Motive - Senior Technical Program Manager

• 7+ years of experience leading complex technical programs, with meaningful experience in cybersecurity, product security, privacy, or a closely related risk-management domain. • A track record of delivering multi-team programs across engineering and business functions, including work with senior leaders and teams that do not report to you. • Strong program-management fundamentals: integrated plans, dependency and critical-path management, risk and issue resolution, capacity planning, change control, and outcome-based reporting. • Ability to understand security architecture and control objectives well enough to ask precise questions, identify delivery and risk gaps, and translate technical details into business impact—without needing to be the hands-on implementer. • Excellent executive writing and presentation skills; experience producing concise leadership updates or board-level materials grounded in verified evidence. • Demonstrated an AI first mindset in executing programs vs manually chasing teams to get things done. • Sound judgment in prioritizing risk, surfacing uncomfortable trade-offs, and balancing urgency, customer impact, compliance needs, and delivery capacity. • A collaborative, low-ego approach and the ability to create accountability through influence, structure, and clear communication. • Preferred • Experience in a SaaS or technology company with complex products, customer data, and cross-functional security ownership. • Familiarity with security and privacy programs such as IAM and authorization, vulnerability management, data lifecycle controls, incident remediation, audit readiness, or privacy engineering. • Experience defining program metrics, risk indicators, control evidence, and executive dashboards. • How success will be measured • Roadmap initiatives have clear scope, accountable owners, realistic milestones, dependencies, and measurable risk or customer outcomes. • Quarterly commitments are prioritized against capacity; material delivery risks and decision needs are raised early, not at the deadline. • High-priority security programs deliver agreed milestones and demonstrable risk reduction, with exceptions and residual risk explicitly documented. • Leadership and board updates are timely, concise, consistent with source evidence, and decision-ready. • Cross-functional partners have a reliable operating cadence and clear visibility into status, trade-offs, and next actions. • Pay TransparencyYour compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits • Pay Transparency