Security Project Manager

Age UK has a new opportunity for an experienced Security Project Managerto work across our Digital and Technology division, on a 12-month fixed term contract.

This is a great opportunity for a talented individual with excellent organisational and stakeholder engagement skills, who is experienced in delivering projects and providing project management to teams who are delivering a range of both simple and complex projects.

As Security Project Manager, you will own, plan, manage and deliver multiple security-focused projects in parallel across Age UK working with cross functional teams ensuring that projects are fully scoped and delivered to time, cost and quality on agreed objectives and meets user needs. You will have a deep understanding of digital technologies, project management expertise, and a strong focus on security protocols and measures. You will be familiar with best practice standards such as the NCSC guidelines, ISO27001 and NIST.

Working in alignment with the PMO requirements, you will manage project dependencies, risk, issues, resources etc and ensure the outputs of the project contribute to outcomes and delivers benefits.

As an excellent communicator with excellent stakeholder engagement skills, this is an opportunity for you to use your previous project experience to build effective and productive working relationships, both internally and externally, with a diverse range of senior stakeholders.

Creative and innovative in your approach to problem solving, you will be self-motivated and able to work independently with the ability to analyse complex information and communicate it in a straightforward way to a diverse audience.

Collaborative working will be essential and so this role will appeal to someone with great interpersonal skills who is able to engage with our wide range of stakeholders to achieve the best outcomes for the charity.

Within this role we offer hybrid working. The team currently meet in the offices in London occasionally, working the rest of the time from home.

Must haves:

Experience

• Proven experience as a Project Manager, with a focus on security in digital and technology projects.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams.
• Experience in managing projects related to cloud security, network security, and application security.

Skills

• Problem and issue resolution.
• Good understanding of Security Projects in a Digital and Technical space.
• A good understanding of Information Technology in a large organisation and how it can be used to improve the business's efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise work using initiative to work to deadlines.
• Ability to communicate (verbally and in writing) effectively at all levels internally and externally.
• Ability to work accurately and to a high degree of detail.
• Good problem solving, analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to liaise with staff at different levels and in different disciplines in an organisation.
• Produce Project reports, plans management information and statistics, financial reporting as required.
• Prepare formal and informal project progress reports, resource utilisation, forecasts etc.
• Collating and presenting performance management information.

Great to haves:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams.

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

This role is offered on a fixed term contract of 12 months.

Project Manager will have matrix style management of project with cross functional team members.

For a full list of benefits please click here https://about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

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