DLP (Data Loss Protection) Project Manager

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_IT Program Manager (DLP - Data Loss Protection)

_Overview

The IT Program Manager is responsible for leading strategic cybersecurity data protection programs and ensuring effective execution across the enterprise security portfolio. This role focuses on program-level leadership, including defining program strategy, establishing governance, managing interdependencies, and aligning multiple initiatives under a cohesive roadmap.

The Program Manager oversees planning, execution, and reporting for data protection programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise security, privacy, regulatory, and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and orchestrate multi-year, cross-functional enterprise data protection and cybersecurity transformation programs.
• Translate cybersecurity and data protection strategy into executable plans with clear milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Align data protection initiatives with cloud, digital, privacy, and broader security transformation programs.
• Lead coordination across Business Units.
• Work with stakeholders to intake data protection and cybersecurity engagement requests and requirements, partnering with Product Owners to translate requests into service delivery and roadmap features.
• Drive consensus on priorities, sequencing, and dependencies across initiatives.
• Facilitate decision-making forums, steering committees, working groups, and architecture review boards.
• Resolve cross-team blockers and escalate risks appropriately.
• Plan and manage multi-wave rollouts across the data protection and cybersecurity landscape.
• Manage integrated timelines, resources, and interdependencies.
• Help establish program governance structures, RACI models, decision rights, and transformation operating models.
• Track and mitigate delivery, operational, regulatory, and adoption risks.
• Maintain audit readiness for data protection, privacy, and cybersecurity controls.
• Drive enterprise adoption through coordinated change management and stakeholder engagement.
• Communicate progress, risks, and value to stakeholders and leadership in clear business terms.
• Define and track program KPIs and KRIs.
• Produce executive dashboards and status reporting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven experience in program management with a focus on cybersecurity and data protection.
• Strong operational background in requirements gathering, intake, and prioritization.
• Hands-on knowledge of data protection technologies, privacy controls, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Familiarity with data classification, encryption, data loss prevention, regulatory compliance, and privacy frameworks.
• Expertise in project and program management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong PowerPoint presentation skills.