Program Manager, Offensive Security

Job Classification:

Technology - Information Security

Prudential’s Global Technology (GT) team is the spark that ignites the power of Prudential for our customers and employees worldwide. Our organization plays a critical and highly visible role in delivering customer-driven solutions across every area of the company. The Global Technology team is made up of diverse, agile-thinking, and highly skilled professionals; we use our combined capabilities to enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability, and efficiency.

The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA. When you join the Global Technology organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock a challenging and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

Prudential is seeking a technical Program Manager to join our growing Offensive Security team. The Offensive Security team takes a proactive and adversarial approach to protecting Prudential. The Offensive Security team is responsible for participating in Prudential’s penetration testing, responsible disclosure, bug bounty, red team, and vulnerability validation operations across the global enterprise. As a Program Manager on the team, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating these efforts with key stake holders. This includes managing the life cycle of pen tests, responsible disclosures, and red team exercises. You will be looked upon to utilize strong planning and communication skills to align key stake holders in the organization to ensure proper alignment and delivery on the program’s objectives.

What You'll Do
• Manage and coordinate the penetration testing efforts provided by the Offensive Security team.
• Develop, measure, and track metrics to guide the team’s delivery against our program objectives.
• Coordinate and manage third-party pen testing and red team engagements.
• Work with the team to build and manage the program objectives and roadmap.
• Work with external security researchers through our VDP and bug bounty programs to assess risk and provide/orchestrate remediation of reported security issues.
• Align deliverables and dependencies across multiple cross functional teams.
• Utilize a metrics driven approach to identify and implement improvements to current and new processes.

Key Qualifications
• BS or BA degree or relevant work experience, preferably in Operations Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Experience with project delivery for large, cross functional security and technology projects.
• Experience in any of the following fields:
• DevOps
• Penetration Testing
• Risk Management
• Information Security
• Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Ability to prioritize tasks and hold team members accountable
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, specifically on technical topics. The work the Offensive Security team does is highly technical and consumed by a number of different audiences. Being able to bridge the gap and communicate effectively to these audiences will be invaluable and ultimately lead to a decrease in cyber risk
• Experience managing information security projects, with deep technical knowledge in the security domain.
• Experience managing third party engagements.
• Proven self-motivated individual with a strong attention to details and an ability to navigate ambiguous situations to delivery high quality products.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $126,000.00 to $187,400.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

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