Technical Program Manager/GRC/Cyber security
Role summary
The Technical Program Manager will lead end-to-end technical project management for cyber remediation initiatives, focusing on vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and control gaps. This role involves translating cyber requirements into actionable workstreams, coordinating cross-functional teams, and integrating control objectives into the SDLC and release pipelines. The TPM will establish and report key performance indicators to leadership and GRC stakeholders, ensuring alignment with GRC requirements and driving continuous improvement in software quality practices. Strong stakeholder management, communication, and experience with ticketing and GRC platforms are essential for success in this role.
Job Title- Technical Program Manager
Location- Lincoln, NE
Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end technical project management for cyber remediation initiatives (vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, control gaps), ensuring timely, risk prioritized delivery.
- Translate cyber requirements and control objectives into actionable workstreams, acceptance criteria, test plans and measurable remediation steps.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and serve as the central point of accountability for project scope, schedule, budget and risks.
- Integrate control objectives into the SDLC and release pipelines: drive design changes, code fixes, configuration updates, automated tests and regression testing to validate controls.
- Establish and report key performance indicators and dashboards (remediation SLAs, defect escape, control effectiveness, test coverage) to leadership and governance/risk/compliance (GRC) stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment with relevant GRC requirements and work with GRC to maintain UpToDate control mappings.
- Drive continuous improvement in software quality practices—test automation, static/dynamic analysis, CI/CD quality gates, code review standards and release governance.
- Communicate status, blockers and impact clearly and concisely to technical and nontechnical audiences; escalate appropriately to remove impediments.
Mandatory Skills:
- 5+ years of technical project/program management in an enterprise environment.
- Handson understanding of security vulnerabilities, remediation processes, and common mitigation patterns (e.g., patching, configuration changes, secure coding fixes).
- Practical experience with SDLC, DevOps/CICD, automated testing practices and software quality engineering.
- Strong stakeholder management and Cross functional leadership skills; experience running technical working groups.
- Proven ability to define scope, prioritize work, remove blockers, manage timelines and report progress with concise metrics and dashboards.
- Experience using ticketing and orchestration tools (e.g., JIRA), GRC or vulnerability management platforms, and collaboration tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills