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We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.\nWe thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.\nAbout the Role\nWe’re hiring a Technical Program Manager - Cyber Defense, Metrics and Business Intelligence to help the Cyber Defense organization turn fast-moving security work into clear programs, measurable outcomes, and executive-ready reporting.\nThis role sits at the intersection of Incident Response, Pen Testing, Enterprise Security, Cyber Defense, GRC, and executive stakeholders. It is not a traditional project management role - it combines strong TPM execution with Business Intelligence Engineering capabilities such as data modeling, metrics design, dashboarding, risk analysis, and source-of-truth management.\nYour work will help Nscale scale security through mechanisms, not meetings. By bringing structure to ambiguous programs, exposing blockers early, and making security work evidence-backed and measurable, you’ll help strengthen deployment readiness, customer trust, compliance, operational resilience, and risk reduction.\nWhat you'll be doing\nSecurity Program Delivery\nLead security program delivery across cyber defense, incident response, internal and 3rd party security testing, detection, and compliance-linked initiatives.\nBring structure to ambiguous, fast-moving security programs with clear owners, milestones, blockers, and decision points.\nTrack dependencies, delivery status, and remediation progress across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.\nEscalate issues early and help teams drive action through to completion.\nMetrics, Reporting, and BI\nDefine security metrics covering delivery, coverage, risk reduction, control health, exceptions, and evidence quality.\nBuild executive-ready reporting views that translate technical security work into clear business impact.\nCreate dashboards that show what is covered, what is blocked, what is overdue, and what risk remains.\nModel security program data across assets, users, devices, applications, findings, controls, owners, exceptions, tickets, evidence, and remediation status.\nOperating Mechanisms and Governance\nEstablish a weekly operating rhythm for program reviews, blocker escalation, roadmap tracking, and leadership reporting.\nMaintain decision logs, action tracking, and follow-through across cross-functional security initiatives.\nDevelop intake and prioritization mechanisms that clarify what to do now, what to defer, and what risk is being accepted.\nImprove execution with lightweight mechanisms that reduce process drag while increasing accountability.\nCross-Functional Coordination and Audit Readiness\nCoordinate across security, IT, engineering, compliance, and operations teams to keep programs aligned and moving.\nIdentify the most important data sources for reliable security reporting and document gaps, owners, and cleanup actions.\nSupport evidence and audit readiness by ensuring key decisions, control outcomes, and remediation work are traceable.\nDeliver reporting improvements that reduce manual status gathering and give leadership a clearer view of risk and progress.\nKPIs\nDelivery status across priority security programs\nSecurity coverage and control health metrics\nRisk reduction and blocker resolution progress\nEvidence quality and audit readiness\nAbout You\n6+ years in technical program management, security program management, business intelligence engineering, data analytics, security operations, or related roles\nExperience working directly with security, IT, infrastructure, cloud, identity, cyber defense, GRC, or engineering teams during or adjacent to incident response activities.\nStrong BI skills including data modeling, metrics definition, dashboard design, and data quality management\nProven ability to manage complex cross-functional programs with ambiguous requirements and multiple stakeholders\nAbility to translate technical security detail into clear executive-level reporting\nStrong written communication, issue framing, decision tracking, and stakeholder management skills\nPractical understanding of security concepts such as identity, endpoint security, vulnerability management, incident response, access control, logging, compliance, and risk management\nAbility to build lightweight mechanisms that improve execution without creating unnecessary process drag\nExperience in a high-growth technology, cloud, infrastructure, AI, regulated, or customer-trust-sensitive environment is preferred\nExperience with security dashboards, control-health reporting, risk registers, audit evidence views, operational scorecards, data pipelines, workflow automation, ticketing data, asset data, security telemetry, or compliance evidence is a plus\nWhat we can offer you\nAt Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.\nHighly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. \nJoin one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies - your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. \nExpect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy - always with our full support.\nHuman-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.\nEqual Opportunities Statement\nWe strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.\nIf there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.\nThe responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.\nFor information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.\nThe range below reflects the base salary for the position. 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