Identity and Access Management Project Manager

Overview

We are seeking an Identity and Access Management (IAM) Project Manager with consulting experience to lead client-facing engagements from initiation through closure. This role is responsible for the successful planning, design, execution, monitoring, and delivery of IAM projects within a consulting environment, where managing client expectations, navigating ambiguity, and driving outcomes are critical.

The Project Manager’s primary focus is risk management, with a clear understanding that risk directly impacts the success of any engagement. In a consulting capacity, this includes proactively identifying risks across technical, organizational, and stakeholder domains, and ensuring they are clearly measured, communicated, and mitigated throughout the project lifecycle.

Success in this role requires strong communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly in a consulting context where the Project Manager serves as a trusted advisor to clients. The ideal candidate is articulate, open-minded, solution-oriented, quality-focused, and—most importantly—an active listener. They must be comfortable engaging with both technical teams and executive stakeholders, asking insightful questions, uncovering unstated assumptions, and facilitating alignment across diverse groups. The role also requires the ability to manage conflict, drive decision-making, and maintain forward momentum in complex environments.

Prior consulting experience is essential, including experience managing multiple stakeholders, adapting to different client environments, and delivering projects with a high degree of professionalism and accountability.

This role involves limited travel (less than 20%), with the majority of work performed remotely.

US Citizen required. 

Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary point of contact for identity and access management engagements with Identity Fusion's expanding customer base. 
• Provide oversight of the project schedule and budget (with a high level of fiscal control and accountability) and risk/issue management.
• Manage and execute project deliverables in line with the project plan and milestones.
• Drive for results and deliver what is needed to ensure on-time delivery of project deliverables and meet published project go-live date.
• Effectively execute project management disciplines (Waterfall, Agile, Iterative) throughout project lifecycle when managing projects and/or programs.
• Support regular project management meetings with agendas, weekly status reporting with issue and risk identifications and mitigation.
• Build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders, and team members
• Provide regular updates to the management team on project progress
• Provide regular feedback to the PMO to guide future methodology and packaged service development

Required Skills:

• Prioritize own and team’s work
• Work with team to identify and document project tasks
• Develop work breakdown
• Anticipate consequences of actions, potential problems, or opportunities for change
• Set and meet realistic deadlines
• Forecast changes and communicate current and projected issues
• Create within the team a shared focus on the importance of achieving results
• Create work standards for project; establish and define roles and responsibilities, specific outcomes, and clear measures for quality and success of the team
• Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensure technical feasibility
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
  
• Experience in Cybersecurity / Identity and Access Management projects
  
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Experience in Consulting Delivery Services
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Manage hybrid project teams that include customers and Identity Fusion employees
• And most importantly, have a sense of humor

Experience and Qualifications:

• US citizen required.
• Great educational background, preferably in the fields of computer science or engineering for technical project managers
• Prior project management experience with a consulting firm leading software implementation initiatives
• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
• Experience working with external customers (rather than internal projects)
• Hands on experience with Atlassian Jira. Microsoft Project or similar tool.
• Ability to recognize and manage project scope change
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills

Desired Skills:

• Working knowledge of Identity and Access Management solutions from vendors such as ForgeRock, Ping, Okta, SailPoint, etc.
• Familiarity with software collaboration and time management tools
• Experience with process improvement and inventory control
• PMP Certification
• Advanced time management and analytical skills
• Working knowledge of PMO

Salary : $70,000 - $100,000