Remote Senior Cybersecurity Project Leader

Humana; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 104,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives. You will coordinate across cybersecurity domains, technology teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to deliver outcomes on time and within budget.

The role requires translating strategy into executable plans, managing risks and dependencies, and reporting clearly to executives. Travel may be required, and the position is remote with possible office visits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in IT, cybersecurity, business, engineering, or related field.
• 5–8+ years leading cross-functional projects, teams, and contractors with delivery accountability.
• Experience guiding initiatives with multiple teams, stakeholders and dependencies.
• Experience leading enterprise technology, cybersecurity, risk, compliance, or security initiatives.
• Experience in domains such as Identity Security, Security Operations, Cloud Security, and more.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex 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 orgs, business stakeholders, vendors, and external partners.
• Drive execution across domains like Identity & Access Management, Security Operations, Threat Detection & Response, Network & Cloud Security, Governance & Compliance.
• Facilitate planning sessions, stakeholder reviews, executive updates, governance forums, and steering meetings.
• Identify delivery risks, resource constraints, cross-team dependencies, and schedule impacts; develop mitigations.
• Establish and maintain project reporting with progress, risks, decisions, milestones, and outcomes.
• Translate complex technical concepts into business-focused communications for leadership.
• Align project execution with strategy, roadmaps, and organizational priorities.
• Manage project scope, goals, and timeline with approved objectives.
• Oversee project financials with budgeting, forecasts, and time tracking.
• Drive accountability and resolve blockers; support vendor engagements and procurement when applicable.
• Maintain delivery artifacts, governance, and controls throughout the lifecycle.
• Promote consistent delivery practices across Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid models.
• Lead project teams and contractors; mentor junior PMs.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Risk management

Agile/SAFe/Hybrid

Vendor management

Budgeting/Forecasting

Executive communications

Independent work

Strategic execution

ServiceNow PPM

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Jira Align

ServiceNow PPM

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives. You will coordinate across cybersecurity domains, technology teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to deliver outcomes on time and within budget.

The role requires translating strategy into executable plans, managing risks and dependencies, and reporting clearly to executives. Travel may be required, and the position is remote with possible office visits.