Project Manager – Data Loss Prevention
- Pay Rate: $90 – 105/hour, depending on experience
- Contract Length: 1 Year
- Location: Calgary, Alberta
Raise is currently hiring a Project Manager – Data Loss Prevention on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client is a market leading financial institution
Description
As a Project Manager within the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) program, you will lead the execution of strategic security initiatives throughout the Solution Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC). You are a dynamic leader capable of managing competing priorities, delivering complex projects, and aligning stakeholders to achieve high-value security outcomes and cultural change regarding data protection.
Responsibilities
- Strategy, Planning & Execution
- Roadmap Development: Partner within the program to develop and execute detailed project plans, schedules, and program-level roadmaps.
- Scope Definition: Collaborate with Technology, Business, and 3rd party stakeholders to define problem statements, expected outcomes, and deliverables.
- Execution: Manage all phases of project execution, ensuring alignment with the organizations strategic objectives and solution delivery standards.
- Resource Management: Anticipate and manage resource requirements to maintain project momentum.
- Change Management: Partner with business units to lead organizational change management and the "human element" of security.
- Governance, Risk & Financial Management
- Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks, issues, and inter-dependencies.
- Financial Oversight: Manage project budgets, providing regular reporting on financial status, forecasting, and cost health.
- Compliance: Ensure all deliverables meet organizational quality, security, and regulatory compliance standards.
- Leadership & Stakeholder Excellence
- Facilitation: Act as a bridge between technical security requirements and business operational needs, facilitating complex workshops and discovery sessions.
- Conflict Resolution: Navigate complex organizational dynamics and negotiate solutions when security policies conflict with business workflows.
- Communication: Facilitate effective communication flow and consensus building across teams (Legal, IT, and Business units) to ensure total alignment.
- Reporting: Provide transparent reporting on status, success criteria, and KPIs to senior leadership.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of IT project management experience, with at least 5 years leading large-scale initiatives and cross-functional teams in an agile-friendly environment.
- Experience delivering projects in Data Classification and Information Protection within a highly regulated environment (e.g., Banking/Finance).
- Proven experience leading the iterative process of policy tuning and alert remediation to ensure balanced security controls.
- Previous experience leading DLP, Data Quality, Process Re-engineering, or Remediation projects is considered a strong differentiator.
- Experience with Project Controls: Mastery of work plan development, milestone tracking, and financial reporting.
- Ability to influence and align diverse groups and drive consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities.
- High level of active listening, feedback, and relationship-building skills.
- Education and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
- Project Management: PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is highly preferred.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification is required.
- Familiarity with security frameworks or certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM) is a plus.
Additional Information
- A requirement for candidates to be considered for this role will be to complete a criminal and credit check (including Canadian Credit Risk Score)
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