Cyber Resilience Program Manager
Blackstone Talent Group · Dallas, TX · 3 days ago
RemoteRemoteProject ManagementContract
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end program delivery for NIS2 and DORA compliance initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise cybersecurity, risk, and governance strategies
- Drive coordination across cyber, business continuity, IT, legal/compliance, supply chain, and operations teams
- Establish and govern program structures, including RACI, decision frameworks, and escalation paths, to ensure clear accountability across global stakeholders
- Oversee execution of enhancement activities, ensuring alignment to regulatory obligations and audit readiness requirements
- Maintain integrated program plans, including dependencies, risks, issues, and progress tracking across multiple workstreams
- Identify program risks, gaps, and interdependencies, and drive mitigation strategies in partnership with domain leads
- Lead vendor and resource coordination, including support for external advisors and cross-functional program resourcing needs
- Deliver executive-level reporting and insights, including program status, key risks, financial considerations, and decision points
- Influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across a highly matrixed, global organization
Job Requirements
- Experience: Proven experience leading large, complex, cross-functional technology or cybersecurity programs at the enterprise level
- Track record of delivering high-visibility initiatives involving multiple teams, regions, and executive stakeholders
- Experience in consulting, technology, or data-driven environments preferred
- Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
- Experience with NIS2, DORA, or comparable regulatory frameworks strongly preferred
- Familiarity with cyber resilience, third-party risk management, cloud security, and data governance concepts
Core Competencies
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across functions
- Strong program structuring and execution capabilities (planning, governance, reporting)
- Ability to operate effectively in dynamic, ambiguous, and cross-organizational environments
Qualifications
- Proven ability to manage large-scale programs with multiple stakeholders
- Proficiency in program management tools like Smartsheet
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Ability to drive results in a fast-paced environment