IT Program Manager Cybersecurity
About the positionResponsibilities• Support the development of strategic plans, goals, and objectives, accountable for delivering against them. • Manage and oversee large-scale cybersecurity programs, ensuring alignment with organizational security strategies. • Drive program execution from scoping to delivery, ensuring operational readiness for technology implementations. • Develop business cases and manage investment budgets, including forecasting, variance analysis, and actuals tracking. • Partner with key team members across departments to ensure visibility, alignment, and collaboration on cybersecurity initiatives.• Identify and assess program delivery risks, develop response plans, and drive consensus on mitigation strategies. • Work closely with technical SMEs, business stakeholders, and senior leaders to refine plans and drive milestone execution. • Act as a key liaison between technical teams and executive leadership, translating complex security concepts into business impact. • Provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders on status (schedule, dependencies, issues, risks, etc.), ensuring transparency on progress towards program objectives and performance outcomes.• Drive effective stakeholder communication and collaboration to align priorities and resolve challenges. • Assist in recruiting and mentoring team members while fostering a high-performance culture. • Employ project management best practices, including risk monitoring, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and team leadership. Requirements• 8+ years of combined experience in IT project, program, and/or portfolio management. • 4+ years of experience leading multiple concurrent projects with cross-team dependencies.• 2+ years of experience working with Cybersecurity programs (e.g., Identity & Access Management, Security Operations Center, Network Security, Security Architecture & Engineering). • Demonstrated experience as a program manager overseeing a program that encompasses both delivery and operational responsibilities. • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, using sound judgment to analyze variable factors and make decisions in ambiguous situations. • Solid understanding of software development life cycle models and experience leading to program delivery.• Expert knowledge of traditional project management principles and Agile (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) with the ability to effectively blend these frameworks to suit the specific needs of a project and business environment. • Clear communicator (both written and verbal) who can facilitate dialogues with senior stakeholders and drive toward outcomes. Nice-to-haves• Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant information technology or cybersecurity field. • PMP certification. • Proficient with project management tools (e.g.Service, Azure DevOps, Jira Align, Lucid, PlanView/Leankit, WorkBoard). • Experience producing metrics, measurements, and trend reports. • Experience facilitating incremental program planning or big room planning. • Experience facilitating the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) development process and tracking delivery against those Key Results. Benefits• Medical, dental and vision benefits. • 401(k) retirement savings plan. • Paid time off, including company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave.• Short-term and long-term disability. • Life insurance. Apply tot his job