Cyber Security Project Manager

Metropolitan Housing Trust; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing and care provider is seeking a Cyber Security Project Manager to deliver the Cyber Essentials Security Programme. This role involves managing the project from start to finish, ensuring compliance and security standards are met. The ideal candidate will have experience in cyber security projects, strong stakeholder management skills, and relevant certifications. This position offers competitive salary and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Enhanced pension with matched contributions

Life assurance cover 3× salary

Career progression opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Hybrid working options

Access to learning and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex cyber security or IT transformation projects.
• Strong commitment to customer service and service excellence.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Cyber Essentials Security Programme.
• Manage project risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Oversee procurement and onboarding of security tools.

Skills

Cyber Essentials knowledge

Cloud security (AWS, Azure, OCI)

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Effective communication

Education

Relevant certifications (e.g., Prince 2, CISSP)

Job description

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The role

Cyber Security Project Manager - known internally as Technology Project Manager

Fixed-Term, Full-time vacancy until December 2026 (37.5 hours) £75,953 - £79,950 Farringdon, London - the post holder may also be required to attend weekly team meetings at our Twickenham office (TW1 3RP). This is a hybrid working role, requiring office attendance at least 2 days per week.

About Us

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing is one of the UK's leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. We employ over 1,900 people to manage and develop our large portfolio of nearly 56,000 homes serving over 75,000 customers across London, the East Midlands, Southern and the East of England.

About the Role

The Cyber Security Project Manager will lead the delivery of the Cyber Essentials Security Programme, focusing on achieving compliance and certification with Cyber Essentials Plus. This role is responsible for managing the project from inception to launch, ensuring all technical planning, documentation, and governance processes are in place. The Project Manager will work closely with the Cyber Security Manager and other key stakeholders to coordinate the discovery and implementation phases, manage risks, and oversee procurement and onboarding of security tools.

Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential, as the role involves chairing meetings, delivering presentations, and ensuring all deliverables meet security standards. The ideal candidate will have experience delivering complex cyber security or IT transformation projects, knowledge of cloud and SaaS security best practices, and relevant certifications such as Prince 2 Practitioner and CISSP.

What you'll do

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Cyber Essentials Security Programme, including planning, execution, and reporting.
• Work alongside the Cyber Security Manager, Senior Cyber Security Engineer, Technology Business Analyst and Project Support Officer to ensure successful project delivery.
• Oversee the discovery and implementation phases, ensuring milestones are met within agreed tolerances for time, cost, and quality.
• Establish and manage the project board and governance structures.
• Coordinate procurement and onboarding of tools (e.g., Tenable add-ons) and services.
• Identify and engage all stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of objectives, progress, and changes.
• Prepare and deliver stakeholder presentations and communications plans.
• Identify, document, and manage project risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Ensure timely identification & mitigation of blockers (e.g., legacy system decommissioning, resource constraints, vendor dependencies).
• Lead change management activities, including CAB submissions, user communications, and training.
• Develop user guides and documentation to support end-user readiness and adoption.
• Ensure all deliverables meet Cyber Essentials Plus requirements and align with organisational security policies.
• Oversee gap analysis, mock assessments, and third-party audits.
• Monitor and report on measurable benefits (e.g., reduced vulnerabilities, improved training compliance).
• Recommend and implement improvements based on evolving threats and assessment findings.
• Ensure risks, issues and dependencies are being recorded, monitored, and proactively managed to minimise disruption to successful delivery.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven experience delivering complex cyber security or IT transformation projects, ideally within regulated or large‑scale environments.
• Strong knowledge of Cyber Essentials (and plus), cloud security (AWS, Azure, OCI), and SaaS security best practices.
• A strong commitment to customer service and overall service excellence.
• A willingness to learn and develop a broad skillset as may be required.
• A thorough and organised approach with the ability to work with multiple competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of situations.
• Ability to work with a range of internal and external people to develop long‑term strategies to meet compliance requirements.
• Stay up to date with latest security threats and trends.
• Experience with project management methodologies, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, and cross‑functional teams.
• Experience with procurement, vendor management, and third‑party assessments.

Key dates

first round Teams interviews will be scheduled shortly after the vacancy closes

What's in it for you

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional 'Beliefs day' once a year to have an extra day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3× your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working – dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme – we are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document.

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively 'Serving people better every day' to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other's wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we're doing well and recommend improvements. Our networks groups are: Gender, Ethnicity, LGBTQ+, Disability.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

For a full breakdown of company benefits, please see the attached Benefits Digital Booklet.