Senior Cyber Security PMO Lead

Nebius; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth and learning

Flexibility and ownership

Collaborative culture

Impactful AI projects

International environment

Job summary

Nebius is seeking a Project Manager — Team Lead to guide three Project Managers within the Cyber Security PMO. You will balance people leadership with hands-on delivery, setting standards, unblocking work, and ensuring quality across multiple security programs.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record delivering complex, cross‑functional initiatives and confidently partners with senior leadership. This role emphasizes both leadership and execution, with a focus on building high‑performing

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of project management experience with a strong delivery track record.
• Experience managing and developing other Project Managers (team lead or managerial role).
• Hands-on experience running complex, cross‑company programs with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with C‑level and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Strong delivery orientation: structured, accountable, and outcome‑driven with a bias for execution.
• Experience defining, tracking, and presenting delivery KPIs and operational metrics.
• Fluent written and verbal communication in both Hebrew and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of three Project Managers and their subordinates, setting clear performance expectations and ownership boundaries.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development conversations for direct reports.
• Build and maintain a high-performance PM culture: delivery‑focused, accountable, and continuously improving.
• Drive hiring processes for open PM roles, including JD definition, interviews, and candidate evaluation.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery across the CISO PMO portfolio, ensuring programs are on track, risks are managed, and milestones are met.
• Establish and enforce PM standards, templates, and delivery frameworks across the team.
• Define, track, and report KPIs and delivery metrics at both team and portfolio level; use data to drive accountability and surface issues early.
• Maintain a consolidated portfolio view in Jira, ensuring hygiene, accuracy, and executive‑readiness at all times.
• Act as the senior PM interface for cross‑functional stakeholders including Engineering, IT, Legal, Finance, HR, and Operations.
• Lead stakeholder alignment sessions, escalation resolution, and executive‑level reporting for critical programs.
• Translate complex security program requirements into clear scope, milestones, and accountability frameworks for non‑security audiences.
• Proactively manage dependencies and risks across teams, ensuring no program is blocked due to misalignment.
• Define and drive PMO governance rhythms: steering meetings, status reporting, escalation paths, and decision logs.
• Continuously evaluate and improve PM processes, tooling, and team operating models.
• Build and maintain a lessons‑learned culture, ensuring post‑project retrospectives feed into process improvements.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Jira

Job description

Nebius is seeking a Project Manager — Team Lead to guide three Project Managers within the Cyber Security PMO. You will balance people leadership with hands-on delivery, setting standards, unblocking work, and ensuring quality across multiple security programs.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record delivering complex, cross‑functional initiatives and confidently partners with senior leadership. This role emphasizes both leadership and execution, with a focus on building high‑performing