Cyber Security Project Manager

Job description / Role

The Company:
The company delivers solutions which help to protect and enhance the connected world. Our solutions combine large scale data exploitation, intelligence-grade security and complex services and solutions integration. We operate in four key domains of expertise: Cyber Security, Financial Crime, Communications Intelligence and Digital Transformation.

The Role:
Our Project Managers need to combine a blend of technical, management and leadership skills to play a pivotal role in the team-based delivery of technically focussed work including system development and integration projects.

Applied Intelligence develops a diverse range of solutions and we are able to offer our Project Managers a wide variety of work with other highly-skilled Applied Intelligence consultants.

You will be accountable for the delivery of a project or programme with responsibilities including:
- Management of client engagements and business development opportunities
- Production of estimates and project plans
- Successful delivery of the project to time, quality and cost. Take appropriate cost reduction measures such as early mitigation of risk to reduce overall cost of delivery and spend of contingency
- Preparation of work orders and project documentation (PID/PMP, status reports, change control notes and other key documentation)
- Selection and application of project delivery methods/lifecycle
- Identification and active management of technical risks and issues with an impact on delivery and finances
- Work closely with and drive delivery of your team, particularly working closely with project technical architects and development teams
- Day to day project/delivery management of technical delivery teams including task assignment and review Recruitment, selection, allocation and performance management of your team members
- Support new business development and contribute appropriately to proposals and/or propositions Management of scope and requests for change.

Requirements

Essential:
- Bespoke software development experience
- Client facing
- P&L ownership 1-3M
- Strong company stable career background
- Clearly showing appetite for success
- Prince 2, APM or similar project management qualification.
- Experience of Agile Development
- Drawing on existing experience you should be able to quickly develop a good understanding of the business problem being solved and the technology solution being developed. You should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills working with the wider team at Detica and/or from 3rd party or client organisations to achieve this
- Excellent understanding of estimation and will be able to provide reasoned estimates of both timescales and costs involved in development and system integration projects drawing on a number of complementary techniques including top-down and bottom-up approaches
- Able to work relatively autonomously to shape and undertake individual assignments or work streams within larger programmes
- Through previous technical experience as a lead developer or in other project lead roles you must be capable of effectively managing technical teams of and providing clear leadership and direction to mixed work streams, involving both clients and/or additional third parties to deliver the project collaboratively
- Be able to clearly demonstrate how you are able to influence and guide team members in designing and implementing the most appropriate solution and establish authority in gaining buy in from your team and wider stakeholders
Able to influence and persuades others with tact and authority and show empathy towards clients whilst retaining a commercial focus as an example leading the negotiation of contract change requests
- Have an excellent understanding of the impact of change on delivery plans and are able to manage change control tightly and guide the client in selecting whether to implement changes in current workstream or suggest future development phases
- Be able to manage and control all project risks and issues, escalating risks/issues with suggested solutions as appropriate and controlling resources and spend within the project budget and timeline
- Capable of managing delivery teams of up to 10 people and able to use a range of delivery techniques including waterfall, iterative and agile methodologies and adhere to Deticas project management processes
- Able to consistently contribute proactively and positively to team briefings and to lead and motivate staff
- An excellent academic record in a technical/numerate discipline, but just as important is demonstrable expertise in a relevant consulting or technology area, strong client-facing skills and evidence of continued career progression.

Desirable:
- Experience working in a consultancy or large Systems Integrator
- Experience of User Centric Design
- Technologies to have experience in include: J2EE, .NET, EAI, Data warehousing and ETL, Content and Document Management, RDBMS (Oracle, SQLServer), Front End Development HTML/CSS, Reporting and Analytics and information security technologies
- Capable of acting as Technical Architect on projects where a Technical Architect is not assigned or should have some experience as an architect in one or more of the key technology areas commonly encountered in Deticas engagements
- Have experience in the management of sub-contractors delivering services and in the negotiation of contracts with these parties on behalf of the client or your own team.

About the Company

Due to overwhelming client demand, SQ Computer Personnel opened a branch in the UAE in 2007 which we called SQ Gulf. Over the last 7 successful years we have carved out a strong and credible reputation in the UAE as a recruiter of choice. We work in partnership with a number of large multi-national and regional organisations as well as smaller, boutique companies. We aim to supply personnel on a sole agency basis which, in turn, provides you with a very attractive and cost effective, headache-free process.

SQ Gulf covers a wide range of vertical markets with in the MENA region. We have mirrored our UK successes by building a 360 degree, full life-cycle infrastructure and support strategy. We have an experienced team of account managers who are all well versed in their specific market vertical. We cover all levels of seniority and job titles. I myself, have over 13 years of professional recruiting experience, 5 of which have been in the UAE. As an agency, I strongly believe that SQ Gulf, with it\\'s team of dedicated and experienced staff, are exceptionally well placed to provide a smooth, successful and cost-effective recruitment solution. We have an exceptionally large database of current candidates, from UAE Nationals to expats currently looking for new challenges in the region.