Technical Program Manager Secure Development

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Job Title: Technical Program Manager III - Secure Build Environment Development

Job Description:

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager III (TPM) to lead the development of a new build environment with a strong focus on security. This is a critical role requiring someone who possesses exceptional program management capabilities technical expertise and experience collaborating across multiple teams and departments. The ideal candidate will have experience working with modern build systems repositories and CI/CD environments as well as expertise in security practices ensuring robustness against vulnerabilities and threats.

Responsibilities:
1. Program Management:
- Drive end-to-end ownership and delivery of a secure build environment program.
- Coordinate efforts across multiple teams including engineering security DevOps and product management ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment toward program goals.
- Develop manage and regularly update the program roadmap timelines and deliverables.
- Identify risks dependencies and bottlenecks and proactively resolve them.

2. Technical Leadership:
- Serve as the technical bridge between teams ensuring proper understanding of requirements and fostering cross-disciplinary communication.
- Work with engineering teams to define secure build system architecture policies and standards.

3. Build System Expertise:
- Oversee the design and implementation of modern build systems repositories (e.g. GitHub GitLab Bitbucket etc.) pipeline management and artifact repositories.
- Optimize release and build management workflows ensuring scalability and maintainability.
- Manage dependencies and integrate security tools and practices into the build and release pipelines.

4. Security Focus:
- Collaborate with security teams to embed vulnerability scanning tools and practices (e.g. CVE patching dependency analysis code scans) into the build pipeline.
- Introduce and manage zero-day response strategies for build environments.
- Ensure compliance with security regulations and standards.

5. Stakeholder Management:
- Effectively communicate program progress and technical updates to stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Gather inputs from both technical and non-technical stakeholders to balance needs with feasibility.

Qualifications:
- Program Management Expertise:
- Proven experience in delivering complex cross-team programs with multiple dependencies.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills including experience managing schedules roadmaps and reporting mechanisms.

- Technical Background:
- Solid knowledge of build/release tools repositories pipeline management and CI/CD workflows.
- Familiarity with systems like GitHub GitLab Jenkins CircleCI Azure DevOps or similar.
- Hands-on experience managing artifact repositories (e.g. Artifactory Nexus).

- Security Experience:
- Understanding of security practices within build environments such as vulnerability scans dependency management and zero-day mitigations.
- Knowledge of security tools (e.g. Snyk SonarQube Prisma).
- Familiarity with CVEs and secure coding principles.

- Soft Skills:
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and drive consensus across teams.
- Strong problem-solving analytical and decision-making capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience working on secure build environments or DevSecOps-related programs.
- Certification in program management methodologies (e.g. PMP Agile).
- Familiarity with compliance standards like ISO 27001/27002 SOC Type 2 or OWASP Secure Coding Practices.

Why Join Us
This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact by leading the development of a secure and scalable build environment. You will play a key role in bolstering the security of our development workflows shaping practices that strengthen our engineering foundation and collaborating across industry-leading teams in a dynamic innovative and fast-paced environment.

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This description clearly emphasizes the leadership technical expertise and security focus required for the role while also offering flexibility to attract candidates with varied yet relevant experience.

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