[Remote] Program Director – Cyber Execution & Operations Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sentara Health is hiring a Program Director for their Cybersecurity team. This fully remote position is responsible for overseeing technical projects, developing best practices, and collaborating with various teams to ensure efficient execution of cybersecurity initiatives.


Responsibilities

  • Developing technical program/project management best practices/templates and providing training/mentoring to project teams
  • Monitoring dependencies across multiple inter-related technical projects
  • Gathering and reporting consolidated technical project status and financial information to leadership
  • May serve as a central governing body to review/audit adherence to methodologies, budgets, and timing
  • May provide full staffing and management for the organization's major technical projects/programs
  • Ownership of short to mid-term (1-3 years) execution of functional strategy and the operational direction of the Department
  • Problems faced are often complex and require extensive investigation and analysis
  • Requires the ability to influence others to accept practices and approaches, and the ability to communicate and influence executive leadership
  • Key interface with other Cyber, IT, and business teams. Understands the importance of building a strong personal brand within an organization
  • Program and Portfolio Management: Plan, execute, and oversee programs and initiatives to improve operations and execution
  • Must be able to effectively communicate on a timely basis all aspects of your ownership space in a consistently professional, high quality manner including status on both individual work items and program initiatives
  • Ensure Office of the CISO core foundational processes and procedures are properly documented and maintained
  • Meeting planning, preparation, and support: Thrive on creating clear, concise, and relevant agendas, meeting notes, decks, and communications based on specific audiences that accurately reflect the Cyber brand. Effectively prepare presenters and actively facilitate meetings of all types (e.g., virtual, in-person, and hybrid)
  • Collaborate to identify Office of the CISO reporting needs to support ongoing strategic decision-making and work with necessary parties to create
  • Microsoft SharePoint/Teams artifact storage rebuild, rebranding, and maintenance
  • Budget optimization: Forecasting, contracting, invoicing, etc
  • Identify areas of improvement and propose recommendations to address
  • Coach and train cyber staff in operational best practices

Skills

  • Experienced, proactive, self-driven generalist
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Anticipates obstacles, develops plans to resolve, and appropriately communicates. Experienced in effectively applying strategic thinking and visioning, resulting in successful outcomes
  • Organized and detail-oriented. Able to work well under deadlines in a changing environment
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
  • Experienced in working effectively in ambiguous situations and in effectively determining the best path forward
  • Able to translate data into meaningful insights and written summaries
  • Excels at prioritization, presentation, and facilitation. Models related to best practices
  • Comfortable owning your space and establishing a sense of urgency in the fabric of what you do
  • Agile work experience
  • Product methodology work experience
  • Ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms
  • Ability to effectively interact with all levels of management
  • Cyber security work experience
  • Experience working in a highly regulated environment
  • Strong Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills
  • 8+ years of relevant experience with a degree (Required)
  • 10+ years of relevant experience without a degree (Required)
  • A relevant professional certification - Project Portfolio Management (PPM) (Required)
  • Program Management Professional (PgMP) (Required)
  • Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) (Required)
  • 8 to 10+ years of relevant experience (Required)
  • Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams and initiatives
  • Growth mindset. Change-oriented in both actions and words
  • Experience successfully executing multiple simultaneous initiatives – both planned and ad hoc
  • Proponent of people change management with experience incorporating it into your work
  • Expects resistance to change and enjoys the challenge of mitigating it in positive ways
  • Product Owner experience
  • Healthcare experience
  • Experience with various industry regulations and frameworks (PCI, HIPAA, Data Privacy Laws, ISO27001/2, NIST, HITRUST, etc.)

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  • Emergency Backup Care
  • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k/403B with Employer Match
  • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
  • Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Company Overview

  • Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. It was founded in 1988, and is headquartered in Hampton Roads, VA, US, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.sentara.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Sentara Health has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 30 in 2025, 7 in 2024, 1 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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