Cybersecurity Project Manager

Hi,

Job Title: Cybersecurity Project Manager Location: Oakland, CA
Duration: November 2, 2026 June 26, 2027

Local candidates only, will be remote and onsite as needed. Can set expectation of one day onsite per week Senior IT Project Manager Tanium Program

Key Skills

• Managing large-scale infrastructure, cybersecurity, or enterprise software implementations. Focus could be on implementing cybersecurity products.
• As Tanium is an IT management and cybersecurity platform that helps large companies manage and protect thousands of computers and servers from one central system.

Risk, Compliance & Quality Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, audit, SOX, NERC, and organizational requirements.
• Develop mitigation plans for schedule, budget, and technical challenges.
• Track dependencies impacting project delivery and operational readiness.
• Drive quality assurance activities and project acceptance processes.

Reporting & Communications

• Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, metrics, and status reports.
• Present project health, milestones, risks, and accomplishments to senior leadership.
• Maintain project documentation, decision logs, RAID logs, and operational transition plans.
• Provide consolidated reporting on deployment status, project progress, and business outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of IT project or program management experience.
• 5+ years managing large-scale infrastructure, cybersecurity, or enterprise software implementations.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise endpoint management or security platform deployments.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery models.
• Experience managing budgets exceeding $500,000 and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Planisware, Jira, or similar project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing or managing Tanium platform deployments.
• Experience with cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, endpoint security, or IT asset management.
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks such as SOX, NERC-CIP, PCI, or similar compliance requirements.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience leading cloud, infrastructure modernization, and operating system lifecycle programs.
• Utility industry or critical infrastructure experience preferred.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Planning
• Program Governance
• Executive Communication
• Vendor Management
• Financial Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Change Management
• Infrastructure & Operations Management
• Cybersecurity Program Delivery
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Continuous Improvement
• Stakeholder Engagement

Success Measures The Senior IT Project Manager will be measured on:

• Successful delivery of Tanium project milestones.
• Achievement of schedule, budget, and scope objectives.
• Endpoint deployment and adoption targets.
• Compliance and audit readiness outcomes.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and executive reporting quality.
• Reduction of operational and security risks.
• Successful transition of project deliverables into steady-state operations.

Regards,

Dominic Savio