Senior Project Manager, Strategic Programs

Sophos is a global leader in advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional projects, manage the full project lifecycle, and ensure successful project delivery while aligning stakeholders and driving execution.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to lead programs and complex projects and demonstrates the ability to turn around challenging programs or projects of any size
• Provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one or more program initiatives in addition to minor initiatives simultaneously
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
• Accountable for all Portfolio / Program / Project communication and operation reviews
• Work with the resource managers to procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes
• Lead the team in gathering and documenting detailed requirements and success criteria to ensure the project is scoped correctly and ultimately successful
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources to meet the project objectives
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership
• Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, Executive Leadership, and key stakeholders
• Demonstrate leadership by identifying project management training needs and be able to provide training required to ensure the effective application of project management and leadership principles

Requirements:

• 5+ years of Program/Project Management experience
• 5+ years of Product/Services Delivery from concept to launch
• Experience in Program/Product/Project management methodologies (like Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / Waterfall, etc…)
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve objectives
• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Tools: Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience with the application of Generative AI and Agentic AI to the project management process and preferably development of your own AI agents or automation of processes
• Advanced ability to lead multiple large project teams
• Experience working on programs/projects related to business strategy and financial performance
• Experience communicating with C-level executives
• Experience with development methodologies (CMMI, Agile, etc)
• 5 years' experience in cybersecurity space with intermediate knowledge of offerings
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• PMP Certification
• Tools: Project management tools, OKR management tools