Sr. Project Manager to support strategic initiatives within a Data Loss Prevention program for a Banking client

Our client is looking for a Sr. Project Manager to support strategic initiatives within a Data Loss Prevention program for a Banking client

Overview:

As a Project Manager within the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) program, you will lead the execution of strategic initiatives throughout the Solution Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC). You are a dynamic leader capable of managing competing priorities, delivering complex projects, and aligning stakeholders to achieve high-value security outcomes and cultural change regarding data protection.

Must Have's:

• Project Leadership: 8+ years of IT project management experience, with at least 5 years leading large-scale initiatives and cross-functional teams in an agile-friendly environment.
• Domain Expertise: Proven experience delivering projects in Data classification and Information protection in a highly regulated environment
• Domain Expertise: Collaborate with business to lead the iterative process of operationalization: policy tuning and alert remediation to ensure balanced security controls
• Technical Specialization: Previous experience leading DLP, Data Quality, Process Re-engineering, or Remediation projects
• Communication: Exceptional presentation skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Extensive experience with Atlassian suite of tools, including Confluence and JIRA in particular
• Agile certified Scrum Master and Project Management certifications

Responsibilities:

1. Strategy, Planning & Execution: Be a strong partner within a program to develop and execute detailed project plans, schedules, and program-level roadmaps.

Collaborate with Technology, Business, and 3rd party stakeholders to define problem statements, expected outcomes, and deliverables.

Manage all phases of project execution, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and solution delivery standards.

Anticipate and manage resource requirements to ensure project momentum.

Collaborate with business to lead organizational change management.

2. Governance, Risk & Financial Management:: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks and issues.

Manage project budgets, providing regular reporting on financial status and cost health.

Ensure all deliverables meet organizational quality and compliance standards.

3. Leadership, Facilitation & Stakeholder Excellence: Provide motivated leadership to cross-functional teams, acting as a facilitator to bridge gaps between technical security requirements and business operational needs.

Lead complex workshops and discovery sessions to define data protection requirements, ensuring all voices are heard and documented.

Navigate complex organizational dynamics and negotiate solutions when security policies conflict with business workflows.

Facilitate effective communication flow and consensus building across teams to ensure total alignment on project status and cultural change objectives.

Comfortable interacting and reporting to senior leadership

Core Competencies:

• Project Management Mastery
• Work plan development, tracking & milestones
• Identify and confirm project approach and engage appropriate stakeholders to develop detailed resource estimates and effective plans to manage the initiative.
• Assign deliverables, tasks and activities and continuously monitor and control all associated resources, schedules and plans
• Report on status, risk management, budget/cost, success criteria and reporting as required
• Anticipate and effectively manage risks and issues throughout the lifecycle of the initiative, including workstream & dependency management
• Change Management & Process Governance
• Interpersonal & Leadership Skills
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to influence and align diverse groups toward a common goal.
• Emotional Intelligence: High level of active listening, feedback, and relationship-building skills.
• Consensus Building: Ability to drive consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities (e.g., Legal, IT, and high-paced Business units).
• Change Management: Experience in leading the 'human element' of security - managing the cultural shift and training required for successful data protection adoption.