PAW - Project Manager
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£590 Per day
Undetermined
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Reading (RG1)
Summary: The role of PAW Project Manager involves overseeing a Privileged Access Workstation project for a Telecommunications provider on a 4-month contract. The position requires extensive experience in security and infrastructure projects within regulated environments, particularly in UK telecoms. The successful candidate will communicate effectively with senior leadership and manage project health through strong governance and reporting capabilities. Familiarity with privileged access security concepts and structured project management methodologies is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the PAW project, ensuring alignment with security and infrastructure requirements.
- Deliver complex security, identity, or infrastructure projects within UK telecoms or regulated environments.
- Communicate effectively with senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Maintain project health through governance, reporting, and control capabilities.
- Collaborate with technical delivery leads or architects on security-focused projects.
- Utilize structured project management methodologies such as PRINCE2, MSP, or Agile.
- Synthesize technical details into clear and actionable reporting.
Key Skills:
- Experience in PAW/PAM environments.
- Proven track record in delivering security and infrastructure projects.
- Strong communication and influencing skills with senior stakeholders.
- Understanding of privileged access security concepts and secure administration models.
- Governance, reporting, and project control expertise.
- Experience with project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP, Agile).
- Familiarity with UK telecoms operator assurance frameworks and regulatory reporting.
- Knowledge of Microsoft security and identity ecosystems.
- Background in endpoint security and identity management.
Salary (Rate): £590 per day
City: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Summer-Browning Associates are currently supporting our client, a Telecommunications provider who are seeking a PAW - (Privileged Access Workstation) Project Manager on an initial 4 month contract.
Location: Reading or Paddington - A couple of times per month
Essential Requirements -
- Applicants should have relevant experience of operating within PAW/PAM environments
- Proven experience delivering complex security, identity, or infrastructure projects within UK telecoms or similarly regulated environments.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and executive stakeholders, including the ability to influence, challenge, and drive clarity.
- Strong understanding of privileged access security concepts, secure administration models, and PAW-related controls and how this interacts within a PAM environment.
- Strong governance, reporting, and project control capabilities, with a track record of restoring or maintaining project health.
- Experience working alongside technical delivery leads or architects on security-focused projects.
- Expertise in structured project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP, Agile governance).
- Ability to synthesise technical detail into clear, concise, and actionable reporting.
Desirable Experience
- Experience with UK telecoms operator assurance frameworks, including security baselines, risk management, and regulatory reporting.
- Familiarity with NCSC Secure Administration principles, Zero Trust, and privileged access hardening.
- Understanding of Microsoft security and identity ecosystems (Entra ID, Intune, Defender, Conditional Access).
- Background in endpoint security, identity management, or privileged access tooling.
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