Senior Cybersecurity Programs Leader (Remote)

Motion Recruitment; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 111,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k)

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks a Senior Program Manager, Cybersecurity to lead a large-scale transformation spanning IT, OT, and IoT. This remote contract role is available to candidates in North Carolina or Rhode Island and offers up to $98/hour.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to strengthen security posture, drive risk reduction, and ensure enterprise compliance across multiple domains. Ideal candidates have extensive program leadership experience, executive-level communication skills, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, InfoSec, Business Admin, PM, or related field
• 15+ years managing complex technology programs, enterprise initiatives, or cybersecurity projects
• Experience leading cross-functional cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, OT, and IoT programs
• Experience negotiating contracts, evaluating vendors, and developing SOWs
• Experience coordinating incident response, remediation, audits, and risk reduction initiatives
• Deep understanding of governance, risk management, security controls, and compliance frameworks
• Experience creating executive-level presentations and status reports
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to lead multiple concurrent programs in a complex enterprise
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methods

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic cybersecurity programs and multi-year transformation initiatives
• Establish governance, reporting, risk management, and executive communications
• Coordinate security initiatives across infrastructure, cloud, applications, identity, data protection, and third-party risk
• Manage cybersecurity assessments, RFPs, vendor selections, and implementation programs
• Drive incident response coordination, remediation planning, and recovery activities
• Oversee vulnerability management, audit findings, risk treatment plans, and corrective actions
• Facilitate executive steering committees and cross-functional alignment
• Monitor program health, milestones, budgets, dependencies, and KPIs
• Support compliance, audits, and security governance initiatives
• Promote security awareness and risk-based decision making

Skills

Leadership & governance

Stakeholder management

Cybersecurity strategy

Risk management

Executive communication

Program management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Security, Business Administration, Project Management, or related field

Job description

Motion Recruitment seeks a Senior Program Manager, Cybersecurity to lead a large-scale transformation spanning IT, OT, and IoT. This remote contract role is available to candidates in North Carolina or Rhode Island and offers up to $98/hour.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to strengthen security posture, drive risk reduction, and ensure enterprise compliance across multiple domains. Ideal candidates have extensive program leadership experience, executive-level communication skills, and