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Project Manager – Operational Technology (OT) Security
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Delivery Lead to join a large-scale cyber security transformation programme focused on strengthening Operational Technology (OT) and manufacturing security across a complex international organisation.
Working within a dedicated OT Cyber Security function, you will play a key role in delivering strategic cyber initiatives that protect critical operational environments. This is a highly visible position, offering the opportunity to lead complex programmes that improve cyber resilience, regulatory compliance, and operational security across manufacturing and industrial environments.
You will work closely with cyber security, engineering, architecture, operations, and third-party suppliers to deliver transformative security capabilities aligned to recognised frameworks such as IEC 62443 and NIST.
Key Responsibilities
Programme Delivery & Planning
- Translate strategic objectives into detailed delivery plans, roadmaps, and work packages.
- Manage project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
- Drive day-to-day delivery activities including planning sessions, reviews, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Ensure delivery outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.
Governance & Reporting
- Prepare and coordinate governance and stage-gate documentation.
- Track project progress against scope, schedule, cost, quality, and benefit targets.
- Maintain accurate project repositories, documentation, decision logs, and audit evidence.
- Produce clear and concise reporting for senior stakeholders and programme leadership.
Risk, Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Ensure all deliverables meet cyber security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Support security reviews, architecture reviews, compliance assessments, and quality gates.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and evidence throughout project lifecycles.
- Drive risk, issue, assumption, and dependency management activities.
Stakeholder & Change Management
- Engage effectively with business leaders, operational teams, technical specialists, and external vendors.
- Support organisational change activities, business readiness, training, and adoption planning.
- Manage stakeholder communications and expectations throughout delivery.
Vendor & Resource Management
- Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams across security, engineering, architecture, service management, and business functions.
- Monitor supplier performance, deliverables, milestones, and contractual commitments.
- Identify resource requirements and support capacity planning activities.
Financial Management
- Track project budgets, forecasts, commitments, and actual spend.
- Support budgeting and reforecasting cycles.
- Validate supplier invoices and monitor financial performance against approved budgets.
Transition to Operations
- Ensure successful transition of solutions into business-as-usual operations.
- Coordinate service readiness activities including support models, runbooks, SLAs, monitoring, and training.
- Manage go-live readiness, hypercare activities, and operational handover processes.
Key Projects
You may support initiatives including:
- Operational Technology Security Monitoring deployments
- IT/OT Network Segmentation programmes
- Secure Remote Access implementations
- Site Security Assessments and Classification programmes
- Regulatory compliance initiatives, including NIS2 readiness
- OT cyber resilience and security maturity improvements
About You
We’re looking for an experienced delivery professional who combines strong programme management capability with a solid understanding of cyber security and operational technology environments.
Essential Experience
- Proven experience leading cyber security, technology, or transformation projects.
- Experience delivering complex programmes across geographically distributed organisations.
- Strong project delivery experience within matrixed and cross-functional environments.
- Knowledge of cyber security frameworks and standards such as:
- IEC 62443
- NIST CSF
- ISO 27001
- CIS Controls
- SOC 2
- GDPR
- Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, risks, and governance processes.
- Strong understanding of risk management and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive delivery outcomes.
- Experience working with operational and manufacturing stakeholders and understanding business-critical environments.
Desirable Experience
- Delivery experience within Operational Technology (OT), industrial control systems, manufacturing, or critical infrastructure environments.
- Experience working within large, federated organisations.
- Background in consulting, managed services, or technology service providers.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities.
- Professional certifications such as:
- PMP
- MSP
- CISSP
- CISM
- PRINCE2 (or equivalent)
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This job was posted by Barclay Simpson: https://www.barclaysimpson.com/job/jem-44738/project-manager-operational-technology-ot-security/
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