Project Manager Secure Modern Workplace

The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is within scope of the NIS2 directive and has strategically committed to achieving ISO27001 compliance maturity in the coming years. The TU/e has identified four strategic focus areas within its Digital Safety Program. The Digital Safety Program aims to significantly strengthen the university's cyber resilience, governance, identity & data security, endpoint security and overall control framework, while maintaining the open and collaborative nature of an academic institution.

The Secure Modern Workplace project will define, design and implement a future-ready workplace model for TU/e. The project must balance strong central security standards with the specific needs of faculties, researchers, local IT teams and specialized academic environments. A key objective is to co-create new workplace types with the faculties, including the standard secure workplace, research workplace, Linux workplace, macOS workplace and BYOD workplace. The project also includes the roll-out of Mobile Device Management and the use of Microsoft capabilities such as Intune, Autopilot, Company Portal, Entra ID, Conditional Access, device compliance and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

The Project Manager is responsible for delivering the Secure Modern Workplace initiative within the Digital Safety Program. The objective is to establish a controlled, automated and service-oriented workplace model that reduces unmanaged risk, improves user experience and lowers operational support effort. The Project Manager will coordinate co-creation with faculties and local IT, translate functional and technical requirements into service building blocks, and steer the design, pilot and rollout of the agreed workplace concepts and MDM capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the project plan, roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks and budget.
• Organize and facilitate faculty co-creation workshops and stakeholder alignment sessions.
• Coordinate the definition of workplace types: standard secure, research, Linux, macOS and BYOD.
• Translate workplace requirements into service building blocks, operating model choices and support boundaries.
• Coordinate the MDM rollout and Microsoft endpoint management design, including Intune and related Microsoft products.
• Ensure alignment with security baselines, identity, conditional access, application packaging and support processes.
• Set up governance, escalation, exception handling, acceptance criteria and operational handover.
• Coach, involve and train an internal project manager to support knowledge transfer and future ownership.

TU/e consists of various departments and faculties where education and research are conducted, supported by several central services. The candidate will work as project manager within the Digital Safety Program, primarily with LIS workplace management, end-user services, architecture, security operations and service management teams. A substantial part of the assignment is to work directly with faculty stakeholders, researchers and local IT teams to create buy-in, validate requirements, define workable service options and ensure a smooth transition into the new Secure Modern Workplace support model. You report to the Program Manager Digital Safety.

Deliverables

• Approved Project Approach
• Faculty Co-Creation and Adoption Approach
• Workplace Type Definition
• Secure Standard Workplace Design
• Research Workplace Model
• Linux and macOS Workplace Model
• BYOD Workplace and MDM Model
• Microsoft Endpoint Management Roadmap
• MDM Roll-out and Migration Plan
• Application Packaging and Light Rationalisation Approach
• Security Baseline and Compliance Model
• IAM and Conditional Access Alignment
• Exception and Risk Acceptance Process
• Service Building Blocks and Operating Model
• Pilot Implementation and Evaluation
• Knowledge Transfer and Internal Project Manager Coaching