Project Manager - Security & Infrastructure

Planet; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Manager to oversee security and infrastructure initiatives. This role requires demonstrated experience in delivering security projects and influencing cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include managing project delivery, governance documentation, and success criteria reporting. Planet values diversity and offers a hybrid work model, encouraging applicants to apply now for a rewarding career in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing medium to large-scale security and infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of security and infrastructure solutions architecture.
• Ability to deliver results rapidly using agile methods.

Responsibilities

• Drive prioritization and delivery of projects and initiatives.
• Work with teams to deliver security and infrastructure initiatives.
• Create documentation for program governance.
• Define and report on project delivery success criteria.

Skills

Influencing and negotiating

Project delivery for security and infrastructure

Agile methodologies

Compliance with regulatory and PCI standards

Exposure to Azure and AWS cloud platforms

Job description

About Us:

Planet is a leading technology company transforming payments by putting customer experience first. We offer integrated solutions that include payment processing, VAT refunds, dynamic currency conversion, and management services for merchants in the Retail and Hospitality sectors worldwide.

In recent years, we have experienced significant growth, expanding our services and global presence.

With strong private equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we have the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisitions.

Our mission is to create a world of connected commerce where payments are simple, secure, and seamless, enabling our partners to deliver exceptional experiences to their customers.

Role Overview

As a Project Manager, you will drive prioritization and delivery of the agreed projects and initiatives. You will work cross-function and be directly responsible for the delivery of security and infrastructure initiatives and large security projects.

What You Will Do

• Work with the security and infrastructure teams to understand the planned projects and their relative priority.
• Deliver security and infrastructure-related initiatives across systems and platforms.
• Ensure coordination of internal resources across teams and Service Providers to understand, prioritize, and deliver against requirements.
• Work across teams to enable service transition for new security and infrastructure products and solutions.
• Provide the right level of documentation is created for program governance.
• Define and report on security and infrastructure project delivery success criteria and KPIs.

Who You Are

• Builds partnerships and collaboration - effective at influencing and negotiating.
• Demonstrable experience of successful project delivery for medium to large-scale security and infrastructure projects, including network and web application firewalls, identity and access services, including privileged access management (CyberArk / BeyondTrust), and security logging and monitoring.
• Comprehensive understanding and experience of managing architecture and delivery challenges with security and infrastructure solutions.
• Owns and drives delivery at pace using agile ways of working.
• Experience with regulatory and PCI standards in Financial Services / Payments.
• Exposure to multiple technology environments, including services hosted on the Azure and AWS cloud platforms.

Why Planet :

Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast-paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce.

We would love to hear from you – Apply now

At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.