Senior IT Project Manager – Disaster Recovery, Cyber Resilience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Portugal.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete delivery of Disaster Recovery and cyber resilience projects across various regions and locations.

• Manage the setup of a co-location Disaster Recovery facility in the region, which includes network connectivity, storage solutions, Nutanix, VMware, firewalls, and application onboarding.

• Facilitate Disaster Recovery enablement and ensure recovery readiness for critical business applications.

• Lead recovery planning, conduct testing, and perform site failover exercises.

• Propel the implementation of Ansible-driven recovery automation, technical runbooks, and recovery playbooks.

• Oversee cyber resilience initiatives such as Citrix modernization, Azure MFA, malware protection, and addressing security findings.

• Coordinate with Infrastructure, Network, Security, Applications, Business Continuity, vendors, and regional or site stakeholders.

• Take ownership of project planning, budget management, resource allocation, dependencies, RAID management, governance, and executive reporting.

• Ensure that Disaster Recovery solutions are tested, documented, transitioned to operations, and capable of fulfilling established recovery objectives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.

• At least 5 years of experience in IT project management.

• Preferably, experience in Disaster Recovery, infrastructure, cybersecurity, or business continuity projects.

• Strong understanding of Disaster Recovery principles, business continuity, recovery testing, failover processes, and enterprise infrastructure.

• Experience in regulated pharmaceutical settings (GxP documentation).

• Experience in managing infrastructure projects that involve VMware, Nutanix, storage, networking, firewalls, and co-location/data center environments.

• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and recovery orchestration; experience with Ansible is highly beneficial.

• Understanding of MFA, malware protection, Citrix, and security remediation techniques.

• Demonstrated experience managing global or multi-site projects, technical vendors, risks, budgets, and cross-functional delivery teams.

• Strong stakeholder management, communication, governance, and executive reporting capabilities.

• Fluent in business English.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with global teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual budget allocated for professional development.

• Regular workshops and training sessions.

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

• Rewards through a referral program.

• Loyalty-based benefits starting from the third year through the Unity Scheme.

• Assistance with visas, permits, and international assignments.

• Country-specific perks tailored to your residence.

• A diverse and inclusive culture.

• Option for remote work.