As an Information Security Project Manager, you will help ensure that the Security Organization’s projects are managed in a consistent and efficient means and are planned in a business-appropriate manner to ensure we can successfully deliver on-time utilizing available resources and capacity.
The right candidate for this role will be:- Demonstrated skills at building strong working relationships and influencing both internal and external partners at all levels; has passion and convictions and the innate ability to encourage passion in others
- Outstanding and effective interpersonal skills; strong verbal and written communication abilities
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple projects/priorities and report project details to management
- Hyper-organized and capable of juggling all of the data associated with projects and task-tracking
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous and constantly evolving work environment
- Inspired to identify and innovate in areas where automation can replace manual work
- Trained in working with project tracking software (e.g. JIRA)
- Demonstrable analytical skills using data to derive impactful insights and drive decisions in a business environment
- At ease operating in a small, dynamic, fast growing team, able to be self-sufficient with an ability to have a can-do attitude and make oneself accountable.
- Skilled at communicating across a diverse set of technical and non-technical teams
- Experienced developing process improvement, systems development, and project management across cross-functional teams
- Knowledgeable in technology development best practices (such as Agile)
- Hungry to expand knowledge of new domains in all areas of our business
- Passionate about learning more about Security
- Information Security knowledge or experience is a plus, but not required
Position Expectations:- Maintain excellence of project governance with internal and customer stakeholders, managing day-to-day project planning and execution, project scope, expectations and risks, and ensuring timelines are met and quality deliverables produced
- Partner with Information Security leadership, team leads and internal customers to develop mechanisms for identifying and reporting requirements, issues, and opportunities
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, evaluate outcomes and challenge conventional wisdom
- Demonstrated ability to work across cross functional teams to deliver large, complex IT solutions
- Responsible for feature definition (concept through implementation) including business requirements gathering and documentation
- Responsible for prioritization and trade-offs between customer experience, schedule, performance, and cost
- Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business
- Ensure robust communication internal to MongoDB, within the project team, and from the team to the customer
- Act as the glue between Information Security teams and internal customers
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- Implement and improve the processes and tools that inform the daily life of Information Security team members; educate team members on new improvements
Success Measures:- In 3 months you’ll have fully ramped up to understand the Information Security Organization’s goals, current priorities and current methods of project management and team coordination
- In 6 months you’ll assist with InfoSec project management and work with program management team to update the process based on feedback you’ve received; You’ll have developed relationships internally as well as across the org helping the team effectively and more efficiently complete projects
- In 12 months you’ll have recommended, identified and implemented a subset of areas for process improvement within the Security Organization