Programme Manager - Cyber Security - Outside IR35

Location:

Birmingham Job Type: Permanent Industry: Business Transformation Job reference: BBBH
430757_ Posted: about 1 hour ago

Outside IR35, West Midlands, will involve travel, Fast paced environment, meticulous IT governance background, Cyber Risk Reduction, IT planning, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management

We are looking for a to recruit an IT Programme Manager for a Cyber workstream specifically around Cyber Risk Reduction is a high-level professional responsible for defining, planning, and overseeing the execution of an organisation's entire cyber security programme, which is comprised of multiple related projects (work streams). This role focuses on strategic alignment with business needs and managing big-picture outcomes rather than the day-to-day specifics of a single project.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Governance: Defining the overall cybersecurity strategy and roadmap, prioritising work streams based on risk and business value, and establishing the governance framework, reporting structures, and decision-making processes.
• Delivery Oversight: Leading the end-to-end delivery of complex cyber programmes across multiple business units, ensuring all projects within the programme meet agreed time, budget, and quality constraints.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identifying, tracking, escalating, and mitigating programme-level risks, issues, and interdependencies, and ensuring alignment with regulatory obligations and control frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR).
• Stakeholder Engagement: Acting as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders (CISO, CIO, HR, etc.), managing expectations, and communicating progress, risks, and decisions clearly to executive leadership.
• Resource & Vendor Management: Managing programme budgets, resource allocation, and relationships with third-party suppliers and vendors to ensure cost-effective delivery.
• Change Management: Coordinating activities between IT, security, and business teams, ensuring seamless integration of technology solutions and alignment with organisational change initiatives.

If this sounds of interest and you are available immediately please apply - you ideally need to be easy commute of the Birmingham area.