Job Description

Program Manager III acts as the lead on the program management team.  The Candidate :

• Assists in managing large programs consisting of a number of interrelated projects. 
• Is required to use Sprint Nextels program management tools (PMO website, Websource) to manage project work plans, issues, risks, and dependencies. 
• Produce status reports and conducts status meetings and facilitates issue resolution and risk management sessions.  
• Bachelors Degree in Information Systems, Business or Management.  
• Project Management certification desired.  
• Graduate degree preferred.
• 8 years related work experience.

Plan, execute, review and lead information technology compliance and governance initiatives.

Develop and implement a governance and control framework to monitor IT production environments for potential system integrity exposure and control weaknesses. Identify various risks (e.g., financial, operational, compliance) to the organization and make recommendations for corrective actions/mitigation of risks. 

Evaluate complex information systems and controls, report findings to management, and communicate recommendations for corrective actions.  

Assist in the development of a new compliance and governance program specific to the company. Requires clear, concise written and verbal communication skills with technical teams, non-technical teams, and translation between both.

The individual will work with process owners at all levels to develop solutions to close issues related to non-conformance findings. Demonstrated expertise in relevant areas which include, but are not limited to, Network Security, Network Administration, System Administration, Application Security and Consultancy, System Integration, Auditing, or any special skills.   

This individual will assist in the creation of a NY DFS vendor risk assessment and validation capability and define CA privacy compliance and audit project requirement and validation methods.  Preferred:  CISSP, CIPP and/or CISA.

This individual should be familiar with governance and risk management programs.    Able to work with various stakeholder to define and document control and testing methodologies.   Preferred: One or more of the following certifications:  CISSP, CIPP and/or CISA.  

Previous background in IT Security, architecture, data, development, database technologies, data loss prevention vendor risk management or development.   

***Must be US citizen ***

This is a possible temporary to permanent position.