Principal Security Program Manager
About The Position
Deepwatch is seeking a Principal Security Program Manager to join their team of cybersecurity professionals. This role is crucial for supporting a healthy, high-performing security, IT, cloud, and compliance program. The position involves partnering directly with the CISO to own project execution, operating cadence, deadlines, meeting outcomes, Jira/Confluence hygiene, dashboards, and cross-functional follow-through. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience within cybersecurity programs, be comfortable operating across security engineering, IT operations, cloud infrastructure, compliance, and executive communication. This role requires a strong project owner, excellent technical writer, sharp meeting facilitator, and a trusted operating partner who can drive organizational progress. It is a high-trust role for an individual who wants to help manage the operational aspects of a modern security organization.
Requirements
- 7 - 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, IT, technical program management, security operations, compliance, or related roles.
- Prior experience working directly within a cybersecurity program.
- Strong understanding of security, IT, cloud, compliance, and operating models.
- Deep experience with Jira and Confluence is required.
- Strong working knowledge of Slack, macOS, and Google Workspace.
- Proven ability to manage multiple technical projects simultaneously, deadlines, owners, dependencies, and competing priorities.
- Excellent written communication, documentation and cross functional alignment strategy.
- Experience leading meetings independently with technical teams, vendors, stakeholders, and leadership.
- Strong knowledge of compliance programs, audits, evidence collection, control tracking, and security governance.
- Ability to operate with urgency, ownership, discretion, and minimal supervision.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with security frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, and ISO 42001.
- Experience supporting cloud security programs across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience working with ServiceNow, GRC tools, vulnerability management platforms, SIEM, EDR, or identity platforms.
- Prior experience as a Principal Program Manager, Security Program Manager, IT Chief of Staff, Manager of Security, or Senior Technical PM.
Responsibilities
- Own the full portfolio of security, IT, cloud, and compliance projects.
- Keep Jira, Confluence, dashboards, timelines, owners, blockers, and status updates accurate at all times.
- Drive projects from intake to completion with clear owners, deadlines, dependencies, decisions, and next steps.
- Run meetings independently, capture outcomes, and deliver clear, accurate summaries with action items.
- Act as a trusted extension of the CISO for the IT team and cross-functional workstreams.
- Turn conversations, risks, requests, and open questions into actionable Jira stories, projects, timelines, and measurable outcomes.
- Provide CISO with concise executive briefings on status, risks, deadlines, upcoming milestones, blockers, and decisions needed.
- Hold project owners accountable for commitments, deadlines, updates, and open actions.
- Improve the security program’s operating rhythm, documentation quality, meeting discipline, project visibility, and overall organization.
- Utilize AI tools responsibly to increase project speed, elevate documentation, summarize meetings, identify gaps, and create executive-ready updates.
- Maintain exceptional accuracy, completeness, and attention to detail across all project tracking, documentation, and reporting.
- Support program maturity across vulnerability management, incident response, compliance, cloud security, IT operations, endpoint, identity, governance, and MDR/SOC operations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off (FTO), 12 company holidays, sick leave and 8-Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Unique professional development benefits with Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
- Wellness contests and monthly educational programs
- 401(K) retirement program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
