Sr. Manager, Security Strategy & Execution

What Success Looks Like

Clear, actionable security roadmap with measurable progress.
Strong alignment across security, IT, and business teams.
Improved execution and visibility across key initiatives.
Tangible progress in priority areas (identity, cloud, secure access).

How You Will Spend Your Time

• Partner with IT and business leaders to define and execute security strategy and roadmap priorities.
• Translate risk insights and emerging threats into clear, actionable security initiatives.
• Lead planning, coordination, and execution tracking across key security efforts.
• Drive program structure and visibility, including roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and reporting.
• Support initiatives across areas such as Identity and access management, Cloud and infrastructure security, Secure access / network security evolution.
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to embed security into technology initiatives.
• Identify capability gaps and help shape multi-year plans and investment priorities.
• Develop and track program metrics to measure progress and effectiveness.
• Contribute to improving security operating models and ways of working.
• Mentor team members and support team growth as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and at least 10 years of technical work experience including at least 6 years of management experience.
• OR equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• At least 10 years of experience across cybersecurity, IT, or related roles.
• Experience in security strategy, program leadership, or large-scale initiative delivery.
• Strong understanding of core security domains (identity, cloud, network, data).
• Ability to translate complex problems into structured, executable plans.
• Proven ability to lead through influence across technical and business teams.
• Experience building roadmaps, business cases, and strategic plans.
• Strong communication skills, including experience working with senior leadership.
• Bonus points for experience with Zero Trust / SASE, cloud security, or identity modernization initiatives.
• Background in financial services or other complex environments.
• Experience in consulting, transformation, or enterprise strategy roles.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or similar.
• Experience leading or mentoring teams.

Pay

The anticipated compensation for this specific position is $165,000 – 180,000. This role is also eligible for annual incentive pay.

Schedule

This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) at the UMB Technology & Operations Center located in downtown Kansas City, MO.