Project Manager 9573-1710

HM Note: This onsite contract role is in office every day at the manager's discretion. Candidate resumes must include first and last name, email and telephone contact information.

Description

• As a Senior Project Manager & Security Architect, you will lead large-scale, high-risk security programs that protect Ontario's Critical Valued Assets (CVAs).
• You'll combine advanced information-security architecture expertise, especially in enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and enterprise database monitoring (IBM Guardium an asset), with senior program lead experience and project-management skills.
• You'll manage end-to-end delivery, embed "security by design" principles to ensure protection of critical valued assets and enhanced security monitoring.
• You will collaborate closely with internal OPS teams and vendors to ensure the successful acceptance, timely execution, and day-2 supportability and operability of all project changes and deliverables.

General Skills

• Senior leadership in enterprise security program delivery and technical design
• Deep understanding of information-security domains: DLP, data classification, encryption, database activity monitoring, IAM, network security
• Proficiency with structured project-management methodologies (e.g. PMBOK) and OPS I&IT frameworks
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and executive-level reporting
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Track record of facilitating change management in enterprise organizations
• Agile and Waterfall delivery experience, with hands-on backlog grooming, Sprint planning, and change control
• Team leadership and mentoring, guiding both security architects and project teams
• Familiarity with government/regulatory mandates (FIPPA, PHIPA, PCI DSS, AODA)

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Senior Program Lead across CVA security initiatives, balancing scope, schedule, budget, and quality
• Gathers and develops requirements and works with project stakeholders and ITS project managers to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
• Define and validate information security architecture for DLP solutions, data classification, encryption schemes, and database-monitoring (Guardium)
• Lead consultative workshops to capture business and security requirements, threat models, and "security by design" patterns
• Develop and manage integrated project schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and change-control processes
• Oversee vendor engagements, third-party integrations, and interoperability with SIEM (Splunk, Azure Sentinel) and SOAR platforms
• Chair Steering Committee and architecture-review boards; provide regular status updates to executives and sponsors
• Proactively identify and mitigate project and security risks, escalating when necessary and recommending compensating controls
• Ensure day-2 supportability: coordinate knowledge transfer, runbooks, operational handover, and monitoring/dashboard enablement
• Champion OPS I&IT security and project-management best practices, driving continuous improvement

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

1. Enterprise IT & Cybersecurity Leadership (40%)

• Candidate to demonstrate advanced experience managing enterprise scale IT modernization and/or cyber security projects and deep understanding of security tools, technologies, processes, governance frameworks
• Manage enterprise‐scale IT modernization and cybersecurity programs protecting Critical Value Assets (CVAs)
• Deep expertise in information security domains and controls, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) design and implementation, database activity monitoring (e.g., IBM Guardium), encryption, tokenization, and key management
• Proficient with Identity & Access Management (SSO, MFA, PKI), network security controls (firewalls, NAC, SASE), and both cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and on-prem security domains
• Solid understanding of security operations tools (SIEM – Splunk/Sentinel, SOAR, EDR) and governance frameworks (PMBOK, ITIL, ISO 27001, FIPPA/PHIPA)

2. Advanced Program & Project Management Skills (60%)

• Candidates should demonstrate the ability to lead complex, high-risk projects through the following skill areas:

Analytical & Strategic: 15%

• Attention to detail, critical thinking, defining input mechanisms, strategic planning, risk identification, logical analysis

Communication & Collaboration: 15%

• Facilitating group discussions, engaging reluctant stakeholders, negotiation, relationship building, executive presentations, active listening

Decisive Leadership: 15%

• Building consensus, setting measurable objectives, enforcing timelines, prioritization, goal orientation

Problem Solving & Adaptability: 15%

• Aligning initiatives with emerging strategy, creative brainstorming, evaluating solutions, identifying obstacles, multitasking, stress tolerance

Must-haves:

• The hiring Team is looking for a Lead Project Manager with the following must-haves:

• Manage enterprise‐scale IT modernization and cybersecurity programs protecting Critical Value Assets (CVAs)

• Data Projection and Information Security
• Project, Senior Leadership in cybersecurity domain
• Critical Value Assets (CVAs)