AI-Driven Portfolio Security & Modernization Lead

Lincoln Motor Company; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Flexible time off and holidays

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford is seeking a Technical Program Leader to own the integrated plan for modernization across portfolios, cyber risk, and architecture. You will coordinate cross-functional squads, triage vulnerabilities with product teams, and drive AI-enabled risk assessments at enterprise scale.

You will establish governance, manage milestones, and report to leadership while aligning with NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 standards. A leadership role requires senior-level collaboration and executive communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent field is required or work equivalent experience.
• Relevant certifications (PMP, SAFe, CISSP, or equivalent) are preferred.
• 10+ years in technical program management within cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, or application portfolio management.
• Proven experience managing complex, multi-workstream technology programs at enterprise scale.

Responsibilities

• Create a complete and trusted inventory of technology assets across enterprise portfolios.
• Classify assets by business criticality, security exposure, compliance relevance, operational resilience, and modernization requirements.
• Identify and prioritize high-value assets, externally facing capabilities, and assets with elevated risk or material service-level implications.
• Define an AI-enabled assessment and remediation process that supports proactive monitoring, continuous validation, and faster decision-making.
• Establish governance across the enterprise with accountability, reporting, and execution cadence across technology, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, risk, compliance, and finance stakeholders.
• Assess technical solution options for asset inventory, classification, and AI-enabled assessment tooling.
• Coordinate execution across cross-functional squads aligned to asset groups or risk themes.
• Manage milestones, dependencies, and risks; drive timely issue resolution and escalation.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture on modernization patterns and target-state guidance.
• Report program status, blockers, and decisions required to the Program Director and Operating Forum.
• Own the integrated program plan spanning company portfolio/data, cyber/risk, architecture, remediation approach and tooling workstreams.

Skills

Leadership

Risk management

Governance

AI risk governance

NIST AI RMF

ISO 42001

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Vulnerability management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

CMDB/EAMS

ServiceNow

Enterprise asset management practices

Job description

Ford is seeking a Technical Program Leader to own the integrated plan for modernization across portfolios, cyber risk, and architecture. You will coordinate cross-functional squads, triage vulnerabilities with product teams, and drive AI-enabled risk assessments at enterprise scale.

You will establish governance, manage milestones, and report to leadership while aligning with NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 standards. A leadership role requires senior-level collaboration and executive communication.