Technical Program Manager - Security

About the role:

The Samsara Security team is looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our team to help drive key strategic initiatives across Samsara’s Security Program. In this role, the candidate will work with Samsara’s rapidly growing Security teams to drive strategic cross functional projects, spanning across Security Engineering, Client Platform Engineering, Incident and Threat Detection and Risk and Compliance. As part of this role, you will have the opportunity to work across multiple teams and organizations at Samsara, including the Samsara Security teams, Risk and Compliance, Product Security and Engineering in order to execute on key security priorities.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact – helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will:

• Incorporate new AI technologies and ways of working to help scale processes and visibility;
• Provide technical project and program management for highly impactful, cross-functional Security projects. You will support multiple projects and report progress on planned execution;
• Provide operational support to engineering leads to ensure smooth, on time delivery of projects and key initiatives;
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure cross functional projects are scoped and delivered on time;
• Communicate current status of security and compliance initiatives;
• Support teams and individuals in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs;
• Assist in driving security audit efforts across multiple compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC 2, ISO, and GovRAMP)
• Assist with improvement of measurable KPIs and surrounding processes for the Security team;
• Help establish a strong culture for program management at Samsara by developing and contributing to a community of practice.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 1-4 years Project or Program Management in a fast paced, technical company;
• Experience with managing priorities across multiple teams; building processes and coordinating tight schedules.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn and work with systems teams to collaboratively implement security improvements across the organization.
• Experience with Agile practices and utilizing tools to drive insights, such as JIRA, Confluence, Tableau, and other reporting tools.
• A proven track record for being data and technology driven, with experience in AI tooling and methods.

An ideal candidate also has:

• Experience working on Information Security and/or Compliance programs.
• Experience in driving strategy planning and roadmap definition.
• Has a passion for data and enthusiasm for improving efficiencies.
• Self-starter in learning how to use and apply new technologies (e.g. AI)