Sr. Project Manager (Infosec & Infrastructure)

• This role is responsible for maximizing business value by optimizing the delivery of either individual projects or project portfolios within a given tech stack, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. *Project Intake & Governance: Partner with PMO leadership to drive data-driven portfolio decisions, establishing rigorous go/no-go criteria that align investment with business strategy. *Prioritization & Optimization: Evaluate project value to prioritize and allocate resources effectively, ensuring work begins at the optimal time. *Resource Capacity Planning: Assess resource utilization against available capacity and allocate resources accordingly. *Portfolio Intelligence: transform raw project data into actionable insights for executive leadership, providing transparency into portfolio health, value realization, and strategic alignment.

• Requirements Elicitation & Analysis: Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to gather, document, and analyze business requirements, translating them into clear, actionable user stories. *Backlog Management: Assist the Product Owner in managing and prioritizing the product backlog, ensuring stories are well-defined, appropriately sized, and ready for development. *Stakeholder Liaison: Act as a bridge between the development team and business stakeholders, clarifying requirements and fostering a shared understanding of project goals and scope. *Documentation: Create and maintain essential documentation, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and process flows. *Servant-Leadership & Coaching: Coach and mentor the development team on agile principles and Scrum practices, promoting self-organization and cross-functionality increasing velocity, quality, and predictability. *Impediment Removal: Proactively identify, track, and help the team remove roadblocks and impediments. *Continuous Improvement: Guide the team in process improvement through retrospectives and by fostering a collaborative culture. *Documentation: Document lessons learned and conduct post-project evaluations. Technical & Strategic Acumen *Technical Understanding: Familiarity with enterprise platforms, including the ability to oversee related projects. Understand software development lifecycles (SDLC) and comfortably collaborate with engineers on technical requirements.

• Emerging Technologies: Maintain a general awareness of emerging technologies such as Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Robotics.

• Risk Mitigation & Governance: Proactively assess project risks and apply industry-standard information security program frameworks to safeguard the integrity of outcomes, supporting governance structures that authorize projects throughout their lifecycle.

• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Coordinate the efforts of internal IT teams, third-party contractors, and security consultants to deliver complex security programs without disrupting business operations.

• Resource & Portfolio Optimization: Masterfully allocate resources and optimize project portfolios to maximize risk-adjusted value, ensuring the right security initiatives are prioritized and staffed effectively. *Technical Authority: Apply your robust background in project management and information security (CISSP highly desirable) to translate complex security needs into actionable, executed project plans.

• Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) is highly preferred; ITIL Foundations or higher is recommended given the ITSM focus. While not required, any technical certifications - e.g., CompTIA, Microsoft, Cisco, Google, AWS - would be a plus.

• Methodological Flexibility: Proficiency in Waterfall (often used for construction) and Agile/Scrum (for technology innovation and software-centric tasks).

• 10+ years of experience, specifically leading IT project portfolios
• PMP certification required. Additional certifications such as CSM (Certified Scrum Master), ITIL, or equivalent are strongly encouraged
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Management, or related Technical field.
• Jira, Confluence and Smartsheet required.
• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical concepts into clear business narratives for non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, high-risk IT programs on time and within scope and budget.
• Proven analytical, problem-solving, decision making, and prioritization skills
• Able to contribute to the big picture, conceptualize outcomes, and identify trends
• Leverages business and technical expertise across disciplines, demonstrating a high level of industry knowledge
• Possess high-level knowledge and proficiency in Resource Management practices and Change Management techniques

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit). Why Hays? You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it. Nervous about an upcoming interview? Unsure how to write a new resume? Visit the Hays Career Advice section to learn top tips to help you stand out from the crowd when job hunting. Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays' guiding principles is 'do the right thing'. We also believe that actions speak louder than words. In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us. In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.