The Red Hat Product Security team is looking for a motivated Security Program Manager to join us. As a Program Manager, you’ll need to use your expertise in project management to propel security control implementation in an open and collaborative manner. We believe that secure software development is an integral part of protecting our customers. As someone passionate about open source, software supply chain security, secure development, and risk management, you will help us achieve that vision. In this role, you will work directly with stakeholders from all over Red Hat. Using open source principles every day, you’ll be a part of a team responsible for working with internal product and engineering teams that secure, test, and maintain Red Hat’s open source solutions. You’ll collaborate with geographically distributed teams, focusing on analyzing and integrating secure practices into their existing processes. You’ll be essential to the success of our company through the championing of security awareness. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor, facilitating collaboration and fostering relationships between multiple teams.

What you will do

Coordination of project tasks through Jira, Confluence, and other project management and communication tools

Manage project deliverables throughout the length of the project lifecycle

Assist stakeholders in balancing conflicting priorities by understanding the risk impact of completing the deliverables

Work beyond individual tasks and participate in team projects

Provide regular updates to program and team management on status of projects to include potential issues, bottlenecks, blocked work, and team wins

Assist portfolio manager with task assignments and logistics of work coordination across multiple projects and teams

Work with both program and product owners to ensure project scope stays within agreed acceptance criteria (manage “scope creep”)

Identify trends and communicate with the team to handle them efficiently and consistently.

What you will bring

Experience leading projects using project management methodologies (agile and scrum), tools, and issue-tracking systems

Understands security risk management practices

Understands open source eco-systems and the management of their public repositories. Understands how OSS projects in general work

Experience managing a  data visualization or business intelligence program

Able to organize, manage and prioritize work for others

Able to lead small/moderate initiatives to completion

Able to identify and document exceptions, and suggest remediation steps with assistance

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with diverse teams distributed across the globe

Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English

The following are considered a plus:

Has an understanding of how customers use and deploy our products

Experience with Risk and Change Management program management

Experience with the agile methodology

Industry certification such as Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Practitioner (CSSLP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or similar

Experience with open source software

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