Project Manager - IT Security/Cybersecurity

New Millenium Consulting; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

New Millenium Consulting is seeking a Project Manager - IT Security in New York for a hybrid role (3 days onsite). The project spans regulatory programs and cybersecurity initiatives, requiring a strong IT background and delivery oversight across software development, security operations, and IT architecture.

You will collaborate with developers, architects, infrastructure and security teams, manage budgets and timelines, and report progress weekly.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant project management experience or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree from a reputed university.
• Strong IT background across software development, IT security, and IT architecture.
• Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to interpret designs, interfaces, data flows and APIs.
• Experience using project management software.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory projects across Americas.
• Define scope, governance, deliverables and milestones, and obtain approvals.
• Staff projects with support from the Project Director and/or governance body.
• Gather requirements and maintain schedules and delivery plans.
• Identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies; establish mitigations.
• Report timelines, budgets and issues weekly; manage out-of-scope work.
• Facilitate Working Groups and Steering Committees with senior management.
• Coordinate with Project Sponsor and global programs.
• Conduct retrospectives and manage external partners as needed.
• Review and challenge estimates, delivery plans with IT specialists.

Skills

Project management

IT security

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Regulatory programs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Project management software

Job description

Job title: Project Manager - IT Security

Job Location: New York, New York ( Hybrid- 3 days onsite)

Job Type: Contract W-2 long term

A global bank is seeking a Project Manager - IT Security to manage a cybersecurity project. The Project Manager - IT Security will bring extensive background in IT (infrastructure systems, IT development, architecture) The Project Manager - IT Security will report into the Regulatory Affairs Department and requires a strong technical background in practical IT delivery experience, enabling effective management of projects spanning software development, IT security operations and IT architecture.

The PM must be able to understand solution designs, challenge technical estimates and assumptions, assess integration and infrastructure dependencies, and coordinate development, testing, deployment and transition into support.

The Project Manager - IT Security works closely with developers, architects, infrastructure/cloud teams, support teams and security specialists. Technical understanding is essential to delivery oversight.

Responsibilities

• Manage one or more regulatory projects across businesses in the Americas, including projects within larger global programs.
• Define project scope, governance, deliverables and milestones, and obtain the necessary approvals.
• Secure project staffing with support from the Project Director and/or the relevant resource-allocation governance body.
• Gather requirements and maintain project documentation, detailed schedules and delivery plans.
• Identify and manage business and technical risks, issues and dependencies; establish mitigation actions and elevate potential delays or decisions promptly.
• Report weekly on timelines, budgets and issues, and manage out-of-scope activities through the applicable change management process.
• Facilitate Working Groups and Steering Committees, engaging senior management and relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate contributors and maintain alignment with the Project Sponsor, business teams and global programs.
• Conduct project retrospectives, capture lessons learned and manage external partners where required.
• Perform other tasks delegated by Regulatory Affairs management.
• Review and challenge technical estimates, delivery assumptions and implementation plans with accountable IT specialists

Requirements:

• 10+ years of relevant experience, or training equivalent.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree from a reputed university with a good academic record.
• Very strong practical IT background across software development, IT Security, and IT architecture, enabling credible engagement with technical specialists and effective oversight of complex IT projects.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, version control, build processes, testing, deployment and release management.
• Ability to interpret solution designs, interfaces, APIs, data flows and integration dependencies, and assess their implications for project scope, sequencing, resources and risk.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure fundamentals, including environments, networking, identity and access, monitoring, availability, backup and recovery.
• Ability to challenge technical assumptions constructively, assess delivery options with specialists and communicate technical risks to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience using project management software.