Technology Project Manager (Cyber Security)

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Why we're hiring:

WPP ET provides Enterprise Technology services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP ET is an integral part of that journey, and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.

The Cyber Security Improvement Specialist role has end to end accountability for the management of one or more Cyber Security improvement initiatives in line with operational security strategy. Through completion of these the role holder will further improve the organisations detective, protective and responsive operational security capabilities. Delivering and effectively managing operational security improvement initiatives the role holder will strengthen the Organisations security posture, increase its security maturity, and enhance its security capabilities.

The Cyber Security Improvement Specialist will manage engagement with internal and external stakeholders at multiple levels of responsibility, suppliers and the wider Operational Security Team.

What you'll be doing:

Establishing Initiatives

Scope: Defining and agreeing scope of initiatives using established tools and techniques

Stakeholders: Identifying and engaging all stakeholders and developing and implementing an appropriate communication plan

Investment: Leading in the securing of investment through provision of estimates to support Business Case including resources, time, costs, risks, issues, dependencies and assumptions

Resources: Defining the resources required and sourcing; directly line managing resources as required

Mobilisation: Production and distribution of all key mobilisation artefacts such as RACI matrices, Scoping Documents, Project Management documentation; Project Briefs, Project Plans, RAID Logs, Weekly Reporting, collaboration tools, running workshops, implementing governance

Working collaboratively with all key stakeholders accountable internal and external for all the relevant business case documents

Plan/Monitor/Control

Leadership of initiative teams to deliver against the agreed metrics for time, cost and quality

Manage the initiatives in line agreed methodology

Responsible for leading a project, bringing together all internal and external supplier deliverables to ensure delivery of a complete end-to-end solution that is assured against the agreed scope

Create an agreed project plan and baseline schedule and maintain under strict change control

Establish and maintain unambiguous controls (Constraints; Actions; Risks; Dependencies; Deliverables; Decisions; Issues; Change; Assumptions)

Establish and operate Financial control

Ongoing proactive management of stakeholders and communication

Agree span of control within the scope under strict change control (management by exception/ tolerances)

Establish initiative meeting cadence

Adherence to established reporting processes

Adherence to established gateways and corporate governance obligations

Comply with data and cyber security obligations

Ensure Business Change a