Program Manager, IT Cybersecurity

Work with a Top 20 CPA and advisory firm that Accounts for Anything. Aprio has 40 U.S. office locations, as well as international office locations and more than 3,200 team members that speak 60+ languages across the globe. By bringing together proven expertise, deep understanding, and strategic foresight for fast-growing industries, Aprio ensures clients are prepared for wherever life or business may take them. Discover a top-rated culture, vast growth opportunities and your next big career move with Aprio.

Job Summary
Aprio is seeking a

Program Manager

to lead the operational program that keeps the firm's Cybersecurity Operations team running at its best. In this role, you will own the program infrastructure around daily defensive operations — including on-call coverage, alert-quality reviews, incident response coordination, vendor relationships, and executive reporting. You will partner closely with analysts, Detection Engineering, GRC, and external partners to ensure the team operates with consistency, accountability, and continuous improvement. This role sits at the center of how the Operations team plans, measures, and communicates its work.

What You'll Gain/ Impact

Opportunity to build and mature a cybersecurity operations program at a high-growth professional services firm

Direct influence on how the firm prepares for, responds to, and learns from security incidents

Exposure to cross-functional collaboration across Cybersecurity, GRC, IT, Legal, and business leadership

Ability to shape the workforce development of a growing analyst team through training matrix ownership

A front-row seat to enterprise security operations, with meaningful impact on how the firm manages risk

Key Responsibilities

Own the SOC operating cadence, including the on-call rotation, alert-quality review cycle, shift handoffs, and escalation paths; identify and resolve process drift early

Coordinate live incidents by keeping the right people engaged, recording decisions in real time, and assigning and tracking follow-up actions — technical decisions remain with the incident lead

Design, facilitate, and document quarterly tabletop exercises for the Operations team; support larger cross-functional exercises involving legal, IT, and business leaders

Run structured post-incident reviews following significant incidents, using severity levels defined in the incident response plan, and ensure lessons feed back into playbooks and the detection backlog

Produce monthly and quarterly Operations reports for leadership covering metrics such as MTTR, alert volume, true-positive rate, on-call load, incident frequency, and audit findings — presented so an executive can read them without a technical walkthrough

Maintain the analyst training matrix mapped to NICE Workforce Framework work roles; track completion and keep it current as workforce evidence for audits

Own day-to-day relationships with DFIR retainer firms, threat intelligence providers, and SIEM/EDR vendor account teams; manage SLA reviews and maintain renewal dates

Provide Operations evidence to the GRC pod for client, vendor, and certification audits; map Operations activities to the controls that depend on them

Maintain the annual, quarterly, and monthly Operations program calendar covering tabletop dates, audit windows, vendor reviews, training cycles, and on-call planning

Coordinate cross-functional handoffs with Detection Engineering, GRC, IT Service Management, and the Identity team

Candidate Qualifications

3+ years in cybersecurity, IT GRC, or technical program management, or equivalent experience in a regulated industry with cybersecurity or GRC exposure

Working knowledge of how a security operations team runs, including on-call rotations, alert-quality review, shift handoffs, and escalation paths

Experience managing vendor relationships, ideally with DFIR retainer firms, threat intelligence providers, or security tooling vendors

Strong written communication skills, including executive reports and post-incident review documents that hold up to audit and client review

Experience coordinating people through incidents or other time-pressured situations without serving as the technical decision-maker

Experience supporting audits by collecting evidence and mapping operational activities to control requirements

Familiarity with at least one security or compliance framework (NIST CSF, NIST 800-171/53, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, or similar) at an operating-program level

Preferred Qualifcations

Experience running tabletop exercises or post-incident reviews with mixed technical and business audiences

Familiarity with the NICE Workforce Framework, particularly mapping analyst training to NICE work roles

One or more industry certifications such as PMP, CISM, CRISC, GCPM, or ITIL

Experience with SOC tooling from the program side, such as SIEM dashboards, case-management reporting, and on-call platforms

Experience in a professional services or accounting firm

Experience building program routines while a security operations team is growing

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience

$145,000 - $160,000 a year

The salary range for this opportunity is stated above. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range.

Why work for Aprio
Whether you are just starting out, looking to advance into management or searching for your next leadership role, Aprio offers an opportunity to grow with a future-focused, innovative firm.

Perks/Benefits we offer for full-time team members:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment

Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account

401k with Profit Sharing

9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure

Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers

Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion

Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance

Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales

Top rated wellness program

Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options

What's in it for you:

Working with an industry leader: Be part of a high-growth firm that is passionate for what's next.

An awesome culture: Thirty-one fundamental behaviors guide our culture every day ensuring we always deliver an exceptional team-member and client experience. We call it the Aprio Way. This shared mindset creates lasting relationships between team members and with clients.

A great team: Work with a high-energy, passionate, caring and ambitious team of professionals in a collaborative culture.

Entrepreneurship: Have the freedom to innovate and bring your ideas to help us grow to become the CPA firm of choice nationally.

Growth opportunities: Grow professionally in an environment that fosters continuous learning and advancement.

Competitive compensation: You will be rewarded with competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits and a flexible work environment to enjoy work/life balance.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Aprio is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex; pregnancy; sexual orientation; gender identity and/or expression; age; disability; genetic information, citizenship status; military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Aprio, LLP and Aprio Advisory Group, LLC, operate in an alternative business structure, with Aprio Advisory Group, LLC providing non-attest tax and consulting services, and Aprio, LLP providing CPA firm services.

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