Senior IT Risk Project Manager

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior IT Risk Project Manager to join our project for a leading US financial institution. This role is based in Hyderabad, IN.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful delivery of projects
• Achieve financial targets
• Manage stakeholders' expectations
• Drive presales & business development activities
• People management activities
• Project manager activities:
  • Project start
  • Project Planning and Execution
  • Team Management
  • Self-management

Requirements

Must Have

Core Project Management

• 7+ years of professional experience in software development projects and management
• 5+ years of experience in large scale Project/Program management
• Proven track record in complex projects with global, distributed teams
• People management experience for 20+ FTEs
• Good understanding of program financials and reporting
• Good understanding of project manager areas of responsibility:
  • Project Planning
  • Backlog prioritization, detailing, and decomposition
  • Understanding of SDLC and ability to build/optimize project processes
  • Communication with the team and client
  • Understanding of motivation factors
  • Team Management
  • Result-oriented
  • Working with feedback: provide and receive

Risk Management

• Demonstrable experience running IT risk, security, or compliance-driven programs - not only feature delivery
• Ability to build and maintain a risk register: identification, qualification, scoring, mitigation planning, ownership assignment, and escalation
• Experience coordinating remediation programs across multiple engineering teams (patching, vulnerability closure, control implementation) and tracking them to measurable closure
• Comfortable operating with audit, InfoSec, and compliance stakeholders; experience preparing evidence and status for governance forums or steering committees
• Working knowledge of at least one control or risk framework (NIST CSF/RMF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, SOC 2, or similar)
• Ability to translate technical findings into business impact and risk-based prioritization for senior stakeholders

Soft Skills and Education

• Verbal and written business communication skills
• Presentation skills, including to executive and risk-committee audiences
• Negotiation skills
• Master's Degree in computer science or similar education
• Certification advantage: PMP / PRINCE2 / SAFe, plus one of CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or CISA

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with security vulnerability management: CVE/CVSS, severity triage, SLA-based remediation cycles
• Exposure to penetration testing engagements - scoping, vendor coordination, findings review, retest tracking
• Understanding of AI/GenAI risk: model and data governance, AI risk scans and assessments, prompt injection and data leakage exposure, third-party AI tooling review
• Awareness of emerging AI governance and regulation (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF) and how it lands on delivery teams
• Understanding of secure SDLC practices: SAST/DAST/SCA, dependency and supply chain risk, threat modelling

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work with a leading US financial institution
• Professional growth and development

About the Company

Luxoft is a global leader in digital transformation and technology services, empowering businesses to innovate and thrive in the digital age. We are committed to delivering excellence and creating value for our clients, partners, and employees.

Application

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