IT Program Manager - cybersecurity Data Protection

Overview:

The IT Program Manager is responsible for leading strategic cybersecurity data protection programs and ensuring elective execution across the enterprise security portfolio. This role focuses on program-level leadership, including defining program strategy, e5tablishing governance, managing interdependencies, and aligning multiple initiatives under a cohesive roadmap. The Program Manager oversees planning, execution, and reporting for data protection programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise security, privacy, regulatory, and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

·         Lead and orchestrate multi-year, cross-functional enterprise data protection and cybersecurity transformation programs.

·         Translate cybersecurity and data protection strategy into executable plans with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.

·         Align data protection initiatives with cloud, digital, privacy, and broader security transformation programs.

·         Lead coordination across Business Units

·         Work with stakeholders to intake data protection and cybersecurity engagement requests and requirements, partnering with Product Owners to translate requests into service delivery and roadmap features.

·         Drive consensus on priorities, sequencing, and dependencies across initiatives.

·         Facilitate decision-making forums, steering committees, working groups, and architecture review boards.

·         Resolve cross-team blockers and escalate risks appropriately.

·         Plan and manage multi-wave rollouts across the data protection and cybersecurity landscape.

·         Manage integrated timelines, resources, and interdependencies.

·         Help establish program governance structures, RACI models, decision rights, and transformation operating models.

·         Track and mitigate delivery, operational, regulatory, and adoption risks.

·         Maintain audit readiness for data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity controls.

·         Drive enterprise adoption through coordinated change management and stakeholder engagement.

·         Communicate progress, risks, and value to stakeholders and leadership in clear business terms.

·         Define and track program KPIs and KRls.

·         Produce executive dashboards and status reporting.

Qualifications

·         10+ years of proven experience in program management with a focus on cybersecurity and data protection.

·         Strong operational background in requirements gathering, intake, and prioritization.

·         Hands-on knowledge of data protection technologies, privacy controls, and cybersecurity best practices.

·         Familiarity with data classification, encryption, data loss prevention, regulatoy compliance, and privacy frameworks.

·         Expertise in project and program management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).

·         Excellent communication, organizational and stakeholder       

·         Strong PowerPoint presentation skills