Role: IAM Cybersecurity Technical Program Manager
Location: 100% Remote (TX)
Duration: 6-12+ months contract
Required Skills:
- Minimum 14+ years of overall experience.
- 10+ years of professional experience and 6+ years of progressive experience in IT, with a minimum of 4 years in cybersecurity program management.
- Effective leadership, training and presentation skills, and experience in leading multiple, highly diverse teams to achieve results.
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business Management, or a related field is required. A master’s degree or professional certifications (e.g., PMP, CISSP) in relevant disciplines are preferred.
1. Single Point of Contact & Demand Management (25%)
- Serve as the centralized single point of contact for all O&M program demand, intake, triage, and delivery across stakeholders, engineering teams, and business partners.
- Own the demand pipeline from request through disposition, ensuring transparency, SLA adherence, and clear prioritization aligned with business objectives.
- Proactively identify emerging requests, capacity constraints, and delivery risks before they escalate—acting on signals rather than waiting for problems.
2. M&A Integration Program Delivery (25%)
- Lead post-merger and post-acquisition integration workstreams, coordinating cross-functional teams across IT, IAM, infrastructure, HR, finance, and operations to ensure seamless technology integration.
- Design and execute integration strategies, manage interdependencies between workstreams, and track progress against integration milestones to achieve deal value realization.
- Facilitate integration planning sessions, Day 1 readiness activities, talent retention coordination, and handoffs to BAU operations at the end of transition periods.
3. IAM Program Oversight (20%)
- Provide program management leadership for IAM initiatives including identity governance, access management, privileged access management (PAM), and directory services integrations.
- Collaborate with IAM architects, engineers, and external partners to align IAM delivery with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
- Drive IAM project governance, resource management, risk assessment, and orchestration of cross-functional teams to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and user-friendly.
4. Technical Solutioning & Escalation (15%)
- Apply technical acumen to know when to personally drive solutioning versus when to engage architects, engineers, or SMEs—balancing speed with the right expertise at the right time.
- Provide expert guidance on infrastructure-related decisions, system integrations, and operational dependencies that impact program delivery.
- Lead escalation management, driving rapid resolution of blockers and cross-team dependencies.
5. Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting (15%)
- Foster strong relationships with business leaders, IT teams, vendors, and executive stakeholders, providing regular updates on program status, risks, and achievements.
- Deliver executive-level reporting on program KPIs, integration milestones, and delivery health across the portfolio.
- Champion tool and policy compliance, establish standards where no current standard exists, and drive continuous improvement across delivery processes.
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