Technical Program Manager, Security

Cape

• $180K — $230K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in Technical Program Management or Project Management with a focus on security teams.
  • Strong understanding of computer engineering fundamentals and technical details in cybersecurity contexts.
  • Proven track record of communicating technical programs effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Expertise in prioritization and backlog management with a strong sense of project importance.
  • Experience acting as a technical liaison among diverse engineering teams and organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Define and communicate the security program’s strategy and progress across the company.
  • Shape the integration of new security tools, managing the entire process from acquisition to implementation.
  • Keep the security engineering team aligned on priorities and oversee execution in various security domains.
  • Translate security requirements and risks into actionable directives for product engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with security engineering leadership to create roadmaps and resolve cross-team challenges.
  • Establish trust and ensure open communication with engineering stakeholders throughout the organization.

Benefits

  • 401(k) match available to employees.
  • Full coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and their dependents.
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents with no waiting period.
  • Stipends for family-forming and gender-affirming care.
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).
Full Job Description
The Role

Cape is hiring our first Security Technical Program Manager, a rare chance to build this function from scratch inside a company where security is the product. You'll directly integrate with Security Engineering across their three pillars: detection and response , corporate security , and product security. Rather than specializing in one lane, you'll use your visibility of the whole board to set priorities, define success, and increase velocity.

You'll also be the connective tissue between security engineering and Cape's broader ~70-person engineering organization, managing speed-security tradeoffs that are becoming more complex as AI tools proliferate. The metrics you create will steer company-wide policy and prioritization, and your judgment will drive the company SBOM.

What You'll Work On
  • Define and communicate the security program's strategy, priorities, and progress to the broader business.
  • Shape how Cape brings new security tools into the fold, from vendor procurement through implementation, powering the stack that keeps our security org running.
  • Keep the security engineering team on track - manage priorities, maintain the backlog, and drive execution across detection & response, corporate security, and product security.
  • Serve as the technical go-between for security engineers and Cape's ~70 product engineers, translating security requirements and risk into terms product teams can act on, and vice versa.
  • Partner with security engineering leadership to plan roadmaps, run program rituals, and unblock cross-team dependencies.
  • Build trust and clear communication channels with engineering stakeholders across the company.


Experience
  • Prior experience as a TPM or PM embedded with a security team that builds tooling and systems in-house.
  • Solid grounding in computer engineering fundamentals; comfortable going deep on technical detail with engineers across detection & response, corporate security, and product security.
  • Track record of defining and communicating technical programs to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong prioritization and backlog management skills, with the judgment to know what matters most.
  • Comfort operating as a trusted technical liaison between specialized teams and a large, distributed engineering organization.


Compensation

We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role $180,000 - $230,000 depending on level, experience, and interview performance.

Our benefits include:
  • 401(k) match
  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period)
  • Stipends for
  • Family-forming needs
  • Gender-affirming care
  • Unlimited PTO

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