Remote Cybersecurity Project Leader

Humana, Inc.; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives, partnering with security, IT, and business teams to translate strategy into execution.

You will manage risks and dependencies, and report on progress, steering cross-functional programs through Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid models. The role emphasizes risk reduction, governance, and collaboration with executives, vendors, and internal stakeholders to achieve measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of project management experience leading projects in technology, cybersecurity, risk management, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience managing initiatives involving multiple teams, stakeholders, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Experience delivering projects in one or more cybersecurity domains such as Identity Security, Security Operations, Incident Response, Cloud Security, Network Security, Cyber Risk, Governance, Product Security, Application Security, or Security Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of project management disciplines including planning, risk management, dependency management, stakeholder engagement, governance, and reporting.
• Experience developing executive-level communications, status reporting, and decision-support materials.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment in matrixed organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of cybersecurity initiatives from planning through implementation and operational transition.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, assumptions, decisions, and action items.
• Coordinate delivery across cybersecurity teams, technology organizations, business stakeholders, vendors, and external partners.
• Drive execution of initiatives related to areas such as Identity & Access Management, Privileged Access Management, Security Operations, Threat Detection & Response, Network Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, AI Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance, and Security Architecture.
• Facilitate planning sessions, stakeholder reviews, executive updates, governance forums, and project steering meetings.
• Identify delivery risks, resource constraints, cross-team dependencies, and schedule impacts; develop mitigation and response plans.
• Establish and maintain project reporting that provides clear visibility into progress, risks, decisions, milestones, and business outcomes.
• Experience developing status reporting and stakeholder communications, including leadership-level communications.
• Partner with cybersecurity leaders to align project execution with strategic objectives, capability roadmaps, and organizational priorities.
• Manage project scope, goals, and timeline while ensuring alignment with approved objectives.
• Partner with portfolio management to maintain project budgets and forecasts, including resource allocations and time tracking for the project.
• Drive accountability for commitments and facilitate timely resolution of issues and blockers.
• Support vendor engagements, contract deliverables, procurement activities, and implementation planning when applicable.
• Ensure delivery artifacts, documentation, governance requirements, and project controls are maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
• Promote consistency in project delivery practices while adapting approaches to Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery models as needed.
• Lead project teams without direct authority.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Executive communications

Vendor engagements

Agile/Hybrid/Waterfall

Matrixed environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Jira Align

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives, partnering with security, IT, and business teams to translate strategy into execution.

You will manage risks and dependencies, and report on progress, steering cross-functional programs through Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid models. The role emphasizes risk reduction, governance, and collaboration with executives, vendors, and internal stakeholders to achieve measurable