Job Description:

The Role

Are you drawn to work that is fast paced, demanding and deeply rooted in agile principles? If so, read on to learn more about this role!

As a Strategic Initiative Program Lead, you will be responsible for working with Squads across the firm to ensure the successful delivery of critical cybersecurity capabilities.

In this strategic and collaborative role, your program management skills and experience including planning, dependency mapping, risk identification/mitigation, ability to work seamlessly with various partners and communication will be essential to the delivery of cybersecurity commitments.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or Cybersecurity, Master’s degree preferred and 5 years+ experience in large Project or Program Management using Agile frameworks and processes. Cybersecurity experience and/or experience in the Financial Services industry a plus. Agile experience is required.

As a Program Lead you will work with multiple Product Area Squads to coordinate performance using Agile values, practices and processes delivering what matters most to our business, our clients and our people. Working with multiple Squad Leaders, you will support the work of the squads by participating in agile ceremonies like stand ups, sprint planning and retrospectives. The Program Lead will have a dedication to continuous improvement opportunities to help the program execute work better and smarter.

Proven technical experience in an IT development environment and ability to “speak the language”.

Hands on experience delivering sophisticated technical projects requiring collaboration across organizations and apply relevant metrics to planned outcomes in order to chart progress toward achieving goals is required.

Proven experience working with business and technical team members in a matrix environment at all levels and demonstrate positive relationship building, influence and leadership skills including tact.

Strategic problem solver and ability to distill sophisticated ambiguous scenarios into simple measurable plans. Ability and flexibility to lead multiple deliverables in a fast paced and deadline driven environment.

Communicate optimally with internal partners and external support resources. Strong written and verbal communications skills with the ability to cultivate support, lead change and drive acceptance up to and including the executive level.

You are motivated by working collaboratively to deliver agreed business outcomes, drawing on the expertise of colleagues to advise the approach and remove impediments to making progress

Collaborate across multiple squads and product areas to ensure backlog alignment and coordinate initiatives as appropriate

The Team

As a member of the Enterprise Cybersecurity (ECS) Strategy, Risk & Engagement Team, this highly visible player will deliver on committed plans and guide effective decision-making that impacts Fidelity’s strategic cybersecurity initiatives. This role will be key in supporting ECS’s efforts in implementing strategic initiatives to support of the security programs of Fidelity.

ECS is responsible for protecting Fidelity from external and internal threats against our infrastructure, data and systems. This Strategic Initiative Lead role will contribute to the decision support, planning, coordination and risk management for complex strategic initiatives that cross multiple cybersecurity Product Areas and organizations within Fidelity. This Director level role will work across ECS to drive seamless execution. In this role you will work in partnership with Product Area Leaders, Squad, Team and Chapter Leads.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award(opens in a new tab), we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2022. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

As a result of COVID-19, many of our associates are continuing to work remotely. When Fidelity employees eventually return to the office, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling “Dynamic Working(opens in a new tab).” 

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2.