Technical Program Manager, Senior Specialist

Vanguard•Malvern, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading and executing the Zero Trust program, translating strategy into clear execution plans, and ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives. The Technical Program Manager will manage the overall program plan, roadmap, and delivery cadence, overseeing workstreams such as Identity & Privileged Access, PKI modernization, PQC readiness, and Zero Trust assessments. This position requires strong communication skills to report on OKRs, KPIs, and executive updates, as well as cross-functional coordination with various internal teams and external vendors. The role also involves financial governance, risk management, and ensuring compliance with audit and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in program or portfolio management within cybersecurity, IAM, or enterprise technology.
Demonstrated experience running large, cross-functional security programs with multiple technical workstreams.
Strong understanding of Zero Trust principles.
Proven ability to communicate complex initiatives in clear, executive-level language.
Experience working with external vendors and consulting partners.
Undergraduate degree in related field (Computer Science, Engineering) required.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage technology-related programs or major technical workstreams, ensuring alignment with business priorities and proper measurement of business value.
Develop and maintain broad knowledge of the Financial Services industry, competition, and trends to assess program viability and strategies.
Monitor financial, legal, and regulatory environments to ensure strategies align with company strategy and market conditions.
Communicate with stakeholders, leaders, team members, management, and department partners to ensure understanding of requirements and priorities.
Monitor project progress and results, submitting regular status reports to management and stakeholders.
Ensure the development and execution of change management and communication plans.
Build and maintain relationships across program stakeholders, fostering effective communication between internal and external parties.
Drive key decisions to ensure alignment with overarching goals across stakeholders.
Ensure all steps are taken to mitigate risk and maintain control, compliance, audit, and legal requirements on technology projects.
Maintain an appropriate level of technical and business knowledge to support program implementation.
Own the overall Zero Trust program plan, roadmap, and delivery cadence across all workstreams.
Translate strategy into clear execution plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes aligned to enterprise OKRs.
Define, track, and report workstream-level OKRs and KPIs in partnership with engineering and architecture leads.
Produce monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc executive updates for senior leadership.
Serve as the single coordination point across IAM Engineering, PKI, Cloud Security, Architecture, GRC, and Audit teams.
Manage delivery alignment with strategic partners and vendors supporting the Zero Trust program.
Ensure clear ownership models, RACI clarity, and handoffs between investment work and BAU operations.
Provide execution oversight of PKI modernization initiatives.
Track and drive PQC readiness activities, including cryptographic inventory, roadmap execution, and alignment with regulatory and industry guidance.
Manage Zero Trust readiness assessments and maturity modeling activities.
Coordinate definition of target-state personas, use cases, and policy-as-code approaches.
Ensure assessment outcomes translate into prioritized execution plans.
Partner with finance and PMO teams to track Zero Trust investment spend and support funding requests.
Align hiring plans with approved budgets.
Identify risks related to hiring delays, vendor dependencies, or funding constraints and proactively surface options.
Ensure Zero Trust initiatives are audit-aware and defensible.
Act as a liaison between delivery teams and GRC when Zero Trust topics are reviewed.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.