
Cybersecurity Program Manager – Cyber Defense
The TJX Companies, Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $124,800 - $162,300 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
Cyber SecurityFirewallsITSM
About the role
- Manage program structures for Cyber Alert & Incident Response, Attack Surface Reduction, and Cyber Defense Engineering, including project planning, communications, stakeholder engagement, financials, and business change management.
- Define and implement agile and project management methodologies tailored to cybersecurity initiatives.
- Proactively identify and resolve conflicts across teams and projects.
- Align strategic goals with execution plans in partnership with product managers, leadership, and stakeholders.
- Facilitate long-range planning and identify opportunities for operational improvements.
- Foster cross-team collaboration within the Cybersecurity organization.
- Partner with other Cybersecurity Program Managers to ensure alignment, awareness, and adoption of best practices.
- Identify and implement operational efficiencies using IT Service Management (ITSM) principles.
- Integrate the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) into planning and establish mechanisms for tracking progress.
- Manage risks, dependencies, and impediments across programs.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement.
- Conduct performance appraisals and provide career coaching to team members.
- Lead and support a team of 4–6 Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience managing large-scale IT or Cybersecurity programs
- Excellent business partnering skills across diverse functions and IT service providers
- Ability to manage complex workloads across multiple value streams
- Deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks and standards, especially NIST CSF
- Familiarity with security technologies such as: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Endpoint Protection
- Experience in managing budgets, resources, and capacity planning
- Proven leadership qualities including: Courage, Facilitation, Negotiation, Communication, Storytelling, Problem-solving, Thought leadership, Business value orientation
Benefits
- Associate discount
- 401(k) match
- medical/dental/vision
- HSA
- health care FSA
- life insurance
- short/long-term disability
- paid holidays/vacation/sick/bereavement/parental leave
- EAP
- incentive programs for management
- auto/home insurance discounts
- tuition reimbursement
- scholarship program
- adoption/surrogacy assistance
- smoking cessation
- child care/cell phone discounts
- pet/legal insurance
- credit union
- referral bonuses
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
agile methodologiesproject managementIT Service Management (ITSM)NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)budget managementresource managementcapacity planningcybersecurity frameworkssecurity technologiesfirewalls
Soft skills
business partneringconflict resolutioncross-team collaborationcontinuous improvementleadershipcommunicationnegotiationproblem-solvingfacilitationstorytelling