Information Security Program Manager

About the team & role:

Rubrik is seeking an experienced Program Manager to join our Third-Party Risk Assessment team. This team focuses on analyzing and managing risks associated with our vendors, service providers, and other third parties, ensuring our organization upholds the highest standards of compliance, security, and business resilience. While your primary responsibility will be Third-Party Risk Management, you will also collaborate on other cybersecurity risk management initiatives. Building strong cross-functional relationships across the company is a key component of this role. To excel, you must showcase exceptional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills, and have a proven track record in managing third-party risk, vendor governance, or related domains.

What you’ll do?

• Third Party Risk Assessment :
  • Lead and conduct comprehensive risk assessments of new and existing third-party vendors and service providers, focusing on cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance.
  • Evaluate third-party security questionnaires, audit reports (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001), and risk documentation.
  • Coordinate with vendors to request and verify security controls, remediation plans, and ongoing compliance.
  • Oversee facilitation of risk remediation efforts agreed upon with suppliers, ensuring timely resolution.
  • Classify vendors according to risk tiers and maintain a comprehensive database of vendor risk profiles.
  • Participate in continuous security monitoring of existing suppliers to track changing risk profiles.
  • Partner with Procurement, Legal, Privacy, and InfoSec teams to improve supplier security management processes.
  • Collaborate with the risk management team for reporting and remediation.
  • Identify opportunities to automate parts of the assessment process, thereby reducing manual work and enhancing efficiency.
  • Keep abreast of emerging risks, industry standards, and regulatory requirements affecting third-party vendors.
  • Manage and mentor contractors and junior team members, fostering professional growth and maintaining a collaborative team environment.
• Risk Management:
  • Support in conduct initial risk assessments and triage incoming security issues related to Rurbik’s core products, services and infrastructure
  • Assist in evaluating security risks in new and existing applications, software, and specialized services
  • Assist in design and implement data-driven risk management metrics to enhance decision-making and demonstrate the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies
• Compliance:
  • Assist in conducting a common controls framework which shall be required to assess control effectiveness and evidence to support in defining security posture and compliance
  • Support in compliance and certification activities

Experience you'll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 5- 8 years of professional experience in third-party risk assessment within cybersecurity or information risk management.
• Understanding of relevant information security frameworks, including related regulatory compliance requirements, such as ISO 27001/2 (including ISO 27017 & 18), FedRAMP, SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, PCI DSS, NIST CSF.
• Solid understanding of risk assessment methodologies and best practices.
• Ability to synthesize and communicate complex risk findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Detail-oriented, process-driven, and capable of managing multiple vendor assessments concurrently.
• Experience with tools such as Coupa, OneTrust, JIRA and Coverbase is a plus.
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