Senior Project Leader for Security Projects

Job Title: Senior Project Leader for Security Projects

Start Date: October 1, 2025

Location: Brussels

Work Regime: Full-time, 2 office days per week

Responsibilities:

• Manage epics within the CISO division from ideation to completion.
• Coordinate team members and ensure processes are applied to deliver projects on time, within budget, and aligned with objectives.
• Lead technical projects within the IDAM Programme, specifically in the IDentity & Access Management domain.
• Ensure adequate resources are assigned, deliverables are produced and validated, and monitor delivery in terms of scope, planning, budget, and quality.
• Monitor changes, risks, and issues, and take appropriate actions in agreement with the Sponsor and Epic Owner.
• Ensure epic outputs are tested, deployed, and operational teams are ready to embrace changes.
• Respect methodology and governance, and report to stakeholders to ensure awareness and appropriate decisions.

Management Responsibilities:

• Oversee the epic on a day-to-day basis, managing dependencies, milestones, and impacts.
• Ensure deliverables are produced with required quality, within time and budget, and in line with the methodology framework.
• Direct, motivate, and challenge the project team to meet scope and expectations.
• Manage risks and issues, perform change control, and report to the Sponsorship Committee.

Qualitative Responsibilities:

• Produce the Project Quality Plan, documenting the approach to quality management.

Planning Responsibilities:

• Create and agree on plans with involved teams and the Sponsorship Committee.
• Initiate demands via processes like QBR & QP.

Operationalization Responsibilities:

• Ensure operationalization aspects are embedded in delivery with the help of the ERO.

Post-Implementation Responsibilities:

• Prepare the Post-Implementation Report for validation by the Sponsor.

Required Soft Skills:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving abilities
• Punctuality and meticulousness
• Critical thinking
• Team and collaboration focus
• High work ethic and adaptability
• Ability to work autonomously

Profile:

• 10+ years of proven Project Management experience in a large Financial Services organization.
• Experience managing projects with development of business processes, procedures, controls, and KPIs.
• Experience managing multiple projects in parallel, ranging from 1000 to 3,000 man-days.
• Strong leadership skills with adaptability to different contexts and stakeholders.
• Experience with industry-standard methodologies like Waterfall, PMI, or Prince2, and agile delivery methods.
• Experience with outsourced projects management is a plus.
• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills, with the ability to influence management levels.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills.
• Affinity with technical domains and familiarity with Information Security technologies, especially Identity & Access Management.
• Knowledge of CyberArk technologies is a plus.