This role goes well beyond traditional program management. It requires deep technical fluency to engage credibly with senior engineering leaders and architects, strong executive presence and organizational judgment to shape leadership priorities, and systems-level thinking to turn fragmented operational signals into the metrics, reporting, and AI-enabled automation that let Cyberhaven scale how it plans, tracks, communicates, and reviews technical work.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
PROGRAM LEADERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE SUPPORT
Own end-to-end planning, execution, and coordination across Cyberhaven's most complex, multi-team, cross-organizational programs, partnering directly with engineering and product leadership
Set the strategy for how Cyberhaven improves predictability in its release model, including how scope changes, readiness risks, and cross-team dependencies are tracked and escalated
Architect and run the engineering operating cadence, including monthly and quarterly business reviews, by consolidating team updates, preparing leadership readouts, and driving follow-through on action items at the executive level
Partner with engineering leadership to translate company and organizational strategy into clear execution plans, success criteria, reporting standards, and operating mechanisms across the entire engineering org
Define and standardize org-wide success metrics across quality, release health, and velocity, driving greater predictability company-wide while enabling team-specific metrics where needed
Build and own the review cadences, status reporting, leadership readouts, and action follow-up systems used to surface execution risk and intervention needs across all teams and programs
Establish data hygiene and governance standards in systems like Jira and related planning artifacts so that release, ownership, status, and progress signals are reliable at scale
Lead the most ambiguous, highest-priority engineering initiatives that require additional structure, executive visibility, and follow-through, often stepping in where no clear owner exists
Act as a thought partner and mentor to other program managers and engineering leaders, raising the bar on operating discipline, accountability, and reporting consistency across the org, without formal management authority
AI-ENABLED AUTOMATION
Set the direction for AI-assisted dashboards and reporting workflows that give leadership visibility into program health, release scope, delivery risk, and team performance
Design and build automations that connect tools like Jira, Notion, GitHub, and Slack to surface planning, execution, release, and other delivery signals across the org
Automate recurring program management processes such as status collection, follow-up tracking, review preparation, and stakeholder reporting at scale
Use these workflows to transform release reporting, business review inputs, leadership updates, and recurring status reporting, materially reducing manual status chasing across engineering
WHO YOU ARE
10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Release Management, Engineering Operations, or a similar technical cross-functional role, with a track record of operating at Director-level scope as an individual contributor
Prior startup experience and thrive in high-growth, fast-moving environments where ambiguity is the norm and you’re expected to build structure rather than inherit it.
Highly autonomous who has run the whole show owning the operating cadence, cross-functional execution, executive reporting, prioritization, and accountability across a broad engineering organization.
Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end planning and execution for the most complex engineering initiatives, spanning multiple teams and organizations
Strong technical fluency and systems thinking, especially in engineering process, release workflows, operational reporting, and execution management
Proven ability to drive accountability, coordination, and follow-through across an entire engineering organization without direct authority
Track record of defining success metrics, tracking execution health, and turning operational signals into clear, executive-level reporting and decision support
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience owning monthly and quarterly business reviews, executive-facing updates, and cross-functional status reporting
Deep familiarity with Jira-based workflows, reporting, and process hygiene at scale
Strong judgment in prioritization, escalation, and leadership support in ambiguous or fast-moving situations, with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders
Comfort using automation and AI to improve reporting quality, operating efficiency, and recurring workflow execution
Experience owning QBRs, executive reporting, and engineering metrics programs at the org or company level
Familiarity with DORA-style metrics, SLO/SLA thinking, release hygiene, and delivery scorecards
Experience building AI-assisted dashboards, automations, or reporting systems
Experience working in security, SaaS, endpoint, platform, or infrastructure-heavy environments
Experience supporting globally distributed engineering organizations
Prior experience operating at Director or Principal level as an individual contributor (not a people manager)
Located in the Eastern Timezone to support our Global team.
Joining Cyberhaven means joining the team building Data Security for the Agentic Enterprise. Traditional tools fall short. Cyberhaven traces the full lifecycle of your data, adapting protection to changing context, so protection moves with the way people actually work, not against it. AI Changed Work. We Protect It. Backed by $250M from leading investors like Khosla and Redpoint, our team includes leaders who built industry-defining technologies at CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Meta, Google, and more. This role lets you shape the future of data security, working alongside people driven to protect workflows, not just data, for customers who cannot afford to slow down to stay safe.
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Cyberhaven is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
