Cybersecurity Project Manager - (Oil&Gas)

Title: IT Project Manager – Infrastructure & Cybersecurity
Experience Level: 5–7 years

Role Summary

Client is seeking an Infrastructure Project Manager to lead and coordinate a portfolio of Infrastructure and Cybersecurity projects, with a stronger emphasis on Cybersecurity initiatives. This person will manage medium-to-high complexity projects end to end, working across technical and business teams in a matrixed environment. The role requires strong project management fundamentals, the ability to handle multiple concurrent efforts, and the communication skills to keep cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders aligned.

This is not a deeply hands-on engineering role, but the ideal candidate should be able to quickly understand technical environments, manage technical project documentation, and effectively coordinate with engineering, security, infrastructure, IT/OT, and business teams.

Priority Project Focus Areas

Candidates should have relevant experience supporting projects in several of the following areas:

• Cybersecurity initiatives with stronger emphasis than general infrastructure

• Risk Based Vulnerability Management

• Threat Exposure Management

• Hardware refresh projects

• Network infrastructure projects including routers and related components

• Cybersecurity tools, including initiatives involving blocking or controlling AI usage

• GRC-related controls (helpful, but lighter focus)

Core Responsibilities

The Project Manager will be expected to:

• Manage multiple Infrastructure and Cybersecurity projects simultaneously from initiation through closure

• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and status reporting

• Handle project setup, forecasting, budgeting, accrual-related coordination, and invoice management

• Track scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies across concurrent projects

• Coordinate across Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, IT/OT, vendors, and business stakeholders

• Ensure project artifacts, reporting, and documentation align with client standards and governance requirements

• Provide regular status updates, dashboards, PowerPoint updates, and project health reporting

• Lead project meetings, governance reviews, follow-ups, and meeting minutes

• Manage vendor coordination, timelines, deliverables, SOW alignment, and invoice-related follow-through

• Proactively identify problems, bring the right people together, and drive timely resolution

• Support change control, risk management, escalation management, and cross-functional communication

• Maintain strong documentation and project records throughout the project lifecycle

Required Background

Candidates should show most of the following:

• 5–7 years of Project Management experience

• Experience managing multiple concurrent IT infrastructure and/or cybersecurity projects

• Strong project management fundamentals across scope, schedule, cost, risk, and stakeholder management

• Experience working in a matrixed, cross-functional environment

• Experience coordinating across technical teams, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors

• Strong communication, organization, and documentation skills

• Ability to quickly understand technical and business concepts

• Ability to manage project financials including forecasting, budgeting, and invoice tracking

• Experience creating and maintaining status reporting and project documentation

• Strong sense of urgency, ownership, and follow-through

Strongly Preferred

These are strong positives in resume evaluation:

• Background in Infrastructure Project Management with Cybersecurity exposure

• Experience with cybersecurity-focused programs or tools

• Exposure to network infrastructure, hardware refreshes, or related enterprise infrastructure initiatives

• Experience working with Agile teams

• Familiarity with Scrum; Scrum Master exposure is helpful but not required

• Familiarity with Lean Agile principles

• PMP certification preferred

• Experience in an IT environment

• Energy industry experience is a plus

Helpful Tools / Platforms

Experience with any of the following is beneficial, but not mandatory:

• ServiceNow

• OnePlan

• Planview

• Rally

• Microsoft Project

Important note:

• Microsoft Project is nice to have, not a hard requirement

• Visio is not required

• Cybersecurity certifications are not required

• ISO experience is not required