Remote Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager

Humana; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 104,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead strategic cybersecurity initiatives that strengthen security posture, reduce risk, and enable business objectives.

You will anchor projects within cybersecurity domains, collaborating with leaders, architects, engineers, product teams, vendors, and executives to drive outcomes. The role emphasizes translating strategy into execution, managing risks, and delivering initiatives with measurable cybersecurity outcomes such as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT, Cybersecurity, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–8+ years leading cross-functional projects and programs in technology, cybersecurity, risk, or related disciplines.
• Experience managing initiatives with multiple teams, stakeholders, and dependencies.
• Experience leading complex technology/cybersecurity initiatives in an enterprise environment.
• Experience delivering initiatives in domains such as Identity Security, Security Operations, Cloud/Network/Application Security, Governance, and Security Architecture.
• 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.
• Experience managing project financials, budgets, forecasts, vendor engagements, or investment-funded initiatives.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in ServiceNow PPM for project financial management, forecasting, resource allocation, and time tracking.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex cybersecurity initiatives from planning through implementation and operational transition.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, risks, assumptions, decisions, and action items.
• Coordinate delivery across cybersecurity teams, technology organizations, stakeholders, vendors, and external partners.
• Drive execution of initiatives across domains such as Identity Security, Threat Management, Security Operations, Cloud and Network Security, and Governance.
• Facilitate planning sessions, reviews, updates, governance forums, and steering meetings.
• Identify delivery risks, constraints, cross-team dependencies, and schedule impacts; create mitigations.
• Establish and maintain project reporting with progress, risks, milestones, and outcomes.
• Translate complex technical concepts into business-focused communications for leadership.
• Partner with cybersecurity leaders to align execution with objectives and roadmaps.
• Manage project scope, goals, and timeline with approved objectives.
• Manage project financials with budgets, forecasts, and time tracking.
• Drive accountability and resolve blockers; support vendor engagements and procurement when needed.
• Ensure delivery artifacts, governance, and controls are maintained throughout lifecycle.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Executive communications

Agile / Hybrid delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ServiceNow PPM

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead strategic cybersecurity initiatives that strengthen security posture, reduce risk, and enable business objectives.

You will anchor projects within cybersecurity domains, collaborating with leaders, architects, engineers, product teams, vendors, and executives to drive outcomes. The role emphasizes translating strategy into execution, managing risks, and delivering initiatives with measurable cybersecurity outcomes such as