Security Program Manager

Summary

Join SonicWall's dynamic security team as a Staff Security Program Manager to safeguard our digital assets. Lead security policy updates, ensure compliance in external audits, and maintain robust security standards. This role demands strong program management skills and a strategic approach to support end-user security awareness, BC/DR, manage security metrics, and oversee third-party vendor assessments. You will drive security policy changes, lead business continuity and disaster recovery planning, and develop and manage security metrics. Furthermore, you will conduct third-party vendor security assessments and oversee security-related projects. The position requires strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

Requirements

Strong program management capabilities and a strategic mindset

Responsibilities

• Lead security policy updates and implementation across the organization
• Represent the security team during external audits, ensuring compliance and readiness
• Continuous update and improve internal security policies, working closely with key stakeholder throughout the organization
• Lead and develop a robust Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery plan
• Lead and develop a Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis (BIA), identifying critical functions, potential risks, and impact disruptions
• Work with key stakeholders to create continuity strategies, developing plans to maintain operations
• Establish procedures forthe emergency response team, RTO and RPO, training and awareness, and continues improvement
• Lead and develop technical recovery process for IT systems ensuring redundancy, incident response, infrastructure resilience and recovery test
• Establish consistent tabletop experiences
• Drive and support an end-user support program with monthly and quarterly end-user security awareness initiatives
• Establish and maintain an employee security awareness training program
• Ensure security remains a priority for all employees through training and engagement
• Develop and manage security metrics to assess risk, performance, and compliance
• Provide regular reports and insights to leadership on security effectiveness
• Conduct assessments of external vendors to evaluate security posture
• Track security compliance and risk mitigation strategies for third-party vendors
• Oversee security-related projects and initiatives, ensuring alignment with key stakeholders
• Reduce, eliminate issues, identify dependencies in the programs, and mitigate risks
• Lead security policy changes
• Ensure compliance in external audits
• Maintain robust security standards
• Support end-user security awareness programs
• BC/DR
• Manage security metrics
• Oversee third-party vendor assessments