Nelnet

Program Manager, Managed Services - CampusGuard

Nelnet$70K — $100K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in information systems, business, or related field; equivalent experience accepted.
  • 5+ years in program/project management, IT compliance, information security, or IT governance.
  • Experience managing an end-to-end compliance or security program, including executive-level stakeholder engagement.
  • Familiarity with compliance frameworks like PCI DSS or GLBA; ability to adapt to others.
  • Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Highly organized, able to juggle multiple projects with tight schedules and deliverables.
  • Proficiency in project management tools like Microsoft Project, and must achieve PCIP and PMP certification within 12 months.

Responsibilities

  • Assess customer compliance needs and design tailored programs accordingly.
  • Create foundational compliance artifacts and document data flows and inventory.
  • Define metrics for program health and guide customers on compliance ownership and structure.
  • Lead execution of compliance initiatives using adaptive project management methodologies.
  • Manage the annual compliance lifecycle, serving as the primary contact for customer compliance.
  • Train customer staff to achieve operational independence in compliance programs.
  • Assist in drafting security policies and facilitate risk assessments and vendor reviews.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Generous earned time off policy.
  • 401K plan with student loan repayment support.
  • Life and AD&D insurance, plus an employee assistance program.
  • Employee stock purchase program and tuition reimbursement options.
  • Incentive pay based on performance and access to short- and long-term disability benefits.
  • Wellness program that promotes employee health and well-being.
Full Job Description


Key Responsibilities
Program Development & Consulting
  • Assess a customer's current compliance posture and design a scalable, right-sized program that fits their size, structure, budget, and risk tolerance.
  • Author the program's foundational artifacts — charter, governance structure, policies, roles and responsibilities, escalation paths, and compliance calendar — and establish merchant/departmental inventories, scope definitions, and data flow documentation.
  • Define the metrics and reporting cadence by which the customer's leadership will judge the program's health, and advise on organizational placement — who owns compliance and what committee it reports through.
Program Management (Managed Services)
  • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of customer PCI DSS, GLBA, and related compliance initiatives, applying a hybrid (predictive and adaptive) methodology that adapts to shifting scope, personnel turnover, and evolving standards.
  • Develop and maintain schedules, work breakdown structures, RACI matrices, and risk/issue logs, coordinating stakeholders — IT, security, treasury/bursar, athletics, advancement, financial aid, and vendors — across a decentralized institution.
  • Own the annual compliance lifecycle (scoping, evidence collection, SAQ/AOC, ASV scans, remediation tracking) and serve as the customer's primary point of contact, maintaining artifacts in CampusGuard Central®.
Capability Transfer & Enablement
  • Train and coach customer staff — compliance coordinators, departmental merchant contacts, IT and security personnel — to operate the program independently.
  • Develop customer-facing playbooks, runbooks, checklists, and templates that outlive the engagement.
  • Structure engagements with a deliberate handoff in mind, defining what “self-sufficient” means for each customer and managing toward it.
vISO Engagement Support (Virtual Information Security Officer)
  • Support senior CampusGuard advisors delivering fractional Information Security Officer services, drafting and maintaining security policies and procedures against applicable frameworks (PCI DSS, GLBA, NIST CSF/SP 800-171, HIPAA).
  • Assemble and facilitate risk assessments, translating technical findings into business-language, budget-aware remediation roadmaps, and prepare materials for governance, leadership, and audit committees.
  • Contribute to third-party/vendor risk reviews, incident response plan maintenance, and tabletop exercise facilitation.
Internal Contribution
  • Partner with CampusGuard's QSAs, assessors, and security engineers to ensure customer deliverables are accurate, timely, and consistent with our standards.
  • Contribute to service delivery methodology, templates, and continuous improvement of the Managed Services practice.
  • Support scoping and renewal conversations with Customer Relationship Managers, and maintain utilization across a portfolio of approximately [X] concurrent customers.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in information systems, business, or a related field — or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in program/project management, IT compliance, information security, or IT governance.
  • Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a compliance or information security program, including stakeholder management up to the executive level.
  • Working knowledge of at least one major compliance framework (e.g., PCI DSS, GLBA), with the ability to build depth in others.
  • Proven ability to drive accountability without direct authority, teach technical concepts to non-technical audiences, and communicate fluidly across working sessions and leadership briefings.
  • Highly organized and self-directed, able to manage multiple concurrent customer engagements from inception through post-implementation, including plans, schedules, and budgets.
  • Proficiency with common project management and productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Excel, the Microsoft 365 suite).
  • Must obtain the PCIP (PCI Professional) credential within 12 months of hire.
  • PMP (Project Management Professional) certification preferred; if not already held, must be obtained within 12 months of hire.
  • Must pass a background check.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Direct higher education experience — having run a compliance or information security program at a college or university.
  • Experience building a compliance or security program from the ground up, rather than only operating one someone else designed.
  • Additional certifications such as PMI-ACP, CSM, CISM, CISA, CISSP, CRISC, or similar.
  • Prior consulting or professional services experience managing a portfolio of customers.
  • Familiarity with the higher education technology landscape and/or GRC platforms (e.g., Banner, Workday, Ellucian, Archer, ServiceNow).
  • Experience with additional compliance frameworks (e.g., PCI DSS, GLBA, HIPAA, etc.).

Compensation range for this role is $70,000-$100,000 annually, depending on experience.

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Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program. Click here to learn more about our benefits:

About Nelnet

Nelnet, Inc. provides educational services in loan servicing, payment processing, education planning, and asset management. The company is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska and has additional offices in Omaha, Nebraska; Aurora, Colorado; Tigard, Oregon; and Sacramento, California. Nelnet was founded in 1978 and is one of the largest student loan servicers in the United States. Nelnet also provides software and data management services for the education finance industry. The company has three primary business segments: Loan Systems and Servicing, Tuition Payment Processing, and Communications. Nelnet is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NNI.
Learn more about Nelnet
Size
7,988 employees
Market Cap
$3.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$352.4 million
Founded
1977
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$1.4 billion
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