Partner 18, Senior Program Manager, Cybersecurity
Partner 18, Senior Program Manager, Cybersecurity
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$ 176000 - 205000
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Job Description
Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies across AI bio healthcare consumer crypto enterprise fintech games and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $45B in assets under management across multiple funds.
Weve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what its like to be in the founders shoes. Weve invested in companies like Affirm Airbnb Coinbase Databricks Devoted Health Insitro Figma GitHub Instacart OpenSea Roblox Stripe and Substack. Our team is at the forefront of new technology helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.
The Role
The Cybersecurity Program Manager will lead the planning coordination and execution of a16zs cybersecurity program portfolio. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer this role is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of security initiatives driving clarity accountability and delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams. You will partner with teams across technical operational and business functions to ensure cybersecurity programs are executed effectively risks are managed proactively and security outcomes align with firm-wide priorities. This role will also own program reporting including project status risk summaries and key metrics to keep stakeholders and leadership informed and aligned.
We are open to candidates based in the San Francisco Bay Area CA. The role requires an in office presence at least 2 days a week in our Menlo Park CA or San Francisco CA office.
To join our team you should be excited to:
- Own and manage the cybersecurity program portfolio including roadmap planning intake prioritization and milestone tracking
- Lead the execution of cybersecurity initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional teams ensuring alignment accountability and progress across technical operational and business domains
- Develop long-range plans and strategic objectives that balance day-to-day execution with broader program maturity and long-term business alignment
- Track program risks issues and interdependencies using tools like ClickUp and ensure timely resolution and clear accountability
- Build and maintain the cybersecurity risk register including risk ownership mitigation plans and reporting timelines
- Drive stakeholder alignment through structured operating cadences such as standups planning reviews and retrospectives
- Communicate clearly and consistently about program status risks blockers and key performance metrics ensuring stakeholders at all levels are informed aligned and empowered to take action
- Deliver and manage firmwide security training awareness campaigns and onboarding programs for new hires
- Support third-party security due diligence processes and vendor risk assessments in partnership with Legal and Compliance
- Maintain program documentation including project plans charters timelines and decision logs to ensure audit-ability and transparency
- Partner closely with the Chief Information Security Officer to align program outcomes with firm-wide strategic and operational priorities
Minimum Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in program management or technical project management preferably in a regulated environment such as finance enterprise technology or SaaS
- Proven success leading complex cross-functional security or risk-oriented programs from planning through execution with measurable delivery outcomes
- Highly self-directed with the ability to take ambiguous or high-level guidance and translate it into actionable execution plans
- Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to convey program status risks metrics and priorities to technical and executive audiences
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a small dynamic team environment with shifting priorities rapid timelines and minimal structure
- Experience running structured program cadences such as standups retrospectives quarterly planning and stakeholder reviews
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as NIST CSF ISO 27001 or SOC 2 and ability to translate them into operational program plans
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as ClickUp Asana Confluence or equivalent
- Comfortable developing and maintaining program documentation such as risk registers project charters workback plans and RACI matrices
- Strong organizational skills attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment
- Relevant certifications in project and program management such as PMP PgMP PMI-ACP or ITIL v4 are strongly preferred
- Low ego high empathy and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $176000 - $205000 actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience skills and scope.
This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health dental vision disability life insurance 401K plan vacation and sick leave.
a16z culture
- We do only first class business and only in a first class way
- We take a long view of relationships because we are in the relationship business
- We believe in the future and bet the firm that way
- We are all different we recognize that and we win
- We celebrate the good times
- We do it for the team
- We play to win
At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity age marital or family status disability Veteran status and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves our portfolio companies and the World.
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Andreessen Horowitz hereby reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
