Program Director - Cyber Execution & Operations

Role Description

Sentara is hiring a Program Director - Cyber Execution and Operations. This position is fully remote, with occasional travel required one to two times per quarter.

The Program Director – Cyber Execution & Operations (E&O), Office of the CISO, will serve as an integral team member helping drive program rigor and execution across the cyber security portfolio in a manner that meets Sentara Health requirements. The E&O team designs and/or provides the operational frameworks, processes, and tools for Cyber team implementation and use. Reporting directly to the Director – Cyber Execution and Operations, you will work on a broad range of initiatives and diverse work products while regularly interacting with all levels of leadership across Cyber, IT, and the business. As a foundational member of a recently formed team, you will be directly involved in the team’s ongoing evolution.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Key interface with other Cyber, IT, and business teams.
• Program and Portfolio Management: Plan, execute, and oversee programs and initiatives to improve operations and execution.
• Effectively communicate on a timely basis all aspects of your ownership space in a consistently professional, high quality manner.
• Ensure Office of the CISO core foundational processes and procedures are properly documented and maintained.
• Meeting planning, preparation, and support: Create clear, concise, and relevant agendas, meeting notes, decks, and communications.
• Collaborate to identify Office of the CISO reporting needs to support ongoing strategic decision-making.
• Microsoft SharePoint/Teams artifact storage rebuild, rebranding, and maintenance.
• Budget optimization: Forecasting, contracting, invoicing, etc.
• Identify areas of improvement and propose recommendations to address.
• Coach and train cyber staff in operational best practices.

Qualifications

• Experienced, proactive, self-driven generalist.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Organized and detail-oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experienced in working effectively in ambiguous situations.
• Able to translate data into meaningful insights and written summaries.
• Excels at prioritization, presentation, and facilitation.
• Comfortable owning your space and establishing a sense of urgency.
• Agile work experience.
• Product methodology work experience.
• Ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms.
• Ability to effectively interact with all levels of management.
• Cyber security work experience.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Strong Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Occasional work outside of standard business hours.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a degree (Required) or 10+ years of relevant experience without a degree (Required).
• A relevant professional certification - Project Portfolio Management (PPM) (Required) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) (Required) or Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) (Required).
• 8 to 10+ years of relevant experience (Required).

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000.
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave.
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave.
• Emergency Backup Care.
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans.
• Life Insurance.
• 401k/403B with Employer Match.
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education.
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000.
• Pet Insurance.
• Legal Resources Plan.
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.