Gofore Plc is a digital transformation consultancy with over 1,400 impact-driven employees across Finland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Estonia and Italy. We care for our people, our customers, and the surrounding world. Our diverse group of experts shares a pioneering ambition to create a more humane, sustainable and ethical digital world. At Gofore we want to provide the best opportunities to develop and thrive, both at work and beyond. In 2023, our net sales amounted to EUR 189.2 million. Gofore Plc’s share is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
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We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our cybersecurity team, to ensure smooth and high-quality delivery of technical security assessments.
Technical security assessments are one of our most sought-after cybersecurity services. In this role, you will have the opportunity to influence our business growth, operational efficiency, and the satisfaction of our customers and our cybersecurity consultants – all while ensuring secure digital services for our clients.
In recent years, Gofore’s cybersecurity business has grown rapidly, and we have established ourselves as a cybersecurity partner for several large organizations across critical infrastructure, intelligent industry, and public sectors organisations. Our clients include e.g. Hiab, Aimo Park, Labkotec, Cardiff University, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, VR, Valtra.
What you’ll do
As a Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for the high-quality and smooth execution of technical security assessments. These assessments are often a few weeks long and are conducted for various clients simultaneously. You will act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project and work closely with our consultants, sales, and resourcing teams. You will attend client meetings, estimate project workloads, schedule the assesments, and set goals in collaboration with the client. You will review the produced reports and present the assessment results to clients, together with our consultants. You will ensure that we deliver what our clients need and what has been agreed upon.
This is a new role for us, so you will also have the opportunity to develop the process and operative side of delivering assesments.
What we expect from you
You might already be an experienced professional in cybersecurity and project management, or you might have just a few years of work experience in cybersecurity, as long as you can keep projects firmly under control and you are familir with technical security assesments.
The following qualities will help you succeed in this role:
- Strong project management and organizational skills, and experience from project management.
- Technical expertise and work experience in cybersecurity. Preferably, you are familiar with the key methods and techniques of technical security assesments (such as penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, etc.). You have insights and experience into the delivery of these assesments.
- An independent and proactive approach to work, ability to react and adapt quickly to changing situations.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills – you get along with different types of people and can communicate naturally with both technical and business professionals.
Seen as advantage:
- Experience as a cybersecurity consultant and the ability and iterest to deliver projects also as a consultant in customer projects (technical or administrative information security) is seen as advantage.
- Relevant skills and interest in working as a consultant in client projects alongside the project management responsibilities. For example, skills and experience in conducting technical security assesments yourself or working on other cybersecuity tasks and projects is seen as a big plus!
- Higher education degree in computer science, information security, or a related field.
What we offer
As an employer and a community, we promise to take care of you, because happy and healthy employees are the heart of our company. Our low hierarchy allows for a self-directed and transparent company culture. Our diverse team of professionals share a pioneering spirit and a desire to work for a company whose purpose goes beyond making a profit – we strive to create a more humane, sustainable and ethical digital world.
The community spirit of Goforeans also extends outside the workplace: you can join your colleagues in various leisure activities, such as video game sessions and events for families – or a traditional Finnish sauna evening! We want to support you in finding a work-life balance that works for you, so we offer you flexible working conditions as well as tools and equipment according to your needs. We offer our employees a diverse package of benefits, including:
- Certification and training opportunities (Udemy for business, Offsec)
- Lunch, exercise, commuter and bicycle benefits
- Sick child care benefit, you can also request paid leave when a family member gets sick
- Comprehensive occupational healthcare
- Massage and dentist benefits
- Share savings plan offered to all Goforeans
Salary development: For us it is important that Goforeans receive reasonable total compensation for their work. The compensation is the outcome of, not only experience and skills, but also active work for our two values: being a good workplace for everyone and considering customer perspective in everything we do. The feedback that you receive, your utilisation rate (we are consultants, after all!) and your own professional development are central in the salary discussions with your People Leader. In addition to the monthly salary, we have separate bonuses linked with the company’s success. Bonuses can be related to, for example, recruitment, sales or actions advancing Gofore’s employer brand.
Interested?
Please submit your application by 29.8. and we will be in touch with you. We aim to fill the position as soon as a suitable candidate is found. Please note that we are on vacation in July, so we’ll get back to you in early August.
You can read here what happens when you send your application and how recruitment progresses at Gofore.
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