Project Manager

Title: Project Manager

Hours: M-F 8-5 (Hybrid)

Location: New York, NY 10017

Duration: 6 months (with possible extension/conversion to FTE)

Team Overview:

• Working heavily with Techops team
• Very lean tech and engineering group

Job Description:

What You'll Do:

Data Privacy Program and Data Mapping / ROPA Delivery:

• Serve as day-to-day Project Manager for the Protiviti-led Data Mapping, Records of Processing Activities, and Privacy Program Support engagement, helping ensure timely completion of Discovery and Design, Assessment and Validation, Reporting, and Phase 2 Planning activities.
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans, workstream trackers, budget and hours-consumed reporting, risk logs, and weekly status reporting materials.
• Coordinate stakeholder interviews, system-owner workshops, documentation requests, and follow-up activities across business, technology, legal, compliance, and functional teams.
• Support configuration and privacy technology enablement activities in partnership with external advisors and technology stakeholders.
• Help synthesize project outputs into practical implementation roadmaps supporting privacy operations integration, DSAR and PIA program maturity, data discovery, and monitoring capabilities.
• Track dependencies, open issues, decisions, and required escalations to support timely execution and leadership visibility.

Cybersecurity Integration Program Enhancement:

• Coordinate completion of cybersecurity integration action items, including application registration in Application Portfolio Management system, Vulnerability Disclosure Program rollout, Cyber Risk Questionnaire and Cyber Control Self-Attestation compliance gates, and AI/ML assessment intake processes.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams engineering and product stakeholders to support adoption of Secure Development Life Cycle, infrastructure onboarding, and related security review processes.
• Support execution of aligned cybersecurity and privacy incident response processes, including tabletop exercises, escalation-path awareness, and coordination with Security Operations and Global Data Privacy stakeholders.
• Maintain corrective action trackers and drive assigned owners toward timely completion of remediation activities.
• Provide clear and concise status updates to Industrious leadership, integration stakeholders, and relevant governance forums.
• Promote operational alignment and business adoption of cybersecurity and privacy requirements in a practical, risk-based manner.

Program and Stakeholder Management:

• Support the Head of Compliance & Privacy in maintaining a consolidated tracker of Compliance and Data Privacy Integration Plan action items across governance and operating model, policies and notices, data mapping and ROPA, DSAR, PIA/DPIA, third-party risk, training, and awareness workstreams.
• Assist with coordination of vendor and procurement administration for third-party engagements, including statement of work execution, requisition tracking, milestone invoicing, and related documentation.
• Support and facilitate recurring cross-functional working sessions and manage action items across industrious business, legal, technology, and compliance stakeholders and Compliance, Legal, Cybersecurity, and Digital & Technology teams.
• Prepare polished, executive-ready status updates, dashboards, risk registers, and committee materials for leadership review.
• Operating in both Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 environments.
• Improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within the scope of the engagement.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with RISE values.
• Other job-related duties may be assigned.

What You'll Need:

• To perform this role successfully, an individual will need to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.
• A minimum of 5+ years of program or project management experience, ideally spanning technology, cybersecurity, data privacy, compliance, or risk-related domains.
• Hands-on technology or technical program experience is required, including experience in software delivery, IT or engineering program management, cybersecurity operations, technology risk, or a similar discipline.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-workstream projects delivered with external advisory or consulting firms and internal cross-functional stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of data privacy program components such as data mapping, ROPA, DSAR, PIA/DPIA, privacy technology enablement, or privacy operations is preferred.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity governance concepts such as incident response, vulnerability management, application security onboarding, secure development processes, and compliance gates is preferred.
• Familiarity with privacy technology platforms such as OneTrust is a plus.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong proficiency in Google Workspace environments, including Gmail, Drive, Meet, Calendar, and related collaboration tools, is preferred.
• Exceptional organizational, communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to translate technical, privacy, and cybersecurity details into clear, concise updates for senior leadership and cross-functional audiences.
• Strong entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change, drive accountability, and influence stakeholders in a matrixed organization.
• Extensive organizational skills and an inquisitive mindset.

Nice to have skills:

• Insider risk program experience
• A little more tech savvy, work with engineers and product developers

Years of Experience: 5 years of experience

Software skills: Experience with Google Suites

Interview Process: 1 step