Zero Trust Program Manager

Title: Zero Trust Program Manager
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 months
Reports To: InfoSec Zero Trust Program Leader

Role Summary

• This is primarily a program leadership role, not a hands-on engineering position. Candidates with technical or cybersecurity backgrounds are welcome, but the focus is on large-scale program coordination, governance, and stakeholder management within complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional alignment across security, IT, infrastructure, identity, networking, and business teams.
• Manage detailed tracking of requirements and deliverables against the Zero Trust architecture, framework, and maturity model.
• Develop and maintain program plans, metrics, KPIs, reporting, and success criteria.
• Partner with Zero Trust Pillar Leads to align roadmaps, dependencies, and milestones.
• Capture and socialize technical and non-technical requirements, changes, and status updates with stakeholders.
• Apply industry knowledge and Zero Trust subject-matter expertise to continuously enhance the program.
• Support related security initiatives such as Passwordless Authentication, Identity, and Directory Consolidation.
• Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned by Zero Trust program leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a technical field, or Business Management and 4+ years of experience, or High School Diploma/GED with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of program management experience, preferably in technology or security programs.
• 3+ years of experience working with IT or information security teams.
• Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional enterprise programs.
• Working knowledge of Zero Trust concepts, frameworks, or maturity models.
• Strong ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent stakeholder management, problem-solving, and coordination skills.

Desired Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management experience, including security or technology initiatives.
• 5+ years in an information security domain, with exposure to one or more Zero Trust pillars (Identity, Device, Network, Cloud, Data, etc.).
• Experience implementing Zero Trust programs in large or highly regulated enterprises.
• Broad technical familiarity across IAM, Infrastructure, Endpoint, SecOps, and GRC.
• Experience in the financial services or healthcare sectors.
• Relevant certifications such as PgMP, PMP, CISSP, CISM, or CISA.
• Strong executive presence with excellent presentation and communication skills.