Senior AI Security Program Manager

NetApp; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead a cross-functional AI Security readiness program, driving faster vulnerability response, secure AI adoption, and scalable security operations. You will coordinate plans, manage dependencies, and align stakeholders across Security, Legal, Marketing, and customer-facing teams.

The role requires strong program management in cybersecurity, excellent communication to executives, and proven ability to translate complex work into clear milestones and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project or program management experience leading complex cybersecurity, technology, product engineering, cloud, or enterprise infrastructure initiatives.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional programs with senior stakeholders, measurable outcomes, clear ownership, and executive-level visibility.
• Proven background in cybersecurity, security engineering, or vulnerability management.
• Experience supporting AI Security, secure AI adoption, AI-enabled vulnerability scanning, emerging technology risk management, or related security transformation efforts.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to turn technical program details into concise executive updates, decision materials, risk summaries, customer communication inputs, and leadership-ready reporting.
• Ability to establish clear ownership, action tracking, dependency management, risk escalation, milestone governance, and measurable success metrics.
• Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and executive reporting tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Certification in Project Management, such as PMP, is highly desirable.
• Cybersecurity certifications, such as CISSP, CISM, Security+, or similar, are a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional planning and delivery for a high-visibility AI Security readiness program, ensuring clear scope, owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, success measures, and reporting cadence.
• Coordinate delivery plans that improve rapid patching operations, increase vulnerability response capacity, support automation, and track service level objectives for critical, zero-day, and high-severity issues.
• Support stronger product release decisions by helping teams define, track, and operationalize security gating requirements, escalation paths, governance reviews, and release readiness criteria.
• Manage program activities related to AI-enabled vulnerability scanning, including pilots, onboarding plans, integration into development workflows, remediation tracking, and expansion across priority products, services, and environments.
• Partner with Security, Legal, Marketing, and customer-facing teams to support approved messaging, frequently asked questions, sales guidance, and communication guardrails related to AI Security readiness.
• Support security operations readiness by tracking staffing, training, automation, triage improvements, incident response alignment, and service level agreement impacts tied to increased AI-driven threat volume.
• Maintain an integrated roadmap that sequences major milestones, resolves cross-team dependencies, highlights delivery risks, and supports leadership visibility into AI Security readiness progress.
• Manage and optimize Jira, Confluence, and related collaboration tools to provide transparency, traceability, audit-ready evidence, and clear ownership.

Skills

Cybersecurity fluency

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Ownership & accountability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Management/CS/Cybersecurity/Engineering

PMP certification

CISSP/CISM/Security+ certifications

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

NetApp seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead a cross-functional AI Security readiness program, driving faster vulnerability response, secure AI adoption, and scalable security operations. You will coordinate plans, manage dependencies, and align stakeholders across Security, Legal, Marketing, and customer-facing teams.

The role requires strong program management in cybersecurity, excellent communication to executives, and proven ability to translate complex work into clear milestones and