Job DescriptionDescription:As a Senior Project Manager accountable for initiatives supporting the OPS Enterprise Network Security Program, you will lead the planning, governance, and delivery of large-scale, high-profile, and high-risk enterprise network and cybersecurity initiatives across the OPS. You will serve as the senior program lead responsible for driving the organization's strategic network-security roadmap, ensuring the successful implementation of modern security architectures, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across enterprise environments.
You will provide leadership and oversight for multiple concurrent cybersecurity and network-security initiatives, including Secure Service Edge (SSE), Prisma Access, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Web Application Firewall (WAF) implementations, firewall modernization, network security-control enhancements, cloud security integration, and related enterprise security transformation programs.
You will work closely with OPS business partners, technology teams, cybersecurity stakeholders, architects, operations teams, and vendors to ensure successful project execution, business adoption, operational readiness, and day-2 supportability of all solutions and services.
General Skills:- Seniorleadership in enterprise network-security and cybersecurity programdelivery
- Advancedunderstanding of enterprise security architectures, network securitycontrols, Zero Trust principles, cloud security, and secure accesstechnologies
- Strongknowledge of OPS I&IT project delivery frameworks, governanceprocesses, and PMBOK methodologies
- Excellentstakeholder engagement, executive communications, negotiation, andconsensus-building skills
- Provenability to manage multiple large-scale initiatives with competingpriorities and complex dependencies
- Stronganalytical, problem-solving, risk-management, and decision-makingcapabilities
- Demonstratedexperience driving organizational change and continuous improvementinitiatives
- Experiencedelivering projects using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Abilityto lead cross-functional teams including architects, engineers, securityspecialists, operations teams, and vendors
- Knowledgeof regulatory, compliance, and accessibility requirements including AODAand applicable government security standards
RequirementsExperience and Skill Set Requirements:Must Haves:- Strongknowledge of cybersecurity principles, security governance, riskmanagement, cloud and network security, Zero Trust architectures, andsecurity-by-design practices is essential. The candidate should have aproven track record of driving organizational change, continuousimprovement, and successful delivery of complex enterprise securityinitiatives.
- Thecandidate should possess a strong understanding of modern network-securityarchitectures, enterprise infrastructure, cloud environments, and securitytechnologies, with the ability to manage technical dependencies,implementation risks, vendor engagements, and cross-functional deliveryteams while ensuring business and operational objectives are achieved.
- 10+years experience
Nice to have:Skill Set Requirements:Enterprise IT & Cybersecurity Leadership- Actas the senior program lead accountable for the enterprise network-securityand secure-access portfolio.
- Providestrategic leadership and governance across multiple cybersecurityinitiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, securityobjectives, and enterprise architecture standards.
- Driveadoption of Zero Trust and Security-by-Design principles across allnetwork and cloud security initiatives.
- Establishand maintain relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders,enterprise architects, cybersecurity teams, and external vendors.
- Chairgovernance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder working groups.
- Provideexecutive-level reporting on program health, risks, dependencies,financials, milestones, and outcomes.
- ChampionOPS I&IT project-management, cybersecurity, and operational bestpractices.
- Leadcontinuous-improvement initiatives that enhance security posture,operational effectiveness, governance maturity, and service delivery.
Advanced Network/Security Program Delivery- Leadthe end-to-end delivery of enterprise-scale network-security andcybersecurity initiatives, balancing scope, schedule, budget, quality, andrisk.
- Managestrategic programs including:
- SecureService Edge (SSE)
- ZeroTrust Network Access (ZTNA)
- PrismaAccess deployments
- WebApplication Firewall (WAF) implementations
- NextGeneration Firewall modernization and migration initiatives
- Enterprisenetwork-security control enhancements
- Cloud-securityintegration projects
- Secureremote-access and VPN modernization programs
- Gatherbusiness, operational, and technical requirements and translate them intointegrated project plans and delivery roadmaps.
- Developand manage detailed schedules, resource plans, risk registers, issue logs,dependency tracking, and change-control processes.
- Coordinatecross-functional delivery activities involving architecture, securityengineering, cloud services, network operations, and vendors.
- Proactivelyidentify and mitigate delivery, operational, security, and implementationrisks.
- Ensuresuccessful transition to operations, including documentation, knowledgetransfer, operational readiness, support processes, and servicemonitoring.
- Drivecontinuous improvement and optimization opportunities across securitytechnologies, controls, processes, and service delivery models.
Project Management & Communication Skills- Manageproject governance, executive communications, stakeholder engagement, andproject reporting across multiple initiatives.
- Facilitateworkshops, planning sessions, requirements gathering, risk reviews, anddecision-making forums.
- Establishclear roles, responsibilities, deliverables, and performance expectationsacross project teams and vendors.
- Effectivelycommunicate complex technical and project information to both technicaland non-technical audiences.
- Buildconsensus among diverse stakeholder groups while managing competingpriorities and organizational challenges.
- Anticipate,escalate, and manage risks, issues, conflicts, and dependencies throughresolution.
- Promoteadoption of change-management practices and support business readinessactivities.
- Deliverconcise executive briefings, dashboards, presentations, and status reportsto senior leadership.
- Ensureadherence to OPS project-management standards, quality controls,governance processes, and reporting requirements.
Experience & Skill Set RequirementsEnterprise IT & Cybersecurity Leadership:- Candidate must demonstrate senior-level experience leading enterprise-scale IT modernization and cybersecurity programs, providing strategic direction, governance, and executive oversight across multiple workstreams. Experience collaborating with business leaders, technology teams, cybersecurity stakeholders, and vendors is required to ensure alignment with organizational priorities, security objectives, and enterprise architecture standards.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, security governance, risk management, cloud and network security, Zero Trust architectures, and security-by-design practices is essential. The candidate should have a proven track record of driving organizational change, continuous improvement, and successful delivery of complex enterprise security initiatives.
Advanced Network/Security Program Delivery:- Candidate must demonstrate advanced experience managing and delivering large-scale network and cybersecurity programs from initiation through implementation, operational readiness, and transition to support. This includes experience leading complex security transformation initiatives involving Secure Service Edge (SSE), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Prisma Access, secure remote-access solutions, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), firewall modernization, network segmentation, cloud security integration, and enterprise security control enhancements.
- The candidate should possess a strong understanding of modern network-security architectures, enterprise infrastructure, cloud environments, and security technologies, with the ability to manage technical dependencies, implementation risks, vendor engagements, and cross-functional delivery teams while ensuring business and operational objectives are achieved.
Project Management & Communication Skills:- Candidate must demonstrate exceptional project and program management capabilities in large, complex, and high-risk technology environments. This includes experience with project planning, governance, scope management, schedule management, financial oversight, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, and executive reporting.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are required, including the ability to facilitate discussions, build consensus, manage conflicting priorities, and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. The candidate must be capable of influencing decision-making at senior levels, leading multidisciplinary teams, managing vendors and external partners, and driving successful outcomes through effective leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving.
Public Sector Experience and Awareness:- Previousexperience in government or regulated environments is a plus
- Familiaritywith public-sector mandates (FIPPA, PHIPA) and embedding audit-trail,retention, and reporting controls
