Program Manager - Public Sector - Cybersecurity

Ref 2580614 | Date: 23 Sept 2026

Ekkiden

An international consulting group founded in 2019, Ekkiden drives an ecosystem of passionate and committed consultants who lead organizational, operational, and technological transformation projects in IT/Digital, Industry/R&D, and sustainability, for large accounts and SMEs, in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany.

Program Manager - Public Sector - Cybersecurity (M/F/X)

The role:
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We are looking for a Program Director / Senior Program Manager with solid experience in steering complex and strategic programs, notably acquired within the public sector.

You will take charge of the structuring, governance, and steering of programs involving multiple projects, stakeholders, and dependencies. You will ensure a consolidated vision of issues, risks, resources, budgets, and deadlines and support management bodies in necessary arbitration.

The programs concerned operate notably in IT, transformation, and information security environments. Experience in cybersecurity, data protection, or compliance is therefore an asset, but the core of the role remains primarily program management.

Responsibilities:
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Steering complex programs

• Take charge of the global steering of strategic programs composed of several interdependent projects and workstreams.
• Define and structure governance, objectives, milestones, deliverables, and performance indicators.
• Steer budgets, resources, schedules, risks, dependencies, and priorities at the program scale.
• Maintain a consolidated vision of progress and anticipate deviations, risks, and blocking points.
• Identify necessary arbitrations and support decision-making bodies in their decision-making.
• Guarantee the consistency and alignment of the different projects with the strategic objectives of the program.

Governance and coordination

• Set up and facilitate governance bodies, program committees, and steering committees.
• Coordinate a wide range of stakeholders: business departments, IT, experts, project managers, external partners, and sponsors.
• Produce consolidated reporting for management and decision-making bodies.
• Ensure clear communication on progress, risks, decisions, and priorities.
• Define and enforce program management methods and standards.

Risk management and transformation

• Identify, evaluate, and monitor risks at the program scale.
• Steer action plans and necessary corrective measures.
• Support organizational transformations related to the programs.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of steering methods, tools, and processes.

Security and compliance environments

Depending on the programs concerned:

• Collaborate with teams in charge of information security, data protection, and compliance.
• Integrate regulatory and security constraints into program steering.
• Facilitate coordination between technical experts, business departments, and decision-making bodies.

What we are looking for:
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Experience

• Senior and significant experience as a Program Manager, Program Director, or equivalent function.
• Demonstrated experience in steering complex and strategic programs, beyond the management of an individual project.
• Mastery of governance for programs involving multiple projects, teams, and stakeholders.
• Significant experience in the public sector or with public administrations / public bodies.
• Used to working with management and governance bodies and managing environments involving many stakeholders.
• Experience in steering budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and performance indicators.

Key skills

• Excellent mastery of program management and multi-project steering.
• Very good skills in governance, planning, and risk management.
• Ability to structure and steer programs in complex environments.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and influence skills with interlocutors of all levels.
• Strong capacity for analysis, synthesis, and decision support.
• Mastery of project and program management methodologies and tools.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Appreciated assets

• HERMES certification and practical experience of the HERMES methodology.
• Experience in the Swiss public sector.
• Experience in programs related to cybersecurity, information security, data protection, or compliance.
• Knowledge of information security governance principles and standards.
• Experience in change management and organizational transformation.
• Knowledge of Agile environments.

Personal qualities

• Leadership and ability to unite people.
• Excellent coordination and prioritization skills.
• Analytical and synthetic mindset.
• Result orientation.
• Ability to take a high-level view while ensuring rigorous operational follow-up.
• Autonomy and ability to propose solutions.
• Excellent adaptability.
• Resilience and ease in complex and highly structured environments.

Certifications:
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Particularly appreciated:

• HERMES

Other appreciated program/project management certifications:

• PgMP (Program Management Professional)
• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• IPMA Level C/B/A

Cybersecurity certifications constituting a plus:

• CISM
• CISSP
• ISO 27001 Lead Implementer / Lead Auditor
• Equivalent certifications in security