Senior Technical Program Manager

Synechron; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Synechron seeks an experienced DSPM Engagement Manager / Technical Program Manager to lead enterprise-wide data security posture and adaptive data security initiatives. You will manage stakeholder engagement, governance, vendor coordination, and delivery across cloud, on-premises, SaaS, databases, and data platforms.

You will own the DSPM roadmap, define requirements, and drive delivery with cross-functional teams, ensuring security controls and compliance across systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, data security, cloud security, or technical program management.
• 5+ years leading enterprise cybersecurity, DSPM, DLP, data-governance, or data-access programs.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams and complex technology implementations.
• Strong knowledge of data classification, data governance, IAM, cloud security, encryption, DLP, and security monitoring.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders in regulated or complex enterprise environments.
• Strong communication, presentation, planning, risk-management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for cybersecurity, technology, privacy, compliance, risk, and business stakeholders.
• Lead discovery workshops, steering committees, governance forums, executive briefings, and program communications.
• Define program scope, objectives, success criteria, delivery plans, and communication strategies.
• Translate business, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements into actionable DSPM solutions.
• Own the DSPM roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and delivery outcomes.
• Define and manage requirements for data discovery, classification, ownership, lineage, access analysis, and risk scoring.
• Coordinate onboarding of data sources across cloud platforms, databases, data lakes, file systems, SaaS applications, and collaboration platforms.
• Manage integrations with DLP, SIEM, SOAR, IAM, PAM, CMDB, encryption, and cloud-security platforms.
• Lead technical design, proof of concept, testing, deployment, operational readiness, and transition to support.
• Implement adaptive data-security controls, including dynamic access restrictions, masking, encryption, tokenization, just-in-time access, and enhanced monitoring.
• Track decisions, actions, assumptions, dependencies, remediation activities, and escalations.
• Ensure completion of architecture documents, operating procedures, test plans, training materials, and support models.
• Manage vendors, delivery partners, budgets, schedules, service-level commitments, adoption, and change management.
• Provide executive reporting and drive continuous improvement of the DSPM program.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Planning

Risk management

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Program management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline

Job description

Synechron is a global technology consulting firm that helps leading organizations accelerate digital transformation through innovation, expertise, and agility. With more than 16,500 professionals across around 60 offices in over 20 countries, we combine deep industry knowledge with advanced capabilities in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data engineering. Our regional teams, supported by strategic delivery centers, provide scalable, cost-efficient solutions tailored to local markets. Through our award-winning Synechron FinLabs accelerators and strategic partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, we enable clients to innovate fast and lead with confidence. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn community.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced DSPM Engagement Manager / Technical Program Manager to lead the delivery of an enterprise-wide Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) and Adaptive Data Security Program. This role will manage stakeholder engagement, technical delivery, governance, vendor coordination, and implementation of data-security capabilities across cloud, on-premises, SaaS, databases, data lakes, and enterprise data platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary contact for cybersecurity, technology, privacy, compliance, risk, and business stakeholders.
• Lead discovery workshops, steering committees, governance forums, executive briefings, and program communications.
• Define program scope, objectives, success criteria, delivery plans, and communication strategies.
• Translate business, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements into actionable DSPM solutions.
• Own the DSPM roadmap, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and delivery outcomes.
• Define and manage requirements for data discovery, classification, ownership, lineage, access analysis, and risk scoring.
• Coordinate onboarding of data sources across cloud platforms, databases, data lakes, file systems, SaaS applications, and collaboration platforms.
• Manage integrations with DLP, SIEM, SOAR, IAM, PAM, CMDB, encryption, and cloud-security platforms.
• Lead technical design, proof of concept, testing, deployment, operational readiness, and transition to support.
• Implement adaptive data-security controls, including dynamic access restrictions, masking, encryption, tokenization, just-in-time access, and enhanced monitoring.
• Track decisions, actions, assumptions, dependencies, remediation activities, and escalations.
• Ensure completion of architecture documents, operating procedures, test plans, training materials, and support models.
• Manage vendors, delivery partners, budgets, schedules, service-level commitments, adoption, and change management.
• Provide executive reporting and drive continuous improvement of the DSPM program.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, data security, cloud security, or technical program management.
• 5+ years leading enterprise cybersecurity, DSPM, DLP, data-governance, or data-access programs.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams and complex technology implementations.
• Strong knowledge of data classification, data governance, IAM, cloud security, encryption, DLP, and security monitoring.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders in regulated or complex enterprise environments.
• Strong communication, presentation, planning, risk-management, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with DSPM and data-security platforms such as BigID, Microsoft Purview, Varonis, Cyberhaven, Securiti, Netskope, Wiz, or Prisma Cloud.
• Knowledge of Snowflake, Databricks, Oracle, SQL Server, enterprise data lakes, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, ServiceNow, or comparable tools.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust, least privilege, insider risk, and adaptive access controls.
• Certifications such as PMP, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CCSP, or CDPSE.