Senior Program Manager in Cybersecurity (m/w/d)

NVISO GmbH; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SANS instructor exchange

10,000 EUR training budget

Competitive base salary 90,000–130,000

Flexible hours and home office (EU)

Company pension scheme

Cool office in central Vienna

Travel opportunities

Job summary

NVISO in Vienna, Austria seeks a Senior Program Manager in Cybersecurity to lead large-scale programs for clients with a focus on security transformation, incident response, and compliance initiatives. The role requires 7+ years in program or senior project management, strong cybersecurity know-how, and proven leadership across multi-location teams.

You will manage scope, budgets, schedules, and stakeholder governance, collaborate with security consultants and client teams, and support pre-sales

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a Program Manager or Senior Project Manager in IT/security.
• Strong cybersecurity knowledge and client-facing experience.
• Proficiency with PMP, Prince2, Agile/Scrum or SAFe; adapt approach to context.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; interact with C-level.
• Willingness to work on-site in Austria and travel occasionally.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field; certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, building trusted relationships at both operational and executive level.
• Define project scope, objectives, timelines, budgets, and resource plans, and ensure delivery within these constraints.
• Coordinate cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams, including NVISO security consultants, engineers, and client-side teams.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project and program risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.
• Manage stakeholder communication, status reporting, and governance structures (steering committees, status meetings, escalation paths).
• Support pre-sales activities where relevant, such as scoping engagements, estimating effort, and contributing to proposals.
• Drive continuous improvement of program/project management practices within NVISO's delivery teams.
• Ensure quality, compliance, and client satisfaction throughout the project/program lifecycle.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Communication skills

German language

English language

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Who are we?

It all starts with the mission: NVISO is here to protect European society from potentially devastating cyber attacks! This means we offer cyber security services to private and governmental organizations to help them better prepare for, prevent, detect and respond to cyber security incidents.

All of this is built on four fundamental values that define who we are: We are Proud, We Break Barriers, We Care and No BS!

What will you do?

You have strong background in managing large IT-Projects or Cybersecurity-Programs and believe the following to be applicable to you?

As a Senior Program Manager in Cybersecurity (m/w/d), located in Austria, you will lead and manage complex, large-scale programs and projects for NVISO clients, with a strong focus on cybersecurity-related initiatives (e.g. security transformation programs, incident response engagements, security operations build-outs, compliance and regulatory programs, implementation of Business Continuity Management Systems and Disaster Recovery Programs). Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Act as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, building trusted relationships at both operational and executive level;

• Define project scope, objectives, timelines, budgets, and resource plans, and ensure delivery within these constraints.

• Coordinate cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams, including NVISO security consultants, engineers, and client-side teams;

• Identify, track, and mitigate project and program risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.

• Manage stakeholder communication, status reporting, and governance structures (steering committees, status meetings, escalation paths);

• Support pre-sales activities where relevant, such as scoping engagements, estimating effort, and contributing to proposals;

• Drive continuous improvement of program/project management practices within NVISO's delivery teams;

• Ensure quality, compliance, and client satisfaction throughout the project/program lifecycle.

Requirements

• You hold citizenship in one of the 32 NATO member states or the Austrian citizenship;

• Several years of proven experience (typically 7+ years) as a Program Manager or Senior Project Manager, ideally in IT, security consulting, or technology-driven environments;

• Strong affinity for or demonstrable experience in cybersecurity - understanding of security concepts, terminology, and the challenges clients face (prior direct cybersecurity project experience is a plus, but not mandatory);

• Solid knowledge of project/program management methodologies (e.g. PMP, Prince2, Agile/Scrum, SAFe) and ability to adapt approach to client context;

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills - comfortable interacting with both technical teams and C-level client representatives;

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and align diverse, often remote or multi-location teams;

• Experience managing budgets, timelines, and resource planning for complex projects or programs;

• Analytical and structured mindset, with strong problem-solving and risk management capabilities;

• Excellent English and German written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders;

• Willingness to work on-site at client premises as needed and to travel occasionally;

• A relevant certification (PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or similar) is a plus;

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (business, Information Security, IT, engineering) or equivalent experience;

• Quickly grasping the complexity and the business reasons for a company to perform security and adapting your communication style and the security program to make it fit for the client;

• Leadership skills to manage a team and collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams.

What do we offer

At NVISO, we care. We are committed to offering you a highly competitive remuneration package including financial and non-financial components:

• Working and learning from the best people in the European cyber security industry. We have multiple SANS Instructors working at NVISO, our staff has presented at popular hacking conferences (BlackHat, BruCON, OWASP, etc.) and all of our technical staff can acquire deep technical security certifications (GSE, GXPN, GREM, GCFA, OSCP, etc.);

• Generous training budget of 10.000 EUR + 10 man days for attending lectures rolling over 2 years;

• A gross base salary range between 90.000 EUR – 130.000 EUR p.a.;

• Regular team-building and fun events;

• Our commitment to coach and counsel you and help you grow; each employee receives a personal coach within the team, whose role is to ensure your well-being and helps you grow in your career!

• Flexible working hours and home office possibilities (incl. working abroad weeks within the EU);

• Business Bike Leasing;

• Reimbursement of Klimaticket Ö;

• 30 holidays;

• Company Pension Scheme;

• Cool office in the center of Vienna.

Disclaimer for the use of AI tools throughout the application process

Please be aware that the creation and submission of application documents (e.g. CV, cover letter, case studies, etc.) using AI-powered tools is only permitted to a limited extent.

Our expectations:

• Application documents must authentically reflect your own qualifications, personality, and motivation.

• The use of AI for supportive purposes (e.g. spell-checking, improving wording) is acceptable.

• Fully generated application documents created by AI without personal adaptation or review are not permitted.

• Under no circumstances may NVISO information, data, or documents be uploaded to or processed by external AI tools.

We reserve the right to exclude applications from the selection and interview process that are clearly created primarily or exclusively by AI and show no recognizable personal input.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure a fair and transparent recruitment process and to obtain an authentic impression of our applicants.