Partner 20, Staff Security Technical Program Manager

a16z • San Francisco, CA

16h • $265,000 - $344,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is hiring a Staff Security Technical Program Manager to run the operating system of its Security team. The role owns the firm’s vulnerability management program, drives cross-team security initiatives to completion, and maintains the team’s planning and execution rhythm, including sprints, OKRs, timelines, documentation, and ticketing practices. The position partners closely with teams throughout the firm to keep work on schedule, document decisions, and prevent handoff gaps. It requires an in-office presence two days a week, Tuesday and Thursday, at the San Francisco, California office, with occasional days at the Menlo Park, California office.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of technical program management experience, including at least 3 years running security programs.
• Experience owning a vulnerability management program at scale, including SLAs, remediation tracking across teams, executive reporting, and measurable risk reduction.
• Technical fluency to interpret security findings, understand severity and exploitability, and challenge risk ratings with reasoned explanations.
• Familiarity with common enterprise SaaS tools, such as Okta, Slack, and GSuite, and the security issues associated with them.
• Hands-on experience with agile execution, including sprint planning, OKR frameworks, ticketing systems such as Jira or Linear, documentation platforms such as Confluence or Notion, and program reporting in spreadsheets or BI dashboards.
• Clear, brief, and structured writing.
• Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships with IT, Legal, Compliance, and engineering teams and deliver work through those partnerships.
• Low ego, high empathy, and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Own firmwide security remediation from intake through completion, consolidating findings from threat models, code reviews, penetration tests, vulnerability management, audits, and incident postmortems into a tracked backlog with clear owners, priorities, and remediation SLAs.
• Run the vulnerability management program, including scan coverage, patching cadence, exceptions, risk acceptance, and leadership reporting on risk.
• Coordinate vendor security reviews with stakeholders, keeping reviews consistent and requesters informed of their status.
• Drive cross-team security initiatives from kickoff through delivery across Security, IT, Legal, HR, and Compliance, partnering with owners to keep commitments on track.
• Build and run the team’s execution rhythm, including sprint planning, quarterly OKRs, and ticket hygiene.
• Maintain findable, current program documentation, runbooks, decision records, and postmortem follow-ups.
• Define and track program effectiveness metrics and turn them into actionable insights.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and discretionary bonus programs.
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Vacation
• Sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed