Sr. IT Project Manager

5 Days ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Sr. IT Project Manager will be a member of the Cybersecurity Enablement team, collaborating with teams across Information Security and business units. Responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams, analyzing and planning project requirements, defining deliverables and responsibilities, informing stakeholders, arranging meetings, assigning tasks, facilitating team meetings, identifying and resolving conflicts, preparing status reports, and assisting with change requests. The role also involves participating in scrum teams using Agile methodologies. The manager will also help service owners, development, operations and engineering teams to achieve strategic objectives.
Must have:
  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
  • Minimum of 5 years’ Project Management experience
  • 3+ years managing initiatives using Agile methodologies
  • 3+ years in Information Security and/or Information Technology
  • Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
  • Experience with Agile and/or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent time management, organizational and problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Certifications in Project Management (PMP, SAFe)
  • Certifications in Information Security (CISSP, CISM)
  • Certifications in IT Service Management (ITIL)

Job Details

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What We'll Bring:

IT Project Manager

What You'll Bring:

This role is a member of the Cybersecurity Enablement team and will interact with teams throughout Information Security and across both domestic and international business units. This role will be responsible for:

  • Lead a cross functional team to achieve project requirements, deadlines and schedules.
  • Analyze, plan and develop requirements in reference to scheduled projects.
  • Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for participants required for specific projects or initiatives.
  • Ensure all stakeholders are informed on schedule and budget.
  • Arrange agendas and schedules for meetings between all of the individuals who will be contributing to initiatives.
  • Assign and oversee deliverables of technical personnel while ensuring all participants are actively working toward established milestones.
  • Facilitate regular technical team meetings to determine progress and address any questions or challenges regarding projects.
  • Identify and resolve conflicts and project issues.
  • Prepare project status reports.
  • Present progress and project status to management and other interested parties.
  • Assist with coordination of project-related change requests.
  • Participate as a scrum team member using Agile methodology and scrum practices.
  • Write internal communications documents, including handouts and emails, to inform team members of important notices.
  • Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of scrum maturity
  • Help service owners, development, operations and engineering teams to achieve strategic objectives.
  • Other duties as required

Impact You'll Make:

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT/IS, Project Management or a related field preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ Project Management experience.
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing initiatives using Agile methodologies.
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Information Security and/or Information Technology; ideally in a fast-paced, service-oriented, multinational environment.
  • Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
  • Familiarity and experience working with Agile and/or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies.
  • Broad familiarity of common information security, information technology and cloud services terms and concepts.
  • Familiarity with IT Service Management (ITSM) terms and concepts.
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to clearly communicate, expressing requirements and expectations to a wide range of individuals
  • Excellent time management, organizational and problem-solving skills.
  • Stakeholder-focused with strong attention to quality and detail.
  • Energetic, self-motivated and resourceful.
  • Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making
  • Analytical skills to monitor progress of an undertaking and identify areas needing adjustment or improvement
  • Cooperative and communicative attitude with executive staff, managers, and employees
  • Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality
  • Experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles
  • Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict
  • Ability to adapt to a changing environment
  • Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction
  • Willingness to manage multiple tasks at once
  • Experience with project management tools such as: Trello, Rally, etc.
  • Proven experience with Microsoft productivity tools including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook.

Candidates with certifications in Project Management (PMP, SAFe); Information Security (CISSP, CISM); or IT Service Management (ITIL) will be given additional consideration.

This is a remote position which may require occasional in-person attendance at work-related events at the discretion of management.

TransUnion Job Title

IT Proj Mgr, Project Management

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About The Company

TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible in the modern economy. We do this by providing an actionable picture of each person so they can be reliably represented in the marketplace.  As a result, businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things.  

This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world.

A leading presence in more than 30 countries across five continents, TransUnion provides solutions that help create economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for hundreds of millions of people.

We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.

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