Cybersecurity Controls Program Manager — Hybrid (Seattle)

kallesgroup; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plans

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401K with match

PTO

Work-life balance

Job summary

Kalles Group in Seattle, WA seeks a Project Manager Consultant for a cybersecurity controls prioritization program with a global philanthropic client. You will lead risk-based prioritization, own the integrated roadmap and governance forums, and report KPIs on control implementation and remediation.

You will collaborate across security, IT, engineering, and business teams to steer decisions, align delivery, and drive timely progress while maintaining executive-level communication.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in program/project management, including cybersecurity transformation in large organizations.
• Experience with enterprise identity modernization, AI governance, risk management and secure technology adoption.
• Proven ability to prioritize security risks, manage cross-functional dependencies and align business and security teams.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, executive communication and change governance skills.
• Working knowledge of AI governance and compliance frameworks.
• Measuring adoption and progress through dashboards, KPIs, frontline testing and remediation tracking.

Responsibilities

• Own WS2 control prioritization - apply risk-based criteria to rank, sequence and re-baseline controls as risk, capacity and priorities change.
• Act as central coordination point - intake, dependencies, conflicts and handoffs, with repeatable, operationalized workflows.
• Build and maintain the integrated roadmap, schedule, RAID log and resource view.
• Support executive/steering committee communication - status, risk escalations, trade-off options, decision requests.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to gather insights and clarify processes.
• Define and report KPIs/dashboards: control implementation, adoption, frontline testing results, remediation tracking.
• Drive remediation to closure; expedite blockers and hold teams accountable.
• Partner with the BSA and Change Manager so requirements, validation and adoption are planned alongside delivery.
• Facilitate governance forums, risk acceptance discussions and cross-team decisions.

Skills

Program management

Cybersecurity transformation

Identity modernization

AI governance

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communication

Change governance

Dashboards / KPIs

Job description

Kalles Group in Seattle, WA seeks a Project Manager Consultant for a cybersecurity controls prioritization program with a global philanthropic client. You will lead risk-based prioritization, own the integrated roadmap and governance forums, and report KPIs on control implementation and remediation.

You will collaborate across security, IT, engineering, and business teams to steer decisions, align delivery, and drive timely progress while maintaining executive-level communication.