Manager, Security Issues Management

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you'll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.

Applicants for this job have the flexibility to work remote from home anywhere in the Continental United States

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT.

Position Purpose:

Manages day to day operations of the Security Issues Management team, ensuring remediation activities are executed accurately, consistently, and within established SLAs. Provides people leadership, workload prioritization, and operational oversight while serving as a primary liaison between the Issues Management Program Manager and cross functional stakeholders. Ensures remediation efforts align with enterprise risk tolerance, regulatory expectations, and recognized cybersecurity frameworks.

• Leads and oversees the end-to-end lifecycle of security issues management, including remediation planning, execution tracking, evidence collection and validation, documentation, and issue closure activities.

• Manages, prioritizes, and allocates team resources to address the most pressing risk areas, ensuring adherence to defined SLAs, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder expectations.

• Provides direct people leadership for Security Issues Management analysts, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and skills development to ensure effective execution of responsibilities.

• Serves as a subject matter expert on security issues remediation by advising stakeholders on technical fulfillment requirements, evidence expectations, and the broader Security Issues Management process.

• Oversees remediation activities resulting from internal audits, external audits, regulatory examinations, and risk assessments, ensuring consistency with enterprise risk tolerance and avoidance of duplicative efforts.

• Partners with Internal Audit, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, Technology Risk, and technical teams to coordinate remediation activities, resolve blockers, and drive timely issue resolution.

• Identifies systemic or recurring issues, leads root cause analysis, and drives process or control improvements to reduce repeat findings and enhance control effectiveness.

• Develops, matures, and continuously improves processes, documentation, and automation to enhance cybersecurity risk management and issues remediation capabilities.

• Ensures issues management activities align with recognized cybersecurity and risk management frameworks (e.g., NIST, ARC-AMPE), as applicable to the organization.

• Maintains awareness of existing and proposed enterprise security policies and standards, and provide input and support for policy and standard development as needed.

• Ensures data quality, accuracy, and consistency within GRC tools used for tracking, reporting, and managing security issues.

• Contributes to executive level reporting by synthesizing remediation status, trends, risk themes, and control weaknesses for leadership consumption.

• Supports regulatory and examiner interactions by providing remediation evidence, status updates, and management responses related to security issues.

• Promotes a culture of accountability, risk ownership, and continuous improvement across remediation stakeholders and teams.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience required

• 6+ years governance, audit, compliance, or regulatory functions required

Licenses/Certifications:

PgMP or PMP Upon Hire preferred

CISA, CGEIT, or CRISC Upon Hire preferred:

CISSP Upon Hire preferred.

Pay Range: $107,700.00 - $199,300.00 per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act