Project Manager, Security in भारत

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Project Manager, Security based in India. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager, Security, to lead the planning and delivery of cybersecurity engagements across identity, access management, and data protection domains. In this role, you will oversee project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and stakeholder communications to ensure successful delivery of complex security initiatives. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams through security assessments, implementations, migrations, remediation programs, and transitions to managed services. Working closely with technical leads, architects, engineers, clients, and partner vendors, you will drive alignment between business objectives and security requirements. You will play a key role in maintaining delivery quality, managing dependencies, and ensuring projects meet established milestones and governance standards. This remote opportunity offers a collaborative, technology-focused environment where strong project leadership and continuous improvement contribute to stronger enterprise security outcomes. Accountabilities - Plan, coordinate, and manage cybersecurity projects from initiation through implementation, validation, and operational handover, ensuring delivery aligns with agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards. - Lead projects across identity and access management, identity governance, privileged access, and data security, including assessments, design, implementation, migrations, remediation, and operationalization. - Define project objectives, roles, responsibilities, milestones, deliverables, resource requirements, and governance processes for all assigned engagements. - Coordinate consultants, architects, engineers, client stakeholders, and partner vendors to maintain alignment, resolve issues, and achieve project milestones.

- Manage project risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, decisions, and change requests through structured RAID logs, action plans, and change control processes. - Develop and maintain project budgets, forecasts, expenditure tracking, service estimates, and financial reporting, identifying variances and initiating corrective actions when required. - Facilitate project governance activities, including kickoff meetings, regular status reviews, risk discussions, steering committee updates, and acceptance or sign-off checkpoints. - Produce clear, executive-ready status reports and customer-facing documentation covering progress, risks, issues, decisions, milestones, and delivery performance. - Partner with technical leads to align delivery plans with security controls, testing requirements, cutover activities, validation processes, and post-implementation support. - Ensure project teams follow consistent delivery methodologies, documentation standards, evidence collection requirements, quality gates, and applicable security procedures. - Manage multiple concurrent security engagements and shared resources across teams or workstreams while maintaining effective schedule, scope, and risk management. - Support project team performance by providing feedback, helping colleagues overcome delivery challenges, and promoting accountability and collaboration. - Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, strengthen operational efficiency, and enhance the quality of client outcomes. - Maintain current knowledge of cybersecurity practices, project management methodologies, and emerging technologies through ongoing professional development. Requirements - Three to five years of experience in project management and project planning, preferably within cybersecurity, consulting, professional services, or enterprise IT environments.