Staff Technical Program Manager, Security Programs

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The Role

SoFi is looking for a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead our Vulnerability Management programthe primary mandate for this rolewhile also providing strategic oversight and driving maturity across other critical cybersecurity initiatives. This is a high-impact cybersecurity role focused on building durable program structure improving remediation outcomes and driving cross-functional execution across Security Engineering Product Infrastructure Enterprise Technology Risk and Compliance.

The ideal candidate has owned vulnerability management or adjacent security programs at scale and understands how to turn complex security risk into clear priorities measurable outcomes and executable plans. This person will not be expected to function as a hands-on vulnerability engineer but they must have enough technical depth to operate credibly with security engineers application teams infrastructure teams and senior leaders. The ideal candidate possesses strong soft-edge skills to facilitate strategic action drive cross-functional accountability and transform complex security findings into measurable risk reduction outcomes. While technical depth is essential for credibility and navigating security domains this role prioritizes your ability to influence stakeholders navigate organizational dynamics and convert ambiguous security data into clear business-aligned risk reduction outcomes.

SoFis vulnerability management ecosystem spans multiple detection layers across code containers cloud infrastructure endpoints APIs mobile data and secrets with findings routed through centralized workflows and business-unit remediation queues. This role will help strengthen that operating model by improving prioritization accountability reporting stakeholder alignment and program maturity.

What Youll Do

• Drive the strategic program management of high-priority cybersecurity initiatives providing governance and roadmap planning for critical security domains. This includes translating findings into actionable remediation priorities and using them to drive accountability and process improvements.
• Own and mature the technical program strategy for SoFis vulnerability management programthe core pillar of this roleincluding roadmap planning execution governance prioritization frameworks and measurable success criteria that scale across the organization.
• Partner closely with Threat and Vulnerability Management Product Security Engineering Infrastructure Enterprise Technology Risk Compliance and business-unit stakeholders to drive vulnerability remediation outcomes.
• Build scalable operating rhythms for vulnerability intake triage prioritization remediation tracking escalation exception handling and executive reporting.
• Improve risk-based vulnerability prioritization by incorporating severity exploitability asset criticality exposure business context and remediation feasibility.
• Drive cross-functional remediation campaigns that reduce risk improve mean time to remediate and create clear accountability across engineering and platform teams.
• Define track and communicate program KPIs KRIs and operational health metrics for leadership committees and program sponsors.
• Establish durable governance and reporting mechanisms that make vulnerability management progress visible and actionable for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Identify process gaps tooling gaps and workflow friction across vulnerability detection routing remediation validation and closure.
• Influence technical decisions without direct authority by translating security risk into business impact engineering priorities and practical execution plans.
• Proactively identify opportunities for operational improvement by analyzing recurring vulnerability patterns identifying process friction and driving sustainable remediation practices across teams.

What Youll Need

• 8 years of experience in technical program management security program management security operations product security application security infrastructure security DevSecOps or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated ownership of vulnerability management product security application security cloud security infrastructure security or similar cybersecurity programs.
• Experience driving large-scale cross-functional programs across Security Engineering Product Infrastructure IT Risk Compliance and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management lifecycle concepts including discovery triage prioritization remediation validation SLA management exception handling and executive reporting.
• Ability to translate ambiguous security objectives into structured roadmaps milestones owners metrics and operating rhythms.
• Experience using data KPIs dashboards and stakeholder reporting to improve program visibility accountability and outcomes.
• Strong technical fluency with modern software cloud infrastructure endpoint container API and/or application security environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex security topics for executive technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exceptional soft-skills including stakeholder influence conflict resolution and the ability to drive accountability without direct authority; proven ability to translate security risk into clear business impact to guide executive-level prioritization.
• Comfort operating in a regulated environment where security compliance risk reduction and business velocity must be balanced.

Nice to Have

• Experience with vulnerability management platforms scanners or remediation orchestration tools
• Experience building or maturing security KPIs KRIs dashboards remediation SLAs or executive risk reporting.
• Experience with secure SDLC DevSecOps CI/CD security controls software supply chain security cloud security posture management or application security programs.
• Experience supporting audit regulatory issue management MRA/CAP remediation or other risk governance workflows.
• Experience in financial services fintech banking or another highly regulated technology environment.
• Experience driving automation or AI-enabled workflows for vulnerability intake prioritization ticketing remediation or reporting.

Why This Role Matters

This role is an opportunity to materially improve how SoFi identifies prioritizes remediates and communicates security risk at scale. The successful candidate will help mature a core cybersecurity capability strengthen accountability across the organization and build scalable processes that reduce risk while enabling engineering teams to move quickly and safely.