Technical Program Manager - Enterprise Security & Audit Readiness

Technical Program Manager - Enterprise Security & Audit Readiness

Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid)
Contract Opportunity

Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager II to lead large-scale enterprise security, compliance, and audit readiness initiatives. This role will play a critical part in ensuring organizational preparedness for enterprise-wide security audits, driving remediation efforts, and maintaining ongoing compliance across complex technology environments.
The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of technical program management, cybersecurity governance, audit coordination, and executive stakeholder engagement, with a proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives from planning through execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide security and compliance programs supporting audit readiness, regulatory requirements, and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Coordinate remediation efforts related to audit findings, security assessments, and compliance reviews, ensuring timely resolution and sustainable process improvements.
• Partner with security, infrastructure, engineering, architecture, governance, risk, compliance, and business teams to drive program objectives.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, timelines, dependencies, risks, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Monitor program performance, track key milestones, and proactively identify and mitigate risks impacting delivery.
• Facilitate executive-level governance meetings and provide concise, data-driven status reporting to senior leadership.
• Support the creation, maintenance, and review of technical architecture documentation, system inventories, process flows, and infrastructure diagrams.
• Drive consistency in vulnerability management, remediation tracking, control validation, and compliance reporting processes.
• Ensure alignment with established security frameworks, regulatory standards, and internal governance requirements.
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams while maintaining focus on strategic business objectives and operational excellence.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management experience within enterprise technology environments.
• Proven experience leading large-scale security, compliance, audit, governance, or risk management initiatives.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Security audits and assessments
  • Vulnerability management programs
  • Risk remediation processes
  • Internal controls and compliance operations
• Experience working with industry-standard frameworks such as:
  • SOC 2
  • ISO 27001
  • NIST
  • CIS Controls
  • Other security and compliance standards
• Demonstrated success managing enterprise-wide initiatives involving multiple business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership and governance committees.
• Experience developing or coordinating technical architecture documentation and system diagrams.
• Advanced proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification or equivalent program/project management certification.
• Experience supporting enterprise audit programs within highly regulated environments.
• Background working with cybersecurity, information security, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), or technology risk teams.
• Experience managing enterprise remediation programs resulting from audit findings or security assessments.
• Familiarity with cloud, infrastructure, application security, and enterprise architecture environments.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• Equivalent combination of education and professional experience will be considered.

What Success Looks Like

• Audit findings are remediated on schedule and documented appropriately.
• Enterprise stakeholders remain aligned on priorities, timelines, and compliance objectives.
• Risks, dependencies, and obstacles are proactively managed and communicated.
• Security and compliance initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with organizational goals.
• Leadership has clear visibility into program health, progress, and readiness status.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned Technical Program Manager who thrives at the intersection of security, compliance, governance, and enterprise technology transformation, driving high-visibility initiatives that directly impact organizational risk and operational readiness.

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