IT Infrastructure & Security Project Manager

IT Infrastructure & Security Project Manager

Iselin, New Jersey (Hybrid)

Up to $1,000 per day (6-month contract)

On behalf of a Leading financial services organisation, I am seeking an experienced IT Infrastructure & Security Project Manager, this role will be responsible for delivery of primarily IT Infrastructure & Security projects in support of a broader portfolio spanning obsolescence, off the shelf application upgrades, Security enhancements, end user computing and network/communications solutions.

The organisation operates a hybrid working policy; therefore, you must be committed to being office based 2 days per week and within commutable distance of their Iselin, NJ offices.

Responsibilities:

• The IT Infrastructure & Security Project Manager will be responsible for developing, in conjunction with the Project Sponsor, a definition of the project(s) and ensures the project is effectively resourced and manages the relationships with a wide range of groups (including all project contributors).
• Responsible for managing the work of consultants, allocating and utilising resources in an efficient manner and maintaining a co-operative, motivated and successful team.
• Responsible and accountable for the delivery of several projects which report into a wider Portfolio of change.
• Responsible for detailed project reporting and governance adherence
• Defines plans through a rigorous and highly interactive process of defining business requirements, project specifications, managing resources and environments.
• Agrees and formalizes plans, conducts or co-ordinates required business analysis where necessary. Presents plans and business cases and gains their sign off from sponsors and other stakeholders.
• Relationship management; develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Create project business case for all projects and ensure the benefits are measurable and agreed by all stakeholders.
• Responsible for demonstrating that stated benefits have been realised once the project has been delivered.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project, scope and budget
• Manage and maintain interlock of projects with other project managers
• Create and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.

Skills/Experience required:

• Significant practical experience of leading and managing Corporate/Infrastructure change programmes across an end-to-end project life cycle gained within a large organisation
• Extensive hands-on experience of delivering complex IT change projects in a fast-moving organisation ideally a financial services environment.
• Have responsibility of delivering change programmes with budgets in excess of £1m
• Excellent communication skills with practical experience of supporting technical teams to formulate and articulate business benefits through the construction of business cases
• Demonstrable experience of quantifying the effort required to deliver a solution whilst articulating any implications of any proposed solution on the wider business and existing systems
• Experience delivering large Microsoft based Infrastructure/Desktop, Linux/Unix, cloud services and security focused projects - good all round knowledge of most things in the infrastructure/application delivery space
• Experienced in creating well-structured and good quality project documentation with excellent skills in the use of the MS Office suite of tools and MS Project
• Experience of using PlanView or similar, to produce and maintain high quality project plans
• Strong personal work ethic
• Motivated delivery focused individual
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proven ability managing projects in a fast paced, complex, demanding environment.