Senior Technical Program Manager at Motive

Job description

Who we are: Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector. Visit gomotive.com to learn more. About the Role: Motive is seeking a Senior Security Technical Program Manager to drive execution of the Security & Privacy Roadmap and other high-priority security risk-reduction programs. You will turn complex security and privacy goals into sequenced, measurable plans; align Security, Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, and business partners; and make risks, dependencies, resourcing needs, and decisions visible to executives. You will play a central role in quarterly security planning and in preparing clear, evidence-based, board-ready updates.This role is well suited to a hands-on program leader who can move between technical detail and executive narrative—and who measures success by durable risk reduction and shipped outcomes, not activity alone. What You’ll Do: Own roadmap execution: Maintain the integrated Security & Privacy Roadmap from intake and prioritization through delivery and operational handoff. Clarify scope, accountable owners, milestones, dependencies, decision points, and success measures across concurrent initiatives. Drive risk-reduction programs: Lead cross-functional execution of major security programs, which may include identity and access management, authorization, vulnerability remediation, auditability, data protection and retention, privacy controls, and security assurance. Keep work tied to explicit risks and customer or business outcomes. Lead quarterly planning: Coordinate planning inputs, capacity and sequencing discussions, prioritization trade-offs, and commitments. Surface gaps early, distinguish committed work from aspirational work, and bring options and recommendations to decision-makers. Establish operating rigor: Run effective program reviews and maintain concise plans, RAID logs, decision records, and dashboards. Track leading indicators and delivery milestones; escalate blockers with clear impact, owner, and recommended next step. Prepare executive and board materials: Develop accurate, board-ready narratives and presentations that explain the risk, why it matters, progress against commitments, measurable outcomes, material changes, and decisions or investments required. Validate claims and metrics with accountable teams. Build strong partnerships: Align technical and nontechnical stakeholders, facilitate decisions when priorities conflict, and communicate with clarity at levels ranging from engineers to senior executives. Improve the system: Identify recurring delivery, governance, or measurement gaps and improve the security program operating model so teams can execute predictably and demonstrate control effectiveness. What We’re Looking For: 7+ years of experience leading complex technical programs, with meaningful experience in cybersecurity, product security, privacy, or a closely related risk-management domain. A track record of delivering multi-team programs across engineering and business functions, including work with senior leaders and teams that do not report to you. Strong program-management fundamentals: integrated plans, dependency and critical-path management, risk and issue resolution, capacity planning, change control, and outcome-based reporting. Ability to understand security architecture and control objectives well enough to ask precise questions, identify delivery and risk gaps, and translate technical details into business impact—without needing to be the hands-on implementer. Excellent executive writing and presentation skills; experience producing concise leadership updates or board-level materials grounded in verified evidence. Demonstrated an AI first mindset in executing programs vs manually chasing teams to get things done. Sound judgment in prioritizing risk, surfacing uncomfortable trade-offs, and balancing urgency, customer impact, compliance needs, and delivery capacity. A collaborative, low-ego approach and the ability to create accountability through influence, structure, and clear communication. Preferred Experience in a SaaS or technology company with complex products, customer data, and cross-functional security ownership. Familiarity with security and privacy programs such as IAM and authorization, vulnerability management, data lifecycle controls, incident remediation, audit readiness, or privacy engineering. Experience defining program metrics, risk indicators, control evidence, and executive dashboards. How success will be measured Roadmap initiatives have clear scope, accountable owners, realistic milestones, dependencies, and measurable risk or customer outcomes. Quarterly commitments are prioritized against capacity; material delivery risks and decision needs are raised early, not at the deadline. High-priority security programs deliver agreed milestones and demonstrable risk reduction, with exceptions and residual risk explicitly documented. Leadership and board updates are timely, concise, consistent with source evidence, and decision-ready. Cross-functional partners have a reliable operating cadence and clear visibility into status, trade-offs, and next actions. Pay Transparency Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits The base compensation range for this role is: $127,000 — $175,000 USD Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here . UK Candidate Privacy Notice here . The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology. Regarding US-based roles, depending on your role and primary work location, Motive Technologies, Inc. (“Employer”) discloses candidates may be required to execute a non-compete covenant with the Employer. This requirement does not apply to lawyers, interns, or employees working in CA, MN, MT, ND, OK, or where otherwise prohibited by law. Non-compete covenant terms in all other jurisdictions will be subject to the applicable statutory requirements, including but not limited to, procedures, industry related prohibitions, or salary and compensation thresholds. All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.

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Build strong partnerships: Align technical and nontechnical stakeholders, facilitate decisions when priorities conflict, and communicate with clarity at levels ranging from engineers to senior executives.
Improve the system: Identify recurring delivery, governance, or measurement gaps and improve the security program operating model so teams can execute predictably and demonstrate control effectiveness.
7+ years of experience leading complex technical programs, with meaningful experience in cybersecurity, product security, privacy, or a closely related risk-management domain.
A track record of delivering multi-team programs across engineering and business functions, including work with senior leaders and teams that do not report to you.
Strong program-management fundamentals: integrated plans, dependency and critical-path management, risk and issue resolution, capacity planning, change control, and outcome-based reporting.
Excellent executive writing and presentation skills; experience producing concise leadership updates or board-level materials grounded in verified evidence.
Demonstrated an AI first mindset in executing programs vs manually chasing teams to get things done.
Sound judgment in prioritizing risk, surfacing uncomfortable trade-offs, and balancing urgency, customer impact, compliance needs, and delivery capacity.
A collaborative, low-ego approach and the ability to create accountability through influence, structure, and clear communication.

Nice-to-haves

Experience in a SaaS or technology company with complex products, customer data, and cross-functional security ownership.
Familiarity with security and privacy programs such as IAM and authorization, vulnerability management, data lifecycle controls, incident remediation, audit readiness, or privacy engineering.
Experience defining program metrics, risk indicators, control evidence, and executive dashboards.
How success will be measured
Roadmap initiatives have clear scope, accountable owners, realistic milestones, dependencies, and measurable risk or customer outcomes.
Quarterly commitments are prioritized against capacity; material delivery risks and decision needs are raised early, not at the deadline.
High-priority security programs deliver agreed milestones and demonstrable risk reduction, with exceptions and residual risk explicitly documented.
Leadership and board updates are timely, concise, consistent with source evidence, and decision-ready.
Cross-functional partners have a reliable operating cadence and clear visibility into status, trade-offs, and next actions.
Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here .
UK Candidate Privacy Notice here .
All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.

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