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Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters.

Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.

Location: 4 on-site days a week in Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters.

Our Team's Vision:

Security at Illumio is not a control function. It’s part of how the business operates and grows. We protect the company, enable the business, support product velocity, and help earn customer trust - working across engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to turn risk into clear. actionable decisions. Our goal isn’t to slow things down. It’s to build a security function that scales with the business and actually works in the real world.

The Security Program Manager drives execution of key security initiatives across the organization and ensures strategic security priorities translate into measurable outcomes.

This role operates as the operational backbone of the Security organization—coordinating programs, defining metrics, tracking progress, and ensuring accountability across multiple teams including Security Engineering and Operations, Product Security, GRC, Engineering, Product, IT and OPs.

The position helps security leadership turn strategy into structured, deliverable programs.

Your Impact:

Security Program Execution

Drive planning and execution of cross-functional security initiatives

Coordinate work across Security, Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure teams

Track program milestones, risks, and dependencies

Ensure initiatives remain aligned with organizational priorities and timelines

Metrics & Program Visibility

Define KPIs, metrics and success criteria for security initiatives

Build dashboards and reporting frameworks for program health

Provide leadership visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes

Ensure programs demonstrate measurable improvement to security posture

Cross-Team Coordination

Facilitate collaboration between security teams and internal partner teams

Identify blockers and drive resolution across teams

Ensure clear ownership and accountability for deliverables (RACI)

Maintain structured communication across program stakeholders

Strategic Program Development

Help security leadership translate strategy into actionable roadmaps

Assist in defining program milestones and success criteria

Improve processes that support security program execution

Identify operational gaps and opportunities for improvement

Security Leadership Support

Prepare program updates and operational briefings

Maintain documentation for security initiatives and roadmaps

Provide organizational visibility into the status of major security efforts

Support prioritization and resource planning across security teams

Example Programs This Role May Drive

Security tooling deployments and integrations

Detection and Response, and SOC capability improvements

Vulnerability management initiatives

Security architecture improvement programs

Security related product initiatives

Cross-team security process improvements

Your Toolkit:

10+ years of program or project management experience within a Security function

Experience managing technical programs involving security and technical teams

Strong organizational and stakeholder management skills

Ability to translate complex technical initiatives into structured programs

Bonus Points:

Experience working within a cybersecurity or security organization

Familiarity with security domains such as SOC operations, product security, or compliance

Experience developing metrics and executive reporting

Experience coordinating complex cross-functional initiatives in SaaS or cloud environments

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Our Commitment

Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success.

All official job offers from our company are extended directly by our recruitment team and will be sent through an official E-Signature document for your review and signature. Please be aware that we do not ask for any personal information in the process of extending offers of employment, such as financial details or social security numbers. Upon acceptance of any offer, we will request such information as part of the onboarding process prior to or on your first day of employment, and only after completing a background check through an authorized third-party vendor. If you receive any communication asking for personal details outside of these processes, please contact us immediately to verify the authenticity of the request. Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience.

For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Sr. Security Program Manager