Join a high-impact cybersecurity program as a Senior IT Project Manager, where you'll help lead enterprise initiatives that strengthen threat exposure management, security operations, and risk-based remediation. This role offers the opportunity to coordinate across technical teams, vendors, and business partners to deliver meaningful security outcomes in a dynamic, matrixed environment. Responsibilities Lead multiple cybersecurity projects or a large security program from planning through operational transition. Build integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, budgets, resource needs, and delivery roadmaps. Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across cybersecurity, infrastructure, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, asset management, governance, engineering, and business teams. Establish governance structures, decision forums, RAID tracking, change control, KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting. Partner with technical teams to support deployment and integration of exposure management, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, CMDB, ServiceNow, and security operations capabilities. Support risk-based prioritization, validation, remediation tracking, and reporting using business criticality, exploitability, threat context, and asset data. Manage vendors, SOWs, licensing, delivery performance, and professional services engagements. Track project financials, forecasts, schedules, scope, resources, and benefits, and escalate issues when needed. Prepare status updates, steering committee materials, funding requests, decision papers, and executive-ready reports. Ensure delivery aligns with project methodology, quality expectations, information protection practices, and relevant security frameworks. Skills Bachelor's degree in information technology, cybersecurity, business, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 8+ years of IT or cybersecurity project/program management experience, including extensive experience with enterprise security initiatives. Proven success managing complex, cross-functional efforts with global stakeholders, multiple vendors, and regulated environments. Experience managing budgets, forecasting, procurement, and financial controls. Strong knowledge of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, risk, issue, dependency, quality, and change management. Ability to build governance models, roadmaps, operating rhythms, dashboards, and transition plans. Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical topics into clear business language. Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, decision-making, and problem-solving skills. Working knowledge of vulnerability and exposure management, attack surface management, threat intelligence, SOC/SIEM, asset discovery, CMDB, GRC, and ServiceNow security workflows. Familiarity with

NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-82, CIS

Controls, and Zero Trust principles. Preferred Skills PMP, PgMP, or a comparable project management certification. CISSP, CISM, or CRISC certification. SAFe Agilist or similar agile delivery certification. Hands-on experience with ServiceNow, CTEM, vulnerability management, or exposure management solutions. Experience supporting OT or manufacturing security environments. Background in change management, portfolio management, or reporting/dashboard tools. Demonstrated ability to lead in fast-paced, matrixed environments with confidence and adaptability. Horizontal is committed to building an inclusive workplace where different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued. We encourage candidates of all identities and experiences to apply and to bring their authentic selves to the opportunity. By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.