Security Technical Program Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Office of the CISO (CISO). This role will lead strategic programs that transform and optimize the enterprise, accelerating value delivery at scale to realize F5’s transformation efforts. The ideal candidate has high emotional intelligence, strong critical-thinking, and the ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams to achieve program success.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that initiatives have clear outcomes, scope, success criteria, and alignment with overall business objectives.
• Design, build, and maintain an overall program execution plan and roadmap to support activities related to people, process, and technology spanning multiple business functions.
• Identify workstreams and monitor program execution per scope, schedule, resourcing, and budget.
• Establish team structure for each workstream, providing direction to project leads and coordinators on scope, timelines, deliverables, and risks.
• Create and monitor measures of success and KPIs for the program.
• Partner with Change Management to identify a change management strategy and plan for business readiness, engagement, and adoption.
• Establish governance structure, handling issues and proactively mitigating risks.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across business units and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
• Serve as an escalation point on risks, issues, and decisions, course-correcting as needed.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders and leadership on program status, milestones, and key performance metrics.
• Establish a program rhythm of business, including communications, status reports, and readouts to stakeholders and leadership.
• Design and deliver executive-level presentations as needed.
• Bring an outstanding blend of business and technical acumen.
• Ensure the use of program management best practices, methodologies, and tools to enhance project execution efficiency and effectiveness.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of program and project management methodologies (waterfall, agile, kanban, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, program development, resource allocation, budget management, and risk assessment.
• Proficiency in program management software and tools for planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Strong interpersonal skills, high emotional intelligence, and ability to develop effective partnerships across the company.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to synthesize information, solve problems, and make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively across written, verbal, and presentation formats to all levels of the organization.
• Strong organization and time management skills to keep programs on track in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of enterprise-level processes and interplay between functions (e.g., Product Management, Engineering, Customer Support, Sales, Marketing, Finance).
• Ability to think strategically and act tactically, with a willingness to roll up your sleeves.
• Learning mindset, staying current on industry trends, research, and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; MBA or equivalent desired.
• PMP, PgMP, or other relevant project management certifications are highly desirable.
• 8+ years of experience in program management, with a proven track record of leading and delivering complex, high-impact projects at technology-based companies or within technical domains.
• Experience managing complex cybersecurity programs across cross-functional engineering and product organizations is strongly preferred.

Pay

The annual base pay for this position is $128,500.00 - $192,700.00. You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits.

Benefits

More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 Benefits.