Staff Technical Program Manager Security Programs

SoFi is looking for a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead our Vulnerability Management program—the primary mandate for this role—while also providing strategic oversight and driving maturity across other critical cybersecurity initiatives. This is a high-impact cybersecurity role focused on building durable program structure improving remediation outcomes and driving cross-functional execution across Security Engineering Product Infrastructure Enterprise Technology Risk and Compliance.

The ideal candidate has owned vulnerability management or adjacent security programs at scale and understands how to turn complex security risk into clear priorities measurable outcomes and executable plans. This person will not be expected to function as a hands-on vulnerability engineer but they must have enough technical depth to operate credibly with security engineers application teams infrastructure teams and senior leaders. The ideal candidate possesses strong 'soft-edge' skills to facilitate strategic action drive cross-functional accountability and transform complex security findings into measurable risk reduction outcomes. While technical depth is essential for credibility and navigating security domains this role prioritizes your ability to influence stakeholders navigate organizational dynamics and convert ambiguous security data into clear business-aligned risk reduction outcomes.

SoFi’s vulnerability management ecosystem spans multiple detection layers across code containers cloud infrastructure endpoints APIs mobile data and secrets with findings routed through centralized workflows and business-unit remediation queues. This role will help strengthen that operating model by improving prioritization accountability reporting stakeholder alignment and program maturity.

• Drive the strategic program management of high-priority cybersecurity initiatives providing governance and roadmap planning for critical security domains. This includes translating findings into actionable remediation priorities and using them to drive accountability and process improvements.
• Own and mature the technical program strategy for SoFi’s vulnerability management program—the core pillar of this role—including roadmap planning execution governance prioritization frameworks and measurable success criteria that scale across the organization.
• Partner closely with Threat and Vulnerability Management Product Security Engineering Infrastructure Enterprise Technology Risk Compliance and business-unit stakeholders to drive vulnerability remediation outcomes.
• Build scalable operating rhythms for vulnerability intake triage prioritization remediation tracking escalation exception handling and executive reporting.
• Improve risk-based vulnerability prioritization by incorporating severity exploitability asset criticality exposure business context and remediation feasibility.
• Drive cross-functional remediation campaigns that reduce risk improve mean time to remediate and create clear accountability across engineering and platform teams.
• Define track and communicate program KPIs KRIs and operational health metrics for leadership committees and program sponsors.
• Establish durable governance and reporting mechanisms that make vulnerability management progress visible and actionable for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Identify process gaps tooling gaps and workflow friction across vulnerability detection routing remediation validation and closure.
• Influence technical decisions without direct authority by translating security risk into business impact engineering priorities and practical execution plans.
• Proactively identify opportunities for operational improvement by analyzing recurring vulnerability patterns identifying process friction and driving sustainable remediation practices across teams.

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management security program management security operations product security application security infrastructure security DevSecOps or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated ownership of vulnerability management product security application security cloud security infrastructure security or similar cybersecurity programs.
• Experience driving large-scale cross-functional programs across Security Engineering Product Infrastructure IT Risk Compliance and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management lifecycle concepts including discovery triage prioritization remediation validation SLA management exception handling and executive reporting.
• Ability to translate ambiguous security objectives into structured roadmaps milestones owners metrics and operating rhythms.
• Experience using data KPIs dashboards and stakeholder reporting to improve program visibility accountability and outcomes.
• Strong technical fluency with modern software cloud infrastructure endpoint container API and/or application security environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex security topics for executive technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exceptional 'soft-skills' including stakeholder influence conflict resolution and the ability to drive accountability without direct authority; proven ability to translate security risk into clear business impact to guide executive-level prioritization.
• Comfort operating in a regulated environment where security compliance risk reduction and business velocity must be balanced.

• Experience with vulnerability management platforms scanners or remediation orchestration tools
• Experience building or maturing security KPIs KRIs dashboards remediation SLAs or executive risk reporting.
• Experience with secure SDLC DevSecOps CI/CD security controls software supply chain security cloud security posture management or application security programs.
• Experience supporting audit regulatory issue management MRA/CAP remediation or other risk governance workflows.
• Experience in financial services fintech banking or another highly regulated technology environment.
• Experience driving automation or AI-enabled workflows for vulnerability intake prioritization ticketing remediation or reporting.

This role is an opportunity to materially improve how SoFi identifies prioritizes remediates and communicates security risk at scale. The successful candidate will help mature a core cybersecurity capability strengthen accountability across the organization and build scalable processes that reduce risk while enabling engineering teams to move quickly and safely.

What We Do

SoFi wasn’t built to be a bank. Or a technology company. We were built for one mission: help people achieve financial independence so they can realize their ambitions. Redefining an entire industry isn’t easy work—and it’s not for the faint of heart. It takes a certain kind of team. People with diverse perspectives and expertise united by a common sense of purpose. People willing to challenge assumptions but always do the right thing. People proving that innovation and responsibility don’t have to compete but can come together to create something truly unconventional in the world. For the last eight years we’ve been charting this new path forward. We call it The SoFi Way. At SoFi we don’t just talk about culture: we live it. The SoFi Way is how we show up every day how we make decisions and how we build for our members clients and each other.

Why Work With Us

Together with our members we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation Fintech company using innovative mobile-first technology to help our members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation and we’re at the forefront.

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