Security Digital Identity Project Manager

+SC cleared role - current active clearance is essential

+3 months +

+Inside IR35

+£500 - £600 a day

+hybrid

We are seeking an experienced Security Digital Identity Project Manager to support the delivery of multiple digital identity and cyber security project streams within a complex, secure environment.

Working alongside the Customer Project Manager, you will bring proven experience delivering identity and security programmes, providing oversight of project dependencies, risks, workflows and issue resolution. You will help coordinate delivery across existing workstreams, ensuring plans remain on track and that any changes, risks or escalations are communicated effectively to senior stakeholders.

The role will operate within an Agile sprint-based delivery model, with a particular focus on delivery governance, operational readiness and defining the scope of Digital Identity (DI) services.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Customer Project Manager in coordinating multiple Digital Identity project streams and delivery activities.

• Manage project plans, dependencies, risks, issues and delivery workflows across workstreams.

• Work within an Agile sprint-based delivery model, monitoring progress and ensuring milestones are achieved.

• Communicate changes to delivery plans, key risks and escalations to senior customer stakeholders.

• Define and manage the scope of delivery for Digital Identity services and associated workstreams.

• Coordinate technical documentation and reporting to support Operational Readiness Review (ORR) readiness.

• Maintain regular delivery reporting, governance updates and progress tracking.

• Ensure new certificates follow the agreed certificate onboarding model and associated processes.

• Support issue resolution and manage dependencies between technical teams, suppliers and customer stakeholders.

• Ensure delivery evidence, documentation and readiness activities are in place ahead of service transition and go-live.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Minimum of five years' project management experience, including delivery of cyber security or digital identity programmes.

• Demonstrable experience delivering Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and platforms.

• Experience managing the integration, deployment and engineering of digital identity technologies, including PAM, Identity Governance and Administration (IGA), PKI/certificate management and secrets management.

• Familiarity with platforms such as CyberArk, Venafi, Zilla Security or comparable identity technologies.

• Strong experience managing project dependencies, RAID logs, sprint plans, delivery governance and senior stakeholder reporting.

• Experience preparing technical delivery evidence and documentation for Operational Readiness Reviews, service transition and go-live.

• Ability to define, manage and communicate delivery scope across multiple technical workstreams.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to manage escalations and provide clear delivery updates.

Desirable

• Experience working within regulated, critical infrastructure or utilities environments.

• Relevant project management qualifications such as PRINCE2, APM, PMP, AgilePM or Scrum.