Project Manager - Product Security

at Insight Global in Naperville, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job Description

Seeking a Project Manager to drive execution across a portfolio of Product Security initiatives spanning multiple global software development teams.

This role will support 6-8 engineering groups (ranging from small pods to large-scale teams) and is critical to improving engagement, accountability, and delivery consistency across the program.

This is not a “check-the-box” PM role – the ideal candidate brings enough technical/domain awareness (SDLC + security) to proactively identify gaps, influence teams, and step in to facilitate solutions when needed.

Key Responsibilities

Drive coordination and execution across multiple product and engineering teams

Improve engagement across smaller, distributed teams and ensure alignment to security priorities

Own centralized tracking of initiatives, milestones, risks, and dependencies

Facilitate cross-functional meetings and actively drive accountability (not just report status)

Partner with engineering and security stakeholders to embed security into development workflows

Identify gaps, inefficiencies, or risks and proactively step in to help drive resolution

Support rollout and adoption of secure SDLC practices across teams

Coordinate execution against defined security goals and remediation timelines

Provide clear, actionable updates to leadership on progress, risks, and blockers

Core Program Focus Areas

Elimination and remediation of critical/high vulnerabilities

Removal of secrets from codebases and enforcement of scanning tools

Adoption of CI/CD-driven deployments (eliminating manual production releases)

Enforcement of production access controls and environment isolation

Integration of security tooling into pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, etc.)

Implementation of WAF and application-level protections

Establishment of security champions within each scrum team

Coordination of identity, access, and privilege management improvements

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Skills and Requirements

5-8+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager / Program Manager / Delivery Manager

Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and engineering workflows

Proven experience managing cross-functional initiatives across multiple engineering teams

Ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams and dependencies

Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence without direct authority

Experience driving execution and accountability, not just coordination

Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments with limited structure Experience supporting Product Security or Application Security initiatives

Familiarity with:

Vulnerability management tools (e.g., Snyk, Wiz)

Secrets scanning / code security (e.g., GitHub Advanced Security)

CI/CD security integrations (SAST, DAST, SCA)

WAF and application security controls

Experience working in large, distributed/global engineering environments

Exposure to cloud platforms and modern application architectures

Background in identity/access management or privileged access controls

Experience within PMO or program governance structures