Senior Project Manager – Data Governance & Cyber Programme
Contract: 18 Months split into 3 6 month contracts
Day Rate: £500 – £525 p/d OUTSIDE IR35
Location: Hybrid, with travel to Stratford ideally 1–2 days per week
Start Date: As soon as possible
The Opportunity
A large, complex organisation is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a key portfolio of work focused on treating organisational data as a strategic asset
.The role sits across the organisation’s Data and Cyber functions and forms part of a wider Security Improvement Programme. You will take ownership of several interdependent workstreams designed to improve how data is identified, classified, governed, protected and managed across the organisatio
n.This is not a generic project management role or a deeply technical architecture position. It requires someone who can operate confidently between business change, data governance, cyber security and programme delive
ry.Key Responsibili
- tiesTake the outputs of the Data Asset Discovery exercise and translate them into an actionable delivery road
- map.Lead and coordinate multiple workstreams across Data, Cyber, Technology, Product and the wider busin
- ess.Support the identification, classification and assignment of ownership for critical data ass
- ets.Establish practical governance processes covering data ownership, lifecycle management, retention, protection and acc
- ess.Build an enduring data governance capability that becomes embedded into day-to-day business operati
- ons.Strengthen governance around data access, including role-based access controls and the principle of least privil
- ege.Support information protection, data clean-up and knowledge management initiati
- ves.Coordinate the implementation of relevant SharePoint governance capabilit
- ies.Help define information lifecycle and retention requirements, including appropriate retention peri
- ods.Support business continuity planning by identifying the datasets that underpin critical services and agreeing appropriate recovery priorit
- ies.Work closely with senior Data and Cyber leadership to ensure priorities remain alig
- ned.Manage relationships with third-party suppliers, engineers, product managers and specialist technical te
- ams.Facilitate planning, decision-making, prioritisation and delivery across a complex stakeholder environm
- ent.Maintain clear oversight of risks, issues, dependencies, milestones and delivery progr
ess….