Senior Security Technical Program Manager

About Us 

Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

Your Role

We’re looking for an Information Security Technical Program Manager who is a detail-oriented, organized, and creative problem solver to manage strategic application security projects for Chainlink.
 

In this role you will oversee and coordinate the audit and code assessment process with third party vendors  and internal employees, relating  to contract and relationship components, external audit requirements, and project requests.  

Please note: This is not a compliance/security assurance position.
In addition, you will work with cross-functional stakeholders to align on priorities, develop processes, and own status updates and program reviews to ensure stakeholder alignment, guaranteeing their success through the use of our services.

Your Impact

• Responsible for coordinating third-party audits and see through subsequent vulnerability remediation. Partner with third party vendors to ensure operational alignment

• Work with internal stakeholders and vendors to identify bottlenecks and drive solutions.

• Monitor vendor performance to ensure compliance with Chainlink Lab’s policies,

• Break down complex business requirements into manageable tasks, interface with multiple teams, and successfully deliver technical solutions on time.

• Facilitate cross-team communications, and serve as the POC regarding Information Security program statuses, schedules, scope updates, and progress towards target outcomes (i.e., key results).

• Hold delivering third parties and engineers accountable to deliver on time.

• Build dashboards, metrics, and Gantt charts for Information Security.

• Establish strong relationships with third party auditors and internal teams. 

• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths.

• Track progress and provide updates on program statuses to all levels of stakeholders.

• Own the planning, execution, and delivery of projects across Information Security.

Requirements

• Experience working with Security related projects, vulnerability management, incident response, SSDLC.

• Experience in defining and measuring security operational metrics and driving cross functional alignment to ensure successful delivery of high-impact operational initiatives

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree

• Experience with owning third party vendor relationships

• 6+ years of professional experience in project/program management

• Translate business requirements to internal engineering stakeholder/partners.

• Strong passion for blockchain, the future of Cryptocurrency, and Decentralized Finance.

• Solid knowledge and experience in Agile & Scrum methodologies

• Experience building roadmaps, release plans, project plans with a thorough understanding of dependency management

• Proven experience in Atlassian’s suite of products i.e. Jira and Confluence

• A relentless focus on customer success and customer service

• Ability to think clearly, analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, and prioritize tasks

• Ability to establish credibility and work with key internal partners to complete projects

• Proven experience of successful technical project management

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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