Senior Project Manager

The role

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Zero Trust Exchange deployments for SLED and Federal customers, from kickoff through project closure. Act as the primary trusted advisor and coordinate cross-functional technical teams.

What you will do

• Own the full delivery lifecycle of concurrent, complex customer deployments: planning, execution, governance, risk management and formal sign-off
• Lead multiple customer engagements: Zero Trust deployments, legacy security tool migrations, architecture assessments and optimization programs
• Define, track and report success criteria, metrics, milestones and timelines
• Develop and maintain project plans, rollout schedules, risk and issue logs, meeting minutes and executive status reports
• Work with internal specialists and customer stakeholders to resolve roadblocks and escalations

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship
• Demonstrated experience in State, Local, Education or Federal domains
• Formal project or program management experience delivering customer-facing technical solutions in professional services, consulting or enterprise SaaS
• Active PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent recognized project management certification
• Practical understanding of firewalls, proxies, secure web gateways (SWG) and VPN architectures
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing or positioning AI-driven solutions

Nice to have

• Direct experience managing large-scale Zero Trust, SASE or enterprise cloud security deployments (e.g., ZIA, ZPA, ZDX)
• Hands-on proficiency with Salesforce, Jira, Confluence and Smartsheet, and experience using generative AI tools
• Active or recent (within the last 10 years) DoD/DoW security clearance (SECRET or TS)

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Vacation and sick time plans
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship is required

About the company

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) provides the Zero Trust Exchange platform, a SASE-based cloud security platform that protects customers from cyberattacks and data loss. The company describes it as the world's largest in-line cloud security platform.