Senior Technical Program Manager

Motive; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Senior Security Program Leader to own the integrated Security & Privacy Roadmap from intake to delivery and executive handoff. You will align cross-functional teams, manage risk-reduction programs, and prepare board-ready materials demonstrating progress and outcomes.

You will drive quarterly planning, track metrics, and ensure clear accountability, milestones, and decisions. The role requires strong communication, collaboration, and a proven ability to influence at all

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience leading complex technical programs, with cybersecurity or privacy focus.
• Ability to translate security concepts into business impact for executives.
• Strong executive writing and presentation skills with evidence-based narratives.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams including engineering and business functions.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap execution: maintain and deliver the integrated Security & Privacy Roadmap from intake to handoff.
• Lead cross-functional risk-reduction programs across identity, access management, data protection, and privacy controls.
• Coordinate quarterly planning including capacity, sequencing, and trade-off analyses.
• Establish operating rigor with RAID logs, decision records, and dashboards.

Skills

Leading complex programs

Cybersecurity

Privacy

Executive writing

Presentation skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

• Own roadmap execution: Maintain the integrated Security & Privacy Roadmap from intake and prioritization through delivery and operational handoff. Clarify scope, accountable owners, milestones, dependencies, decision points, and success measures across concurrent initiatives
• Drive risk-reduction programs: Lead cross-functional execution of major security programs, which may include identity and access management, authorization, vulnerability remediation, auditability, data protection and retention, privacy controls, and security assurance. Keep work tied to explicit risks and customer or business outcomes
• Lead quarterly planning: Coordinate planning inputs, capacity and sequencing discussions, prioritization trade-offs, and commitments. Surface gaps early, distinguish committed work from aspirational work, and bring options and recommendations to decision-makers
• Establish operating rigor: Run effective program reviews and maintain concise plans, RAID logs, decision records, and dashboards. Track leading indicators and delivery milestones; escalate blockers with clear impact, owner, and recommended next step
• Prepare executive and board materials: Develop accurate, board-ready narratives and presentations that explain the risk, why it matters, progress against commitments, measurable outcomes, material changes, and decisions or investments required. Validate claims and metrics with accountable teams
• Build strong partnerships: Align technical and nontechnical stakeholders, facilitate decisions when priorities conflict, and communicate with clarity at levels ranging from engineers to senior executives
• Improve the system: Identify recurring delivery, governance, or measurement gaps and improve the security program operating model so teams can execute predictably and demonstrate control effectiveness
• How success will be measured;
• Roadmap initiatives have clear scope, accountable owners, realistic milestones, dependencies, and measurable risk or customer outcomes
• Quarterly commitments are prioritized against capacity; material delivery risks and decision needs are raised early, not at the deadline
• High-priority security programs deliver agreed milestones and demonstrable risk reduction, with exceptions and residual risk explicitly documented
• Leadership and board updates are timely, concise, consistent with source evidence, and decision-ready
• Cross-functional partners have a reliable operating cadence and clear visibility into status, trade-offs, and next actions

Sound judgment in prioritizing risk, surfacing uncomfortable trade-offs, and balancing urgency, customer impact, compliance needs, and delivery capacityA track record of delivering multi-team programs across engineering and business functions, including work with senior leaders and teams that do not report to you7+ years of experience leading complex technical programs, with meaningful experience in cybersecurity, product security, privacy, or a closely related risk-management domainAbility to understand security architecture and control objectives well enough to ask precise questions, identify delivery and risk gaps, and translate technical details into business impact—without needing to be the hands-on implementerExcellent executive writing and presentation skills; experience producing concise leadership updates or board-level materials grounded in verified evidenceStrong program-management fundamentals: integrated plans, dependency and critical-path management, risk and issue resolution, capacity planning, change control, and outcome-based reportingA collaborative, low-ego approach and the ability to create accountability through influence, structure, and clear communicationDemonstrated an AI first mindset in executing programs vs manually chasing teams to get things doneExperience in a SaaS or technology company with complex products, customer data, and cross-functional security ownershipFamiliarity with security and privacy programs such as IAM and authorization, vulnerability management, data lifecycle controls, incident remediation, audit readiness, or privacy engineeringExperience defining program metrics, risk indicators, control evidence, and executive dashboards