Cyber Security Program Manager

Toyota North America•Plano, TX

About The Position

Toyota’s Cyber Security Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Cyber Security Program Manager. As the Cyber Security Program Manager, Cyber Security, you will serve as a strategic leader accountable for both the hands-on delivery of complex cybersecurity initiatives and the enterprise-level orchestration of multiple interrelated programs. This role is responsible for ensuring cybersecurity efforts are aligned to business strategy, risk priorities, compliance obligations, and long-term technology roadmaps. You will lead cross-functional planning and execution across security engineering, architecture, infrastructure, risk, compliance, release management, vendors, procurement, and business stakeholders. In addition to owning day-to-day delivery execution, you will establish governance, drive prioritization, remove barriers, and influence decisions that impact the cybersecurity portfolio across the enterprise. This role requires deep program management capability, strong cybersecurity domain knowledge, excellent stakeholder leadership, and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy across complex and ambiguous environments. You are expected to balance tactical execution with strategic leadership, ensuring both immediate delivery commitments and long-term program outcomes are achieved.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of progressive experience in project or program management, including extensive experience in complex, cross-functional environments.
5+ years of experience leading cybersecurity, IT, or technology initiatives through the software development lifecycle.
Strong experience managing multiple concurrent projects or programs with interdependent deliverables, competing priorities, and executive stakeholders.
Proven ability to lead planning, execution, budgeting, risk management, and governance for complex technology initiatives.
Demonstrated success influencing without direct authority and partnering effectively with senior leaders.
Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Strong judgment and ability to operate independently in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a related field such as cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, or information technology.
Experience leading enterprise cybersecurity programs in regulated industries such as financial services, banking, insurance, or automotive.
Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or PMP.
Experience building or improving cybersecurity operating models, governance mechanisms, or portfolio processes.
Familiarity with cloud security, identity and access management, vulnerability management, third-party risk, or security architecture programs.

Responsibilities

Lead the full delivery lifecycle for complex cybersecurity initiatives, including planning, execution, dependency management, milestone tracking, and delivery oversight across multiple workstreams. Ensure committed objectives, timelines, and quality standards are met.
Drive the daily project cadence, including stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Ensure work is prioritized appropriately, delivery progress is transparent, and impediments are escalated and resolved quickly.
Proactively identify, document, assess, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies using structured frameworks such as RAID logs. Anticipate bottlenecks, implement corrective actions, and maintain delivery momentum across competing priorities.
Own and manage project and program budgets across all cost categories, including labor, technology, professional services, and vendor spend. Monitor actuals versus forecast, identify variances, and take corrective action to maintain financial alignment.
Provide clear, timely reporting to executive, management, and team-level stakeholders on scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and decisions. Maintain dashboards, scorecards, and program communications that support informed decision-making.
Partner with Release Management and other delivery teams to ensure cybersecurity deliverables move through release and change governance processes successfully. Confirm readiness, manage dependencies, and ensure all artifacts and approvals are aligned with enterprise controls.
Ensure cybersecurity initiatives are delivered in alignment with applicable regulations, standards, and internal policies such as NIST, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and enterprise control requirements. Partner with GRC, compliance, and risk teams to embed security obligations into execution.
Manage third-party vendors and service providers to ensure contracted work is delivered on time, within scope, and to quality expectations. Support vendor selection, SOW development, milestone tracking, and performance reviews.
Own the cybersecurity intake process by triaging, categorizing, and prioritizing incoming requests. Ensuring work is aligned to business objectives, strategically sequenced, and appropriately resourced.
Partner with leaders across cybersecurity, technology, and business functions to maintain and evolve the cybersecurity product and project roadmap in alignment with enterprise priorities.
Lead multiple interdependent cybersecurity initiatives across engineering, architecture, operations, compliance, legal, procurement, and business teams to ensure alignment and execution against shared goals.
Establish and operate program governance routines, escalation paths, dependency reviews, and decision-making forums to keep work moving and resolve cross-functional blockers.
Collaborate with senior stakeholders to evaluate competing demands, resource constraints, sequencing options, and delivery tradeoffs. Provide recommendations that balance business value, risk reduction, and feasibility.
Influence senior leaders and partners across the enterprise to drive clarity, commitment, and accountability for cybersecurity outcomes.
Identify and implement improvements to planning, execution, governance, and reporting processes that increase predictability, transparency, and efficiency across cybersecurity programs.
Serve as a subject matter resource to project and program teams, sharing best practices and mentoring others on delivery methodology, risk management, and execution discipline.
Use tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Power BI, and related platforms to manage plans, track progress, and maintain accurate program data and reporting.
Influence cybersecurity priorities, sequencing, and long-term planning by surfacing risks, tradeoffs, and investment implications to senior leadership.
Prepare clear recommendations and decision support materials for senior stakeholders when issues, conflicts, or tradeoffs require executive attention.

Benefits

A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
Paid holidays and paid time off
Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more
Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
Relocation assistance (if applicable)