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Cyber Security Project Manager

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Cyber Security Specialist Project Manager (2 Year Fixed Term Contract)
Permanent Salary: Between £75,000 - £85,000 + 10% Bonus
Location: UK Wide
Working Arrangement: Mainly remote - Occasional trips to Gloucester or London

Synopsis

I'm working exclusively with a utilities business who are seeking a Cyber Security Specialist Project Manager.

This role will require eligibility to obtain SC clearance necessitating at least 5 years of work in the UK, and does not offer sponsorship. Extensive cyber security project management experience is mandatory.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with GRC teams, experience working in highly regulated and federated environments and experience owning projects and implementing good project discipline.

This role reports into the Business Information Security Officer and will face off to GRC teams alongside customers and corporate areas of business.

Your new role will involve

Project managing multiple workstreams spanning:
GRC, IAM/PAM, technical controls assurance, security operations, training and awareness, critical asset discovery, incident response, disaster recovery and more.
Cyber project process management
Assisting cyber and information security teams with articulation of security awareness initiatives to wider business areas.
Implementing and enforcing reporting and KPI measurement
Managing the implementation of technical controls
Assisting with identifying and increasing areas of ISO27001 scope
Improving organisational resilience
Breaking processes down into component parts, streamlining, increasing project discipline
Assisting with communications of cyber topics to wider business areasWhat you'll need to succeed

Demonstrable cyber and information security project understanding across above-mentioned security realms/workstreams
Excellent written and verbal communication and engagement skills (appropriate risk articulation, stakeholder management, direct manner of speaking)
Mindset: highly process orientated and business solution orientated (enabler, facilitator)
Experience in highly regulated environments at large, complex organisations is mandatory
Experience of cyber project deliveryWhat you'll get in return

Between £75,000 and £85,000 DOE
28 days holiday
5% employee 10% employer pension contribution
10% bonus
Discounted utilities and EV initiativesWhat you need to do now
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