Project Manager – Cybersecurity ORIGNIX Inc

Project Management Institute - Southern Alberta Chapter (PMI-SAC); Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental care

Extended health care

Vision care

Job summary

The PMI-SAC in Calgary invites a seasoned Project Manager to lead our cybersecurity client services accounts, overseeing multi-project delivery, budgets, and schedules. You will develop detailed project plans, manage risks, coordinate with cybersecurity and IT teams, and report to senior leadership.

This is an in-person role based in Calgary, requiring PMP and 5+ years in IT/ICS project management. Join a collaborative team delivering high-impact cyber initiatives with a focus on quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience in IT or ICS.
• Understanding of cybersecurity standards, risks and mitigation.
• PMP certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple cybersecurity projects within budget and schedule.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and manage risks.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity and IT architects, engineers, and specialists.
• Provide reporting, planning, and executive-level updates to the client.
• Lead and mentor other project managers and business analysts.

Skills

PMP certification

Analytical thinking

Multitasking

Time management

Communication

Leadership

Education

PMP certification

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, related science or technical field, or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

As a Project Manager in our cybersecurity client services account team, you’ll lead multiple cybersecurity projects, deliver new capabilities and remediate existing issues within the approved budget and schedule. You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end planning, organization, management, and execution of all aspects of the assigned projects. You will work closely and collaboratively with multiple teams to ensure the scope of work, timelines, and impacts of the projects are clear to all stakeholders.

Additionally, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a detailed project plan, tracking the progress of each task within projects, and managing risks. You will collaborate with cybersecurity and IT architects, network and system engineers, and specialists to ensure technical alignment across multiple teams.

You will receive great exposure on the assigned account as you will work closely with the client’s senior leadership to bring exceptional reporting, project planning, and execution to the team. This is a rare opportunity to bring a unique mix of cybersecurity and technology skills, project management, and client engagement into a single role. With a direct impact on our deliverables, this is a role for someone who is detail-oriented, a problem solver, and an implementer who wants to contribute and lead on several fronts at once.

General Responsibilities:

• Work on several large scale cybersecurity projects that have a massive impact on our clients
• Design, develop, and manage project plans in a complex dynamic environment, revising needs to meet changing requirements
• Identify and communicate key risks and impediments, and problem solve obstacles for key initiatives
• Lead highly strategic and complex cybersecurity initiatives with a passion
• Partner with project clients to provide strategic and tactical thought leadership to effectively drive project delivery
• Accept accountability, displaying ownership over the work and the impact it has on the success of the business
• Work highly independently with little guidance on the day-to-day running of projects
• Manage workload of multiple projects and meet deadlines and budget
• Work collaboratively with on-site and remote team members and forge relationships with key stakeholders
• Apply industry best practices to ensure a high degree of initiative and responsiveness towards project management.

Decision Making:

• Makes decisions and recommendations on highly technical or complex issues and without formal guidelines or precedents and exercises resourcefulness and ingenuity to interpret policy.

Duties:

• Seek to improve customer satisfaction through resolutions to problems with speed and professionalism and consistent customer interaction. (communication, and customer meetings, e.g. kick‑off, status reviews. etc.)
• Utilize contract terms and conditions, and negotiation skills to maximize scope and change management to limit liabilities.
• Minimize exposure to risk on the assigned projects by reviewing data from project sources and knows when to engage management for the final resolution of various issues. Make preliminary resolutions and recommendations during management reviews for such issues.
• Manage project budget to meet established budgetary and schedule requirements.
• Effectively apply quality procedures and enforces best practices. Comply with quality and schedule requirements, using appropriate gate reviews as established in quality procedures, and maintain related documentation for use during internal and external audits.
• Review deliverables prepared by team before passing to Client to ensure highest quality standards are met.
• Negotiates changes in scope, budget, or calendar with Client and/or management.
• Provides guidance to other project managers and business analysts.
• Leads and directs the work of others.

Key Skillset:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, related science or technical field, or equivalent combination of technical education and related experience required.
• A minimum of 5 years of applicable project manager experience in the Information Technology or Industrial Control System (ICS) industry.
• Understanding of Cyber and IT& OT cybersecurity standards and best practices.
• Understanding of Cyber and IT& OT cybersecurity risks, threats, and prevention measures.
• Excellent analytical, multitasking, organizational, and time management skills.
• Willingness and interest in learning new processes, technologies, and new methods to solving problems.
• Active team player with strong verbal, written, documentation and presentation skills.
• Familiar with a variety of the field/remote sites concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Flexible to work in a dynamic work environment with changing priorities and scope.
• Able to develop productive business relationships and accept direction.
• Intermediate to advance knowledge of Microsoft Suite including Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Budgeting and auditing experience strongly desired.
• Effective leadership and delegation abilities.
• Outstanding time management skills.
• Able to work with little direction.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Vision care

Application question(s):

• Are you willing to undergo a background check, in accordance with local law and regulations?
• Are you located in Calgary, Alberta?
• How many years of experience do you have in cybersecurity?

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Experience:

• project management: 5 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• PMP certification (required)

Work Location: In person