Senior Program Manager

Post Holdings Inc.•Brentwood, MO

33d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for a Senior Program Manager on the Cybersecurity team at Post Holdings. The individual will be the operational engine and creative force behind how Cybersecurity is presented across the enterprise, to leadership, operating companies, and employees. The position reports directly to the VP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) and collaborates with a broad team spanning Cybersecurity, Privacy, and IT Operations, as well as Cybersecurity and IT leaders within operating companies. The role requires end-to-end ownership, from strategic design to hands-on execution, covering governance, communications, executive reporting, project portfolio management, events, and policy lifecycle. The position operates at the enterprise level, coordinating with senior audiences including the CISO & CPO, CIO, Audit Committee, Board, senior Cybersecurity leaders, and IT/business unit leadership across Post's operating companies. Technical security decisions remain with subject-matter experts.

Requirements

8+ years of project management experience, or equivalent, demonstrating increasing scope, responsibility, and impact in roles requiring strong organization, communication, and follow-through.
3–5 years of program management experience, or equivalent, owning a portfolio of initiatives, coordinating across teams, and driving outcomes to enterprise deadlines.
Demonstrated experience operating at the enterprise level in a larger or matrixed organization, partnering with and influencing senior executives and driving outcomes across multiple business units or operating companies without direct reporting authority.
Track record of writing for executive and board audiences and tailoring communications to varied stakeholder groups.
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, Operations, Information Technology, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Enterprise savvy at the highest level: credible and effective among C-suite executives, the Board, and operating-company leadership; reads the room, manages up, and operates with executive presence.
End-to-end operational ownership: combines strategic design with hands-on execution, working personally across event logistics, document production, meeting orchestration, communications, and portfolio reporting without relying on a coordinator behind the scenes.
Disciplined follow-through and closure on commitments and action items, with the ability to follow up persistently and gracefully so that work lands without being chased.
Strong written and verbal communication, with demonstrated ability to tailor content to the board, executive staff, all-hands audiences, and vendors, and to enforce a single, consistent voice across teams.
Able to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, stakeholders, and competing deadlines with high reliability and minimal direction.
Drives outcomes through stakeholders without direct reporting authority, building credibility quickly with peers across IT, Legal, HR, Compliance, the operating companies, and the businesses.
Self-direction and sound judgment in ambiguous situations: produces credible drafts, recommendations, and decisions from limited briefs.
Brand-builder instinct and marketing sensibility: translates technical content into engaging, accessible communications.
Discretion and sound judgment in handling sensitive information, including incidents, personnel matters, audit findings, and executive conversations.
Curiosity and willingness to learn the Cybersecurity domain on the job under the guidance of the CISO.
Proficient Microsoft Office skills, with focus on PowerPoint, Word, and Excel; familiarity with collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Loop, OneNote, and Planner.

Nice To Haves

A cybersecurity background isn't required, but if you have one, all the better.
Exposure to GRC, IT risk, audit, compliance, or technology operations is a welcome plus.
Advanced degrees are welcome but not required.
Familiarity with a data-visualization platform such as Power BI, Tableau, or Domo is a plus.
PMP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

Set and run the cadence of Post's enterprise Cybersecurity leadership and governance bodies: the Enterprise Security Council, the Enterprise Security Risk Group, and the Operational Technology Security Council.
Own the agendas, pre-reads, briefings, tracking of decisions, and follow-ups, ensuring outcomes and action items are documented, communicated to leadership, and driven to closure across the enterprise.
Own the readouts and reporting into the IT Leadership group.
Partner with subject-matter experts across the Cybersecurity team to collect, curate, and shape the inputs for monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc reporting packages for the CIO, Audit Committee, Board, and other senior leaders.
Translate raw program activity into clear, board-ready insight that earns the reader's trust.
Own the end-to-end communications process across the Cybersecurity and IT Operations organization: intake, design, drafting, review, approval routing, and publication.
Establish the standards, templates, and review gates that ensure every team communicates in one consistent, on-brand voice to leadership, employees, and external audiences.
Serve as the editorial gate: review and approve outbound communications for clarity, consistency, and alignment to the CISO's voice before they reach executive, enterprise, or external audiences.
Design and deliver the annual Cybersecurity Summit and other in-person team meetings and gatherings that bring the Cybersecurity teams together.
Manage the budget, vendor relationships, and logistics for programs, with a keen eye for how things look and feel.
Manage, track, process, forecast, update, monitor, and report on the full Cybersecurity, Privacy, and IT Operations budget, maintaining an accurate, current view of spend against plan across the function.
Partner with Finance to build and update forecasts, reconcile actuals to plan, and keep budget owners aligned to the numbers throughout the cycle.
Identify and recommend optimizations, including cost efficiencies, reallocations, and savings opportunities, and surface them to the CISO & CPO and Finance for decision.
Own the single, current picture of what's in flight across a portfolio of programs that spans Cyber Operations, Cyber Risk, Cyber Compliance, Privacy, IT Workforce Productivity, IT Operations, and IT Service Management: the consolidated portfolio of every project inside each program, with milestones, owners, status, risks, and dependencies.
Orchestrate and roll up the portfolio of programs: maintain the enterprise-wide view while tracking each individual project, reconciling disparate updates from each program into one coherent, current picture.
Set the project cadence across teams, programs, and operating companies: hold owners accountable for deliverables, manage timelines and dependencies, and align project work to enterprise deadlines such as audit cycles, reporting cycles, and assessment milestones.
Own the roll-up reporting that consolidates the programs into one view; produce the recurring status updates and roadmap inputs leadership relies on; own how key project and program status is communicated to leadership and stakeholders.
Own the cadence, orchestration, and formalities of how Cybersecurity policies, guidelines, and processes get created, refreshed, and approved.
Route policies authored by subject-matter experts across IT, Legal, HR, Compliance, and the businesses; own the approval workflow and the visibility of where every policy stands.
Own the consolidated reporting view across compliance and assessments: the cadence, the consolidation, and how status is communicated to leadership.
Draft executive staff updates, all-hands notes, leadership memos, and talking points, written in a voice that fits the audience.
Partner with the CISO to design and run team meetings, offsites, and recognition programs that strengthen cohesion of the Cybersecurity team across geographies and operating companies.
Maintain a regular communication flow so the team stays connected to the work and to each other, and help the CISO show up consistently for the team.