Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cypress HCM is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead enterprise Identity and Access Management initiatives. The role owns project planning, stakeholder coordination, technical delivery oversight, risk and change management, operational enablement, and continuous improvement across IAM platform implementations and transformations.
Responsibilities
- Project planning and scope management
- Define project charters and detailed scope for IAM initiatives
- Break down complex IAM implementations into manageable workstreams and phases
- Develop schedules, resource plans, and cost estimates in partnership with technical leads
- Establish success criteria and KPIs aligned with business objectives
- Stakeholder coordination and communication
- Lead project governance boards and steering committee reviews
- Communicate status, risks, and decisions to technical and business audiences
- Coordinate between infrastructure, security, applications, and business teams
- Manage dependencies, escalations, and stakeholder concerns proactively
- Technical delivery oversight
- Provide technical project leadership on platform implementations (Okta, CyberArk, Saviynt, etc.)
- Track and manage technical workstreams including design, build, testing, and deployment
- Collaborate with architects and engineers to ensure solutions meet requirements and standards
- Manage quality assurance, security testing, and compliance validation
- Risk and change management
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks
- Develop and execute change management plans for organizational transitions
- Plan and manage cutover activities, rollbacks, and contingencies
- Support post-implementation review and lessons learned capture
- Operations enablement and training
- Coordinate training and documentation for operations and support teams
- Develop operational runbooks and procedures for new capabilities
- Support knowledge transfer and team readiness
- Metrics and continuous improvement
- Track and report project metrics: schedule variance, budget variance, scope adherence
- Monitor value realization against post-implementation targets
- Identify and implement process improvements in IAM delivery
Skills
- Strong working knowledge of IAM platforms and architectures (Okta, Active Directory, PAM, IGA)
- Deep understanding of identity governance, lifecycle management, and compliance controls
- Proven experience managing enterprise security or infrastructure projects
- Advanced project management skills: planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management
- Excellent stakeholder communication and cross-functional leadership ability
- Ability to translate technical architecture into business and operational context
- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies
- 10+ years in project management, program management, or technical delivery roles
- 5+ years managing IAM, security, or enterprise IT projects
- 3+ years hands-on experience with enterprise IAM platforms (Okta, Saviynt, or equivalent)
- Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-team enterprise initiatives through delivery
- Experience managing platform migrations, implementations, or significant configuration changes
- Bachelor degree in computer science, information systems, business, or related field
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
- AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platform experience
- Experience with agile ceremony facilitation and SAFe frameworks
- Knowledge of IAM governance standards (NIST, CIS, SOC 2)
- Experience with zero-trust architecture or modern identity frameworks
- Track record working with security and compliance stakeholders
Benefits
- 100% remote (open to any time zone; preference for CST or EST)
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