Introduction
IBM Security Verify is placed in Gartner Leadership Quadrant as a cloud-based Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution that helps organizations manage user identities and access to applications and resources. It provides features like multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, risk-based authentication, and adaptive access as well as user lifecycle journeys along with associated governance, aiming to protect customer, workforce, and privileged identities. The solution also offers identity analytics to provide insights into user behavior and potential risks.
Your Role And Responsibilities
- Lead project planning, scoping, and scheduling for multiple concurrent development initiatives.
- Manage release cycles, from planning to execution, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
- Define and track project metrics, status reports, and risk logs, and working with various stakeholders to resolve issues as needed.
- Work closely with engineering leads, QA, DevOps, release management and product managers to ensure alignment of deliverables and timelines.
- Act as the single point of contact for project and release management, maintaining up-to-date documentation and communication with stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with internal standards and external requirements related to release processes.
- Foster a culture of continuous optimisation in project delivery, tools, and workflows.
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- 6+ years of experience in project management within software development teams.
- Proven expertise with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and Agile project delivery.
- Strong knowledge of project lifecycle management, including planning, execution, tracking, and delivery.
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Trello).
- Demonstrated ability to manage release planning, risk assessments, project tracking, and status reporting.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including cross-functional team coordination.
- Strong understanding of software development concepts and the SDLC.
- Proven track record of on-time and within-scope delivery of complex technical projects.
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
- Certification in project management (e.g., PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP).
- Experience working with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
- Familiarity with software engineering tools (Git, Jenkins, Docker) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience in working with remote or geographically distributed teams.
- Exposure to quality assurance, security, or compliance-based release cycles (e.g., GDPR, SOX, etc.).
- Knowledge of Security/ IAM domain
- Have a good understanding of Security Vulnerabilities and its management
