IT & CyberSecurity Program Manager
About Harbinger
Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids.
Role Summary
Harbinger is hiring an IT & Cybersecurity Program Manager to be the operational driver for the IT and Cybersecurity team's roadmap. This person will work side-by-side with the IT & Cybersecurity Director on a daily basis, turning strategy and OKRs into scoped, sequenced, and delivered initiatives.
What You'll Do
Own the quarterly OKR and project backlog process with the IT Director, scoring, sequencing, and staffing initiatives against team capacity and budget
Drive cross-project initiatives spanning IT Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Operations, keeping scope, timelines, dependencies, and risk visible
Build and run the IT/Cyber change management program end to end
Maintain the reporting and dashboards leadership needs to see program health at a glance
Drive the SOX ITGC, SOC 2, and IPO-readiness security roadmap, including remediation of risk assessment and penetration test findings
Track vulnerability management, access reviews, and vendor risk assessments against SLAs with Cybersecurity
Lead vendor evaluations and system implementations from requirements to go live and beyond
Facilitate planning and resolve cross-team dependencies across IT/Cyber and partner functions (Engineering, Operations, People Ops, Legal, Finance)
Represent IT/Cyber program status to executive, board, and audit stakeholders as needed
Experience
5+ years in a technical program/project management role within IT and/or Information Security, ideally including at least one SOX/SOC 2 audit cycle or comparable compliance program
Experience running programs in a fast-paced, high-growth or pre-IPO environment strongly preferred
Technical Competencies
Strong working knowledge of IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, and security fundamentals (identity/access management, network segmentation, vulnerability management) sufficient to make informed scoping and design tradeoffs
Advanced Jira and Confluence usage: workflows, automation rules, JQL, dashboards, cross-project linking
Familiarity with change management/ITIL practices and SOX ITGC or SOC 2 control frameworks
Comfortable reading vendor documentation, RFP responses, and security assessments critically
Soft Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication. Able to translate between technical detail and executive level summary
Strong bias to action and follow-through. Comfortable being the person who drives a decision to closure rather than waiting for one
Trusted, low-ego operator who can work in lockstep with the IT Director as a true partner
Key Benefits & Perks
Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered
Early-stage Stock Options
Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA)
Roadsighted Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
Annual Vacation Bonus
Wellness & Fertility Benefits
Cell Phone Stipend
Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens
California Pay Range
$140,000—$180,000 USD
Equal Opportunity
Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at info@harbingermotors.com.