Project Manager, IAM/PAM (Contract)

CoreFactor is searching for a Project Manager, IAM/PAM on a contract basis for a client in the GTA. 

This position is hybrid and will require the successful incumbent to travel into the Mississauga office four (4) times per week. 

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of enterprise Privileged Access Management (PAM) initiatives that reduce cyber risk and enhance security governance. The role is accountable for the successful implementation of CyberArk and Identity Security Cloud solutions, privileged account onboarding, process modernization, and operational readiness. The ideal candidate is a proven delivery leader with strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and experience driving complex security programs across cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate is a confident delivery leader who can manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and organizational change while ensuring PAM controls are adopted effectively and aligned with enterprise cybersecurity and identity strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Governance

• Lead the full project lifecycle for PAM from initiation through planning, execution, deployment, stabilization, and transition to operations.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, success criteria, and resource requirements in partnership with business, technology, and security stakeholders.
• Manage project execution against approved timelines, scope, budget, and deliverables while proactively identifying risks, issues, roadblocks, and required decisions.
• Prepare executive-level updates, steering committee materials, status reports, risk summaries, mitigation plans, and decision documents in alignment with standard project governance practices.
• Track deliverables, approvals, documentation, sign-offs, and transition activities using standard project delivery tools such as Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and related governance toolsets.

Privileged Access Management Delivery

• Lead the delivery of PAM capabilities that reduce privileged access risk and strengthen identity security controls across the enterprise.
• Coordinate CyberArk implementation and enhancement activities, including privileged account onboarding, vaulting, session monitoring, credential rotation, least privilege controls, and access governance.
• Work with IAM, Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Application, Database, and Operations teams to identify privileged access use cases, dependencies, risks, and implementation requirements.
• Support delivery activities related to CyberArk components such as Vault, CPM, PSM, PVWA, EPM, and PTA, where applicable.
• Drive structured onboarding of privileged accounts across servers, applications, databases, service accounts, cloud platforms, and other high-risk environments.
• Support implementation of modern access models, including just-in-time access, least privilege, session monitoring, credential risk reduction, and operational control adoption.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication
• Serve as the primary project liaison between Security, IAM, Infrastructure, Application, Operations, Business, vendors, system integrators, and executive stakeholders.
• Communicate project vision, objectives, progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership, process owners, technical teams, operational teams, and external partners.
• Facilitate alignment across workstreams and ensure teams remain accountable for milestones, deliverables, decisions, and issue resolution.
• Influence outcomes without direct authority and help resolve competing priorities across business and technology teams.

Risk, Compliance & Audit Readiness

• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate risks related to privileged access, project delivery, operational readiness, compliance, and business disruption.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure users and support teams understand new processes, account onboarding expectations, access request changes, and operational impacts.
• Coordinate testing, validation, user acceptance testing, deployment planning, cutover activities, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Ensure readiness for go-live through structured change management, stakeholder communications, operational support planning, and adoption activities.
  

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in IT project or program management, preferably delivering enterprise security, infrastructure, IAM, or access management initiatives.
  
• Proven experience leading CyberArk, PAM, IAM, or cybersecurity transformation projects in a complex enterprise environment.
  
• Strong understanding of Privileged Access Management concepts, including credential vaulting, privileged account onboarding, session monitoring, least privilege, access governance, and operational control adoption.
  
• Experience managing large, cross-functional teams across technical, business, vendor, and operational workstreams.
  
• Demonstrated ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, issues, decisions, and executive communications.
  
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior executives, technical teams, business leaders, vendors, and operational support teams.
  
• Proven ability to manage ambiguity, resolve complex issues, make pragmatic recommendations, and drive execution in a fast-paced environment.
  
• Strong financial and business acumen, including budget tracking, forecasting, cost/benefit awareness, and delivery of business outcomes.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-ready presentations, status updates, governance materials, and decision documents.
  
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and project management reporting tools.