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TEKsystems

Information Security Project Manager

TEKsystems, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Job Overview This Information Security Project Manager role is on site 5 days a week supporting a large banking client. This contract is budgeted for a full year with potential to extend up to 18 or 24 months. Converting full time with the client is also a possibility upon the end of the contract. Candidates must pass a lifetime background check and be willing to work on site 5 days a week in one of the office locations listed below. This will be a W2 contract with TEKsystems with core working hours of 8-5, Monday through Friday, 40-hour work weeks.

Consultant will be paid weekly and will have access to Udemy Business for upskilling while on the contract.

Top Skills

Previous IT Security PM experience in an enterprise banking environment (candidates need to be comfortable in highly regulated environments and capable of handling an enterprise equivalent in banking)

Infrastructure (Hardware) background; candidates must clearly articulate their infra experience

Data Protection – experience implementing hardware solutions to secure environments

Endpoint Security experience – CrowdStrike preferred, but other comparable products acceptable (SentinelOne, etc.)

Description This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering defined deliverables which usually requires engagement from multiple teams.

Key responsibilities include communicating work objectives, coordinating delivery, managing risks, ensuring compliance to standards, and providing end‑to‑end visibility into the health of the deliverables. The role ensures execution and delivery meet the client’s expectations in terms of functionality, quality, timeline and cost. They facilitate sync points across multiple organizations to enable delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate and facilitate routines to support delivery (kick‑offs, status reviews, stakeholder meetings, change controls, tollgates, etc.)

Plan and coordinate delivery and dependencies across multiple teams.

Facilitate dependency management, risk management, and impediment removal for the defined deliverables.

Promote and facilitate communication and collaboration across organizations to support deliverable completion and timeline.

Gather and facilitate status updates for the deliverables to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to delivery, risks/issues, and schedule.

Ensure execution aligns with deliverable requirements by working with the sponsor and stakeholders.

Ensure deliverables comply with Enterprise‑Change Management standards.

Support resource planning for delivery/execution.

Primary Engagement Works at program level under the supervision of a more senior domain expert or manager.

Primary Interactions Scrum Master, Product Owner, Product Manager, Release Train Engineer, Technology Manager, and Delivery Lead II.

Required Skills

Agile Scrum Experience

MS Project

Technical Change Management (software/hardware deployments)

Advanced understanding of security business practices, familiar with project management processes and controls

Strong knowledge of financial services, cybersecurity products, services and technologies at a functional and data level

Cyber security policy, standards and project management process controls

Skills Summary

Project management, infrastructure, data protection, endpoint security, network security, CrowdStrike, Agile

Additional Qualifications Onsite 5 days a week. Eligible cities: Charlotte (Uptown), Denver, Chicago.

Experience Level: Intermediate.

Location & Type Contract position based out of Chicago, IL. Fully onsite.

Pay & Benefits Pay range: $65.15 – $65.15/hr.

Medical, dental & vision

Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth

Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for employee and dependents)

Short and long‑term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, Sick Leave)

Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Dec 24, 2025.

Equal Opportunity Statement The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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