Senior Cybersecurity Transformation Lead (Enterprise Programs)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company; Frisco (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Transformation Lead to drive enterprise programs that strengthen risk posture, support regulatory compliance, and scale security across the business.

This hybrid role operates in the Transformation Office within the CISO and partners with Cybersecurity, IT, and business leaders to deliver complex initiatives, define governance, and deliver executive reporting while building a structured, fast-paced delivery culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in program or project management.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, Cybersecurity or related field desired.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex programmes end-to-end.
• Strong expertise in programme governance, dependency management, and execution discipline.
• Experience producing executive-level reporting and supporting governance forums.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in highly matrixed environments with shared ownership.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex cybersecurity programmes across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment to enterprise priorities.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, including milestones, dependencies, and critical path.
• Drive recovery plans ("go-to-green" plans) for at-risk initiatives, ensuring clear timelines and leadership visibility.
• Maintain strong execution discipline, ensuring predictable and high-quality delivery.
• Lead delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives across a range of domains, including enterprise platforms, risk management, and regulatory programmes where required.
• Support delivery of Cybersecurity Priorities like Vulnerability Management, End Point Security, SailPoint, CyberArk rollouts as part of the broader portfolio.
• Contribute to regulatory and audit readiness programs (e.g., SOC 2) where part of wider transformation efforts.
• Coordinate implementation of cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment across technical and business teams.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and alignment across Cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Track and drive accountability across delivery teams and partners.
• Ensure clarity of ownership and alignment across shared initiatives.
• Define and operationalize OKRs, KPIs, and executive reporting.
• Produce concise, decision-oriented updates for senior leadership.
• Maintain accurate programme dashboards, including milestones, delivery status, risks, and performance metrics.
• Replace internal-only reporting formats with clear, standard executive reporting formats.
• Improve transparency and quality of program reporting.
• Implement structured tracking of program risks, issues, dependencies, and actions (RAID).
• Proactively identify and resolve systemic blockers impacting delivery.
• Ensure clear ownership and timely resolution of programme risks and issues.
• Align Cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders on priorities, ownership, and execution approach.
• Act as a central coordination point across multi-team, enterprise initiatives.
• Build strong relationships to enable effective collaboration and decision-making.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, Cybersecurity or related field

Advanced degree (MBA or related)

Job description

Senior Cybersecurity Transformation Lead (Enterprise Programs)

This position is for an existing vacancy. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply.

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

This position is for an existing vacancy. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply.

Are you ready to make an impact at one of the world's leading technology companies? HPE's Cybersecurity team is where you can do just that. We are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Program Lead to play a key role in delivering critical programmes that strengthen our risk posture, support regulatory compliance, and protect the business as we scale.

This is a high-impact opportunity to work at the centre of HPE's Cybersecurity & Digital Risk Management organisation, partnering with Cybersecurity, IT, and business leaders to deliver complex, enterprise-wide initiatives. You will operate in a fast-paced, highly visible environment where your ability to bring structure, clarity, and execution discipline will directly influence business outcomes and resilience.

This is a senior individual contributor (IC) role within the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Transformation Office, offering a highly visible opportunity to lead the delivery of complex, enterprise-wide cybersecurity programmes. You will report into the Director of the Transformation office and operate at the centre of Cybersecurity, IT, and business teams, driving critical initiatives that enable the organisation to scale securely and deliver on its strategic priorities. The role plays a key part in bringing structure, pace, and execution discipline to large, cross-functional programmes, ensuring commitments are met and outcomes are delivered. Combining deep programme leadership with strong stakeholder alignment, this position operates across both technical and business domains and offers the opportunity to directly shape how cybersecurity transformation is executed at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Program Delivery & Execution

• Lead delivery of complex cybersecurity programmes across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment to enterprise priorities.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, including milestones, dependencies, and critical path.
• Drive recovery plans ("go-to-green" plans) for at-risk initiatives, ensuring clear timelines and leadership visibility.
• Maintain strong execution discipline, ensuring predictable and high-quality delivery.

Enterprise Program Delivery

• Lead delivery of strategic cybersecurity initiatives across a range of domains, including enterprise platforms, risk management, and regulatory programmes where required.
• Support delivery of Cybersecurity Priorities like Vulnerability Management, End Point Security, SailPoint, CyberArk rollouts as part of the broader portfolio.
• Contribute to regulatory and audit readiness programs (e.g., SOC 2 - System and Organization Controls 2 compliance) where part of wider transformation efforts.
• Coordinate implementation of cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment across technical and business teams.

Execution Management & Coordination

• Manage dependencies, risks, and alignment across Cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders.
• Track and drive accountability across delivery teams and partners.
• Ensure clarity of ownership and alignment across shared initiatives.

Reporting & Governance

• Define and operationalize OKRs, KPIs, and executive reporting.
• Produce concise, decision-oriented updates for senior leadership.
• Maintain accurate programme dashboards, including milestones, delivery status, risks, and performance metrics.
• Replace internal-only reporting formats with clear, standard executive reporting formats.
• Improve transparency and quality of program reporting.

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Implement structured tracking of program risks, issues, dependencies, and actions (RAID - Risks, Actions, Issues, Dependencies).
• Proactively identify and resolve systemic blockers impacting delivery.
• Ensure clear ownership and timely resolution of programme risks and issues.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Align Cybersecurity, IT, and business stakeholders on priorities, ownership, and execution approach.
• Act as a central coordination point across multi-team, enterprise initiatives.
• Build strong relationships to enable effective collaboration and decision-making.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in program or project management
• Bachelor's degree in any field relating to Information Technology, Business, Program Management, Cybersecurity or related field desired.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale, complex programmes end-to-end.
• Strong expertise in programme governance, dependency management, and execution discipline.
• Experience producing executive-level reporting and supporting governance forums.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in highly matrixed environments with shared ownership.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desired / Nice to Have

• Experience supporting cybersecurity, risk, or compliance-related programmes (e.g., GRC or audit readiness initiatives).
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as SOC 2 or similar industry standards.
• Experience working across enterprise risk or third-party environments
• Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MSc in Cybersecurity or related discipline).
• Relevant programme management certifications (e.g., PMP, PgMP).
• Cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISM).

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job

Information Technology

Job Level

Master

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

- United States of America: Annual Salary USD 119,500 - 275,000 in Texas

- Canada: Annual Salary CAD 151,000 - 201,000 in Ontario

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

Information about employee benefits offered in Canada can be found at https://myhperewards.com/pdf/hpe-recruit-brochure-can.pdf

Des informations sur les avantages sociaux offerts sont disponibles sur https://myhperewards.com/pdf/hpe-recruit-brochure-can-fr.pdf

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.