Cybersecurity Review Program Lead

Pacific Life

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Newport Beach, CA
Salary
$137,610–$168,190 / yr
Posted
3 days ago

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Similar $168k
This role $153k
$119k most similar roles pay here $213k

This role pays less than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$194,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $168k for comparable roles.

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About Pacific Life

Pacific Life is a life insurance company offering a wide range of life insurance, annuity, and investment products and services to individuals, businesses, and pension plans. Industry: Life Insurance & Annuities

Pacific Life currently has 27 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,610–$168,190 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Cybersecurity Review Program Lead

As a Senior Security Engineer in the Engineering department’s Operational Risk and Resilience team, you will own the design, governance, and continuous improvement of our Cyber Security Review program. This involves leading reviews for new technology projects and organizational changes to ensure cyber and IT risks are identified and addressed proactively. You’ll manage relationships with external service providers and maintain meaningful metrics for transparency into review activity and risk findings. Key responsibilities include process innovation, tooling automation, and collaboration with the Engineering Service Lead and Manager to align program strategy with broader objectives. The ideal candidate has over eight years of experience in security engineering or risk management within a large enterprise, extensive technical expertise across various technologies, and strong stakeholder engagement skills.

What you'll do

  • Own the design and governance of the Cyber Security Review program.
  • Lead reviews for new technology projects to identify and address cyber risks.
  • Conduct re-reviews of existing critical applications to ensure risk management.
  • Manage external managed service provider supporting security review processes.
  • Define and maintain metrics for transparency into review activity and performance.
  • Identify opportunities to improve program effectiveness through innovation and automation.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in security engineering or risk management in a large enterprise.
  • Proven track record of owning and leading security review programs, including methodology design.
  • Deep technical expertise across various technologies for comprehensive security assessments.
  • Experience conducting reviews of technology projects and identifying control gaps and risks.
  • Strong process improvement skills to build and scale structured review processes.
  • Ability to engage independently with stakeholders, providing objective challenge and partnership.

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