-on experience managing IAM or cybersecurity programs not just general IT infrastructure projects.
Direct experience with one or more of the following platforms: BeyondTrust (Password Safe EPM PRA) Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD SailPoint IdentityNow or IIQ Okta.
Proficiency with agile frameworks including SAFe Scrum or Kanban; experience facilitating PI Planning events preferred.
Strong command of project management tooling: Jira Confluence Smartsheet or equivalent.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate technical complexity for executive audiences.
Experience working in a large matrixed enterprise environment with distributed delivery teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

PMP PgMP SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent project management certification.
Experience managing PAM programs in a retail financial services or regulated industry.
Familiarity with NIST 800-63 Zero Trust architecture principles or CIS Controls.
Background coordinating identity security initiatives that intersect with SOX PCI-DSS or similar compliance frameworks.
Prior experience as a contingent worker embedded within a large enterprise technology organization.

Work Environment & Expectations:

This is a hybrid role based at client s Seattle headquarters.
Onsite presence of 4 days per week is expected for team collaboration stakeholder meetings and program ceremonies.
Client is committed to building an inclusive workplace.
We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Education:

Education Requirements:

Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Information Systems Cybersecurity Business Administration or a related field required.
Master s degree (MBA MS in Information Security or related discipline) preferred for candidates with fewer than 10 years of experience.
Equivalent combination of education and experience considered: candidates with an Associate s degree plus 10 years of directly relevant IAM/cybersecurity program management experience will be evaluated on merit.
Project management certification (PMP PgMP) or agile certification (SAFe SPC CSM) may substitute for one year of the required experience.
Relevant vendor certifications (e.g. BeyondTrust Certified Professional Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Engineer Okta Certified Administrator) are a plus and may offset formal degree requirements at hiring manager discretion.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients Who is a fashion specialty retailer founded on a simple idea: offer each customer t...