International Monetary Fund · 15 hours ago
Program Lead (Cybersecurity and Risk Management)-ITDPV (Contractual)
USA, Washington DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expThe International Monetary Fund is seeking a Program Lead for the Project and Vendor Management Division to oversee cybersecurity programs and risk management initiatives. The role involves ensuring successful implementation and support of these initiatives while managing resources, timelines, and vendor relationships.
FinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Oversees the scope, resources, timeline, and expectations of cybersecurity and risk management projects, ensuring alignment with program and project budgets
Works in close collaboration with the Program Chief, Program sponsors, Steering Committee members and other members of the initiative to ensure successful implementation of both business and technical workstreams
In collaboration with the Program Chief/Sponsor, leads, motivates, develops and manages the program/project team responsible for the implementation of the major transformation initiative. Assists the Program Chief in building a high caliber project team with the skills and capabilities needed to deliver end‐to‐end transformation initiatives
Supervises the day-to-day program/project activities and ensure that appropriate internal and external resources are allocated to the different projects
Identify program/project risks, recommend appropriate mitigating actions in consultation with relevant stakeholders, and manage the implementation of these actions to minimize or completely negate any impact to the program/project
Responsible for the planning and execution of major transformation initiatives and works cross-functionally and with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure ITD is supporting the transformation objectives and enabling business capabilities
Resolves program/project-related issues or escalate these issues for resolution, as appropriate
Monitors and evaluates program/project progress. Provides accurate and timely reports to management, Steering Committees and others, as applicable
Ensures that relevant procedures and practices are followed by the different project teams and provide recommendations where those procedures and practices could be improved
Facilitates smooth turnover/rollout of projects to the Business Area, ITD support and maintenance teams and managed services providers
Builds effective work relationships among key project stakeholders, business areas, and all internal and external partners to achieve objectives
Works closely with other departments and units to deliver work, such as: ensuring work is guided by agreed priorities; guaranteeing high standard of deliverables; ensuring adherence and compliance to information security requirements, ITD’s Integrated Project Management Lifecycle, and close monitoring of program/project status; responding to audit findings within area of responsibility, etc
Works in close collaboration with other members of the Product Management Office and Delivery organization to ensure that business needs are being met and that ITD is the go‐to partner for IT capabilities
Maintains a strong understanding of the Fund and its departments and divisions
Negotiates at senior levels on technical and commercial issues with the business
Acts as an advisor and builds and maintains senior level relationships across the wider stakeholder community
Provides strong program/project management leadership for both the technical and business process workstreams. Adheres to PMI best practices for project and program management, such as:
Leading the development of the business case, CBA, project charter, scope, PMP, integrated project plan and other project management documents
Issuing weekly status reports, tracking completion of schedule activities, updating RAID logs, tracking hot topics and escalating issues as required
Holds both technical, business and vendor project team members accountable for on-time completion of tasks as part of regular progress meetings
Conducts regular reviews with business Program Chief, executive sponsor(s) and stakeholders to update on status and identify project/program needs, issues and/or changes
Establishes and ensures appropriate governance functions for the project/program in accordance with enterprise policies, practices and on behalf of the executive sponsor
Manages the costs, financials and funding aspects of the transformation initiative
Ensures that project is implemented on schedule and on budget and project goals are accomplished and in line with business objectives
Collaborates with PMO on periodic status reporting and managing scope, cost, and schedule health
Directs and coordinates activities of Project personnel to ensure Project progresses on value delivery schedule and within budget
Where required, liaises with Product Management and Delivery teams to manage and prioritize product portfolio and upcoming projects
Qualification
Required
Educational development, typically acquired through the completion of an advanced university degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related field of study plus a minimum of (8) eight years of relevant professional experience; or a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field of study plus a minimum of fourteen (14) years of relevant professional experience, is required
Minimum 10 years of proven experience managing diverse and multi-skilled teams (including team based offshore) for successful delivery of projects including projects requiring complex integrations with other systems
Exceptional program/project management, organization and communication skills
Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity, information risk management, and security operations concepts, sufficient to partner effectively with technical leads and translate requirements into executable project plans
Demonstrable experience in managing and taking responsibility and accountability for large scale Information Technology programs and projects with multiple stakeholders
Demonstrable experience in building relationships with multiple parties (internal and external) to ensure quality and timely deliverables are achieved even without direct control over those parties
Demonstrable experience in working with internal stakeholders and external suppliers and outsourcing support work to drive internal and external teams to meet their deliverables to agreed quality and timelines
Ability to apply accepted project management and implementation methodologies and to mentor and coach both National staff project managers, business analysts and other members of their project/program team
Demonstrated proficiency in preparing and presenting project/program status to Steering Committees
Demonstrated proficiency in preparing and presenting new business cases, both orally and in writing, and providing appropriate quality of deliverable to ensure the business case is approved through ITD's governance process
Experience in preparing comprehensive Statement of Work, vendor selection and vendor management
Expert knowledge of software development methodologies
Relevant, prior experience or expert knowledge in financial systems implementation
Excellent negotiation skills when dealing with internal stakeholders and external vendors
Strong analytical skills
Excellent interpersonal, relationship, and stakeholder management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Proven track record of success in leadership positions
Preferred
Preferred industry-recognized Program and Project Management Certification such as MSP, PMP or Prince2
Company
International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund works to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, and reduce poverty around the world.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
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Kristalina Georgieva
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