Program Manager - Cybersecurity

Senior Cybersecurity Program ManagerWe are seeking an accomplished Senior Cybersecurity Program Manager to lead medium-to-large, multi-workstream technology, cybersecurity, and data privacy initiatives within a complex, matrixed organization. The selected professional will manage high-priority programs involving multiple technical teams, business stakeholders, geographic locations, and organizational dependencies. This role requires exceptional program leadership, executive communication, financial oversight, risk management, and the ability to translate technical information for nontechnical audiences. Cybersecurity experience is strongly preferred but is not required for candidates with extensive experience managing enterprise-level technology programs.Key ResponsibilitiesLead complex cybersecurity, data privacy, and technology projects involving multiple teams, workstreams, and stakeholder groups.Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, and success criteria.Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans that support on-time, on-budget, and high-quality delivery.Manage high-priority initiatives requiring significant resources and cross-functional across business units, technical teams, implementation groups, customers, and organizational leadership.Serve as a liaison among application, implementation, cybersecurity, support, and stakeholder teams.Identify resource requirements and monitor resource allocation throughout the program.Address resource shortages, surpluses, and competing demands to keep deliverables on schedule.Track progress against established plans and hold project owners accountable for completing assigned tasks.Identify, assess, document, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.Develop mitigation strategies and escalate critical risks or roadblocks to leadership.Administer the project change-control process and ensure work remains aligned with approved scope.Communicate project status, risks, decisions, milestones, and financial performance through written reports, presentations, and regular program information effectively to stakeholders, senior management, and executive audiences.Develop and maintain financial forecasts in partnership with application and technical teams.Track forecast-to-actual variances, update project budgets, and support cost-efficient delivery.Assist with requirements gathering, application inventories, assessment data collection, estimation, and planning.Document key assumptions and dependencies that may affect delivery timelines or resource requirements.Partner with other project and program managers to validate assumptions, prioritize work, and align project plans.Develop and maintain project documentation, including inventories, project plans, schedules, status reports, risk logs, decision logs, and stakeholder and facilitate project meetings, establish agendas, document decisions and next steps, assign owners, and drive actions through completion.Review project deliverables for completeness, accuracy, quality, and adherence to established standards.Partner with customers, technology owners, and cybersecurity teams to promote compliance with security policies and organizational standards.Maintain a working understanding of relevant products, platforms, systems, and technical capabilities.Provide leadership and guidance to junior project or program managers when needed.Take full ownership of assignments and drive them through completion.