At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
Available Locations: Austin
Security at Cloudflare is a diverse, focused team committed to helping secure both Cloudflare and our customers. And the Technical Program Management team is the group that helps connect the dots between threats, risk, business needs, and innovation to execute on reducing risk at Cloudflare while partnering to build the best solutions for our customers.
We need to solve big security challenges at scale. As a Technical Program Manager on the Security team, at a high level, you will help discover, define, and drive the execution of transformational security projects to reduce risk at Cloudflare. You will work with our team and all of our stakeholders to:
Partners with teams across Cloudflare to deliver security initiatives
Connect with Cloudflare's many teams through expert communication and diplomacy to maintain alignment and encourage collaboration
Support the long term program roadmap planning, manage project updates aligned with the roadmap and report on project level OKRs
Manage projects with tight deadlines and changing priorities, effectively balancing risk to achieve business objectives
Identify stakeholders and drive alignment, including dependency identification and tracking
Generate cadenced program updates, reports, and metrics that provide executive and board level summaries
Manage change to scope, timeline, key results/outcomes and budget
Maintain a project management framework using milestones, communication plans, decision logs, issues, risks, etc.
Balance the focus on long term vision and roadmap versus addressing high risk tactical security issues
8-10+ years of experience in technical program management and a desire for continuous improvement
Experience in cybersecurity, including experience directly supporting security programs
BS+ in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security or related field or equivalent experience
Proven track record of creating realistic project plans, managing dependencies, and overseeing execution to meet commitments with predictability.
Excellent oral and written communication, proven track record of effective communication at various levels including executive level
Comfortable managing tight deadlines, changing priorities, and ambiguity.
Proven ability to forge and sustain effective partnerships internally and externally
Strong competency with Confluence and JIRA and various development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Kaizen, Scrum, etc).
Willingness to learn and continuously improve
Embraces technology including automation and AI augmentation
Highly skilled communicator and influencer with the ability to reflect and question positively and effectively
Experience working with multiple time zones and cross-functional teams.
Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits
Medical/Rx Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Commuter Spending Accounts
Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
Global Travel Medical Insurance
Financial Benefits
Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Life & Accident Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Employee Stock Participation Plan
Time Off
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave