The DWP Cyber Resilience Centre (CRC) offers a uniquely challenging and fulfilling opportunity for people interested in making a genuine difference to society. The CRC is an innovative and responsive operation delivering a range of services to help DWP protect, monitor and respond to malicious behaviour or activity and threats to, or compromises of, financial and personal data assets.
DWP is the UK’s biggest government department: few other organisations globally provide the same opportunity to apply next-generation digital technology on a massive scale to issues which touch the lives of so many. We support 20 million people every day to help them to find work and save for their future. We provide financial assistance worth over £180 billion each year to ensure that the most vulnerable in society are protected. With 800 locations and around 90,000 colleagues, we’re bigger than most retail operations.
The Senior Security Project Delivery Manager will work as part of the CRC Capability Development Group to deliver business improvements across CRC Operational teams, ensuring that expected outcomes of security project objectives are met within cost, time and quality constraints.
They will utilise good security knowledge and apply it, whilst leading and utilising their knowledge of project management in planning, tracking progress, managing risks and issues, financial, resource and stakeholder management. The post holder will, through good collaboration ensure compliance with required standards and frameworks as appropriate.
Responsibilities
* Manage several deliveries (which could include process changes, IT changes, organisational changes) simultaneously for key operational areas of CRC ensuring all changes are fully tested and fit for purpose.
* Work with business and technical representatives to manage requirements and lead deliveries.
* Communicate accurate progress status updates regularly and at the appropriate level, including with senior leaders.
* Define business requirements and work with the Engineering scrum master to prioritise and transform these into achievable engineering tasks and outputs.
* Develop, create and maintain documentation and records using tools and techniques established within the team.
* Tracking and managing Programme spend and forecasts regularly and work together with the Finance Business Partner to maintain accurate records
* Lead on Commercial procurements with involvement at every stage of the procurement process including chairing supplier contract review meetings where appropriate.
* Lead on ad-hoc team activities supporting senior leaders at SCS working with stakeholders across the DWP.
* Line Management of a small team which may include contractors, apprentices and other Security Project staff.
There will be minimal travel to other hub locations for team meetings etc which may involve occasional overnight stays.
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