Job Description

The Government Client is seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader to oversee enterprise-scale IT modernization and cybersecurity programs, with a strong focus on safeguarding Critical Value Assets (CVAs) and ensuring robust data protection.
Job Title: Senior Project Manager/Leader
Job Location: Toronto, ON/Hybrid
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Must Haves:
Proven experience managing large-scale IT modernization and cybersecurity programs protecting CVAs
Expertise in data protection and information security
Strong leadership background in the cybersecurity domain
Hands-on experience with CVA-related initiatives
Responsibilities:
Lead enterprise CVA security initiatives, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets
Define and validate information security architecture (DLP, data classification, encryption, Guardium)
Conduct consultative workshops to gather business/security requirements and design secure solutions
Develop and maintain integrated project schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and change-control processes
Manage vendor engagements, third-party integrations, and interoperability with SIEM (Splunk, Azure Sentinel) and SOAR tools
Chair Steering Committees and architecture-review boards; provide status updates to executives and sponsors
Proactively identify and mitigate security risks, ensuring operational readiness and long-term supportability
Champion OPS I&IT security and project-management best practices