Senior Technical Program Manager, Security

Box; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 206,500; Full time

Job summary

Box is seeking a Sr. Technical Program Manager, Security to drive cross‑functional security programs across the company.

You will turn strategic direction into executable plans, manage milestones, dependencies, and risks, and partner with engineering, product, legal, and compliance teams to deliver critical security capabilities. The role emphasizes structured program delivery, influential leadership without direct authority, and a focus on customer impact in an AI‑first environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing and delivering large-scale security and/or engineering initiatives.
• Highly organized with strong prioritization skills and ability to manage multiple cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to influence and drive accountability across stakeholders without direct authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with metrics/dashboards to track progress.
• Proficient in Jira, Confluence, Airtable, Slack for program management.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic direction into defined program requirements and measurable outcomes for security initiatives.
• Create and manage comprehensive program plans, roadmaps, timelines, and milestones.
• Lead end-to-end execution of complex, multi-team security programs with accountability across stakeholders.
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and design automation to scale security delivery.
• Maintain open communication channels and elevate risks with clear mitigations to leadership.
• Drive discipline and standardized practices in the Security org for program management.
• Ensure security programs deliver tangible customer impact and business value.
• Lead and support additional technical security programs as needed.

Skills

Strategic program management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Jira

Confluence

Airtable

Slack

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Airtable

Slack

Job description

WHAT IS BOX?

Box (NYSE:BOX) is the leader in Intelligent Content Management. Our platform enables organizations to fuel collaboration, manage the entire content lifecycle, secure critical content, and transform business workflows with enterprise AI. We help companies thrive in the new AI‑first era of business. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for leading global organizations, including JLL, Morgan Stanley, and Nationwide. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

By joining Box, you will have the unique opportunity to continue driving our platform forward. Content powers how we work. It’s the billions of files and information flowing across teams, departments, and key business processes every single day: contracts, invoices, employee records, financials, product specs, marketing assets, and more. Our mission is to bring intelligence to the world of content management and empower our customers to completely transform workflows across their organizations. With the combination of AI and enterprise content, the opportunity has never been greater to transform how the world works together and at Box you will be on the front lines of this massive shift.

WHY BOX NEEDS YOU

We're looking for a Sr. Technical Program Manager, Security who thrives in ambiguity and knows how to turn strategic direction into measurable outcomes. In this role, you'll drive cross‑functional programs that span all areas of security with the lends of partnering closely with multiple cross‑functional teams across Box to deliver key capabilities from strategy through execution.

You’ll take on critical security initiatives, driving programs that secure our infrastructure, strengthen our environment, and deliver new security capabilities. You will bring structure, proactively manage milestones, dependencies, and delivery risks, and ensure programs are executed with clarity, speed, and quality. The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative environments, communicates effectively across stakeholders, and is passionate about leveraging technology to deliver meaningful customer impact.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Strategic Alignment & Vision: Partner closely with Security leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders to translate strategic direction into defined program requirements and measurable outcomes. Ensure program initiatives align with Box's overall security strategy across focus areas including security for AI, infrastructure security, enterprise security, trust and safety, and detection and response.
• Program Planning & Structuring: Bring structure to complex problem spaces by creating and managing comprehensive program plans, roadmaps, timelines, and milestones for critical security initiatives. Translate high‑level strategy into actionable execution plans.
• Cross‑Functional Program Execution: Lead end‑to‑end execution of complex, multi‑team security initiatives, driving visibility, accountability, and timely resolution of action items across stakeholder teams, managing escalations and present updates and recommendations to leadership.
• Process Optimization & Automation: Identify workflow inefficiencies and design process improvements and automations to scale security delivery across the organization.
• Stakeholder Communication & Risk Management: Maintain active, transparent communication channels (e.g., Slack, status reviews, executive updates), respond promptly to inquiries, and elevate program risks or blockers to leadership with clear recommendations and mitigation plans.
• Driving Technical Program Management Discipline & Standards: Partner with TPM leaders across Box to drive discipline, consistency, and standardized program management practices within the Security organization, raising the bar for how security programs are planned, executed, and measured.
• Customer & Business Impact: Champion the connection between security programs and meaningful customer impact, ensuring initiatives deliver tangible value to Box customers while strengthening the company's security posture.
• Flexible Program Support: Lead and support additional technical security programs as needed, applying strong program management fundamentals to a broad range of security challenges.

WHO YOU ARE

We are an AI‑first company. This means you approach your work with a growth mindset and find ways to leverage AI to help make faster, smarter decisions that will 10X your impact at Box.

• 7+ years of experience managing and delivering large‑scale security and/or engineering initiatives, including significant experience partnering with engineering, operations, product, legal, and compliance teams.
• Highly organized, with strong prioritization skills and a track record of managing multiple, concurrent cross‑functional initiatives in a fast‑paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive accountability directly with stakeholders across multiple cross‑functional areas to lead without direct authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain security requirements to technical and non‑technical stakeholders and drive consensus on risk decisions.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including experience building and using metrics/dashboards to track and measure progress towards program delivery and key risk reduction.
• Proficient in Jira and project management/collaboration tools (e.g., Confluence, Airtable, Slack), including using them to manage centralized intake and track cross‑functional work.

Preferred skills

• Experience within a technology or software company in roles spanning AI security, infrastructure security, detection and response, or enterprise security.
• Demonstrated understanding of how security functions intersect with product, engineering, and IT teams across the full lifecycle, from ideation and design through launch, operations, and incident response.
• Experience applying agile methodologies to security program delivery in cross‑functional environments.
• Experience building and maintaining centralized knowledge bases (e.g., Confluence/Box) and developing training and enablement materials to onboard and support security programs.

Box lives its values, with community and in‑person collaboration being a core part of our culture. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office a minimum of 3 days per week. Your Recruiter will share more about how we work and company culture during the hiring process.

At Box, we believe unique and diverse experiences benefit our culture, our products, our customers, our company, and our world. We aim to recruit a passionate, high‑performing workforce that reflects the world we live in. If you are head‑over‑heels about this role but unsure if you meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply!

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, and any other protected ground of discrimination under applicable human rights legislation. Box strives to respect the dignity and independence of people with disabilities and is committed to giving them the same opportunity to succeed as all other employees. Inclusiveness is core to our culture at Box, and we strive to ensure you get the most from your interview experience.

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Box is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual base salary (or OTE if commissionable role) is dependent upon factors such as: knowledge, skill level, experience, and work location. This role is also eligible for equity and benefits. For more information, check out our benefits and perks.

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United States Pay Range

$116,000 — $206,500 USD