Program Manager Cybersecurity

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

General Summary:    

The Cybersecurity Program Manager provides senior leadership for execution of the organization’s cybersecurity program. This role orchestrates the program engine, driving cross-functional alignment across IT, Clinical, and Digital teams to ensure the cybersecurity roadmap results in measurable risk reduction and sustainable operational outcomes. The position ensures complex, multi-workstream initiatives are delivered on time, on scope, and with clear risk reduction and operational outcomes.

Essential Job Functions:

• Direct the execution of the enterprise cybersecurity transformation program and roadmap.
• Drive milestone planning, dependency management, and delivery tracking across multiple workstreams.
• Orchestrate collaboration across IT and Business units to resolve resource contention and prioritize security initiatives.
• Manage transition of security capabilities from externally supported models to internally owned operations.
• Own integrated program plans, schedules, risks, issues, and executive reporting.
• Ensure measurable outcomes for remediation, control maturity, and operational sustainability.
• Drive vendor coordination, delivery accountability, and structured knowledge transfer.
• Establish and enforce program governance, cadence, and decision forums.
• Identify and resolve execution blockers, resource constraints, and delivery risks.
• Translate technical progress into a clear risk-reduction narrative for executive leadership and stakeholders.
• Partner with Clinical Engineering to ensure security remediation efforts do not disrupt patient care delivery or medical device functionality.
• Facilitate the integration of cybersecurity controls into clinical workflows to ensure a balance between security and provider efficiency.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive experience leading complex, multi-year cybersecurity or IT risk programs at a leadership level.
• Proven track record delivering multi-year, multi-workstream transformation initiatives.
• Strong program management discipline across scope, schedule, budget, risk, and dependencies.
• Experience coordinating delivery across technical, operational, and business teams.
• Ability to drive execution in environments involving vendors, internal teams, and changing priorities.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Functional understanding of cybersecurity domains such as SOC, IAM, endpoint, network, cloud, and data protection.
• Experience in healthcare or regulated environments preferred.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and risk-based delivery approaches.
• PMP/PgMP required; CISM or CISSP preferred to establish credibility with technical and executive peers.

Deep understanding of the intersection between cybersecurity and patient safety.

Education

Pay Range

At Lurie Children’s, we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity, reflecting individual contributions, experience, and expertise. The pay range for this job indicates minimum and maximum targets for the position. Ranges are regularly reviewed to stay aligned with market conditions. In addition to base salary, Lurie Children’s offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include differentials for some hourly employees, leadership incentives for select roles, health and retirement benefits, and wellbeing programs. For more details on other compensation, consult your recruiter or click the following link to learn more about our benefits.

Benefit Statement

For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Employer paid group term life and disability

Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave

403(b) with a 5% employer match

Various voluntary benefits:

• Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability

• Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage

• Tuition assistance

• Student loan servicing and support

• Adoption benefits

• Backup Childcare and Eldercare

• Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members

• Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities

• Discount purchasing program

There’s a Place for You with Us

At Lurie Children’s, we embrace and celebrate building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and viewpoints — recognizing that different life experiences strengthen our workplace and the care we provide to the Chicago community and beyond. We treat everyone fairly, appreciate differences, and make meaningful connections that foster belonging. This is a place where you can be your best, so we can give our best to the patients and families who trust us with their care.  

Lurie Children’s and its affiliates are equal employment opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, order of protection status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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