Executive Program Manager for Cybersecurity

Role:                   Executive Program Manager for Cybersecurity
Location:             Phoenix, AZ (Onsite)
Type:                   Full-time role with TCS (TATA Consultancy Services)

Job Description:

Roles & Responsibilities

·       Directs internal/external cyber resources on Cybersecurity technologies, including program/project management, strategy, performance management, change management, vendor relationships, financial management, and metrics for all lines of business and service departments for both IT and OT landscapes.

·       Ensure that Cybersecurity service delivery aligns with the corporate IT strategy, including Cybersecurity standards, capacity planning, lifecycle management plans, solution selection, and partner management.

·       Ensure scalability of Cybersecurity capabilities, including hardware and software, to meet business needs and risk tolerances.

·       Develops and implements best practices for PSEG Cybersecurity Program Management capabilities.

·       Participate in external risk organizations (including with peer groups) to learn from other organizations and to benchmark our program. 

·       Partner with professional Cybersecurity associations, service providers, and to identify and implement best practices.

·       Builds relationships across PSEG business and technology teams.

·       Interacts routinely with vendors, service providers, consultants/advisors, and cross-sector cyber industry trade organizations.

·       Ensures that cyber requirements are identified, well defined, properly documented, and approved by appropriate stakeholders.

·       Develops, manages, and pre-prioritizes Cybersecurity CAPEX and OPEX budgets based on business needs and cyber threats.

·       Lead the identification of optimal OPEX and CAPEX allocations, including opportunities to reduce expenditures while transforming PSEG Cybersecurity.

·       Lead and advise on business case development.

·       Leads team, including performance evaluations, career development guidance, and other aspects to grow the talent pipeline and to mature our program.

·       Leads and manages programs by coordinating activities and delivery across multiple, related projects or work streams that span technology and areas.

·       Ensures program meets schedule and scope targets.

·       Identifies, develops mitigation plans, and monitors to drive timely and effective escalation and risk/issue resolution. Manages and/or escalates issues and/or complications, and responds well to time pressures.

·       Tracks dependencies and risks, and assessing change impact across interdependent work streams and projects.

·       Captures all pertinent actions and decisions.

·       Provides oversight and guidance to those managing smaller projects within specific business unit domain.

·       Oversees project resources to deliver required project artifacts/goals.

·       Uses effective people engagement skills to drive contact with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle to manage expectations, establish timelines, and grow relationships.

·       Ensures alignment on scope, value proposition and overall project goals.

·       Works with functional departments to coordinate systems testing, deployment, training, and support.

·       Tracks and communicates progress; provides project status report updates to project stakeholders through project level and executive steering committees, maintaining an effective communication cadence.

·       Ensures proper communication and change management processes are adopted for all major change initiatives.

·       Manages team and work to build core competencies within the area with a focus on operational excellence.

·       Oversees vendor deliverables, ensures vendor adherence to contract terms, works with leadership on vendor performance and SLA compliance.

·       Facilitates project tailoring and artifact development to align with project management processes in accordance with project sizing. 

Job Specific Qualifications

·       Demonstrated strong leadership and influence skills

·       Demonstrated strong presentation skills with the ability to present to all levels of management and executive leadership

·       Experience in an IT and/or Cybersecurity Chief of Staff Role and/or leading Program Management, Vendor Management, and/or Financial Management

·       Strong teamwork, facilitation, relationship building, and negotiation skills

·       Ability to maintain positive working relationships both as a leader and as a team member

·       Effective time management and multitasking skills

·       Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals

·       Strong interpersonal communication skills, analytical abilities, detail focused, quality focused, and problem-solving skills, as well as broad knowledge of business functions, information technologies, and cybersecurity and compliance practice on a global level

·       Extensive relevant experience in Cybersecurity, Program/Project Management, Financial Management, Vendor Management, Performance Management, Change Management, and IT/InfoSec Metrics

·       Strong analytical skills, problem solving skills, writing skills, attention to detail, judgement, and conceptual thinking, including the ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners

·       Broad knowledge of cybersecurity principles (e.g. access control, data protection, cybersecurity architecture, infrastructure/application security design principles, policies) and privacy (i.e. GDPR)

·       Working knowledge of Cybersecurity and control frameworks (ISO27001, NIST, CobIT)

·       Effective communication skills, including the ability to build relationships with technical and non-technical individuals

·       Must be able to identify, analyze, and address problems in order to resolve issues in ways that minimize negative impact and risk to the company

·       Demonstrated experience in delivering comprehensive solutions to complex security issues on a global scale

·       Confidence in leading diverse matrix teams independently, making decisions daily as it relates to the successful delivery of the program

·       Ability and insight to know when critical decisions must be raised to senior level and/or business unit management quickly to ensure that the program remains on track

·       Understanding of and experience with IT project management methodologies, requirements management, quality assurance and IT processes from project inception to successful implementation

·       Understanding of financial principles including experience with project financial budgeting and planning

·       Strong communication, organization, and facilitation skills.

·       Effective presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross functional audiences

·       Experience managing outsourced vendors (on and off shore)

·       Experience in supervising/managing program team members or direct reports as part of program execution

·       Department of Energy’s regulation 10 CFR 810 is required 

Desired

·       Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

·       Industry Cybersecurity certifications (e.g. ITIL, CISSP, CEH, etc.…)

·       Bachelors/Masters in Information Security, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related fields

·       Experience in Electric or Gas Utility or Power Generation industry, and/or experience in manufacturing

·       Broad knowledge of IT and related control environments

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education:

·       Experience supporting federal IT modernization or cybersecurity transformation initiatives.

·       Familiarity with Risk Management Framework (RMF), FISMA, and federal cybersecurity compliance standards.

·       Knowledge of DevSecOps methodologies and cloud governance practices.

·       Experience managing hybrid cloud or multi-impact level environments.

·       Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, SAFe Agilist, or ITIL.

·       Experience ensuring cybersecurity workforce certification compliance under federal workforce frameworks.

Preferred Tool Experience:

·       MS Project

·       Microsoft Office Suite (advanced Excel and PowerPoint)

·       DevSecOps toolchains (CI/CD platforms, automation pipelines)

·       Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS GovCloud

Thanks & Regards

Himanshu Shahi
VCS Digital LLC
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