Manager, Security Issues Management at Centene

**Who this is for** This role is for a seasoned security professional with a background in governance, risk, and compliance, looking to lead a team in managing

Work type: remote

Location: Remote-MO

Salary: $107,700 – $199,300/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

**Who this is for** This role is for a seasoned security professional with a background in governance, risk, and compliance, looking to lead a team in managing remediation efforts for a large healthcare organization. **Key highlights** You will oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of security issues management, including root cause analysis, stakeholder coordination, and performance reporting to ensure alignment with cybersecurity frameworks. **You might be a good fit if you...** - Possess 6+ years of experience in audit, compliance, or regulatory security functions. - Have strong leadership skills to coach analysts and coordinate across cross-functional departments like Legal and Technology Risk. - Are experienced in managing remediation tracking within GRC tools and reporting status to executive leadership. - Hold certifications such as CISA, CGE, or PMP/PgMP.

Job Description

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members. Centene is transforming the health of our communities, one person at a time. As a diversified, national organization, you’ll have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
 

Applicants for this job have the flexibility to work remote from home anywhere in the Continental United StatesMust be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship and future sponsorship are not available for this opportunity, including employment-based visa types H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, or CPT.Position Purpose:
Manages day to day operations of the Security Issues Management team, ensuring remediation activities are executed accurately, consistently, and within established SLAs. Provides people leadership, workload prioritization, and operational oversight while serving as a primary liaison between the Issues Management Program Manager and cross functional stakeholders. Ensures remediation efforts align with enterprise risk tolerance, regulatory expectations, and recognized cybersecurity frameworks.

• Leads and oversees the end-to-end lifecycle of security issues management, including remediation planning, execution tracking, evidence collection and validation, documentation, and issue closure activities.


• Manages, prioritizes, and allocates team resources to address the most pressing risk areas, ensuring adherence to defined SLAs, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder expectations.


• Provides direct people leadership for Security Issues Management analysts, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and skills development to ensure effective execution of responsibilities.


• Serves as a subject matter expert on security issues remediation by advising stakeholders on technical fulfillment requirements, evidence expectations, and the broader Security Issues Management process.


• Oversees remediation activities resulting from internal audits, external audits, regulatory examinations, and risk assessments, ensuring consistency with enterprise risk tolerance and avoidance of duplicative efforts.


• Partners with Internal Audit, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, Technology Risk, and technical teams to coordinate remediation activities, resolve blockers, and drive timely issue resolution.


• Identifies systemic or recurring issues, leads root cause analysis, and drives process or control improvements to reduce repeat findings and enhance control effectiveness.


• Develops, matures, and continuously improves processes, documentation, and automation to enhance cybersecurity risk management and issues remediation capabilities.


• Ensures issues management activities align with recognized cybersecurity and risk management frameworks (e.g., NIST, ARC-AMPE), as applicable to the organization.


• Maintains awareness of existing and proposed enterprise security policies and standards, and provide input and support for policy and standard development as needed.


• Ensures data quality, accuracy, and consistency within GRC tools used for tracking, reporting, and managing security issues.


• Contributes to executive level reporting by synthesizing remediation status, trends, risk themes, and control weaknesses for leadership consumption.


• Supports regulatory and examiner interactions by providing remediation evidence, status updates, and management responses related to security issues.


• Promotes a culture of accountability, risk ownership, and continuous improvement across remediation stakeholders and teams.


• Performs other duties as assigned.


• Complies with all policies and standards.

• Bachelor's Degree Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience required


• 6+ years governance, audit, compliance, or regulatory functions required

CISA, CGEIT, or CRISC Upon Hire preferred:
CISSP Upon Hire preferred.

Pay Range: $107,700.00 - $199,300.00 per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

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