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Who we are looking for
We are looking for a Principal Product Manager – Defensive Engineering Programs & Controls reporting within the Defensive Engineering organization in Global Cyber Security (GCS). This role will lead the modernization of our security engineering control landscape — part program manager, part GRC strategist, embedded directly within a security engineering organization. If you can drive complex technical programs while fluently speaking the language of controls, risk, and compliance, let's talk. Financial services experience is a plus.
Why this role is important to us
The team you will be joining is a part of Defensive Engineering, a function that is vital to the company as it delivers and operates security capabilities that protect the firm's workforce, platforms, and data. This role serves as a bridge between security engineering, risk, compliance, and audit teams, ensuring security controls are measurable, effective, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
What you will be responsible for
As a Principal Product Manager – Defensive Engineering Programs & Controls, you will:
- Lead strategic initiatives to modernize and mature the security engineering control landscape across multiple cybersecurity domains.
- Define control objectives, success criteria, KPIs, and metrics that measure control effectiveness, coverage, and risk reduction.
- Partner with engineering, risk, compliance, legal, and audit teams to drive control implementation, remediation, and continuous improvement.
- Translate regulatory, audit, and risk requirements into technical roadmaps and executable engineering programs.
- Drive complex cross-functional programs from strategy through execution while providing executive-level reporting and governance.
What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role:
- Experience leading large-scale cybersecurity, risk, compliance, or security transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of security controls, governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and risk management practices.
- Ability to bridge technical engineering teams with risk, compliance, and audit stakeholders.
- Strong program management, executive communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries preferred.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, product management, program management, risk management, or governance functions.
- Experience leading regulatory, audit, controls, or security modernization initiatives.
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, PMP, or equivalent preferred.
- Familiarity with security control frameworks such as NIST, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, or similar.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to influence and drive outcomes across engineering, risk, compliance, and executive stakeholders.
- Experience developing governance frameworks, control libraries, KPIs, KRIs, and executive reporting.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity operations, security engineering, and enterprise security controls.
Work Requirement
- Hybrid work model in accordance with company policy.
- Ability to collaborate across global teams and time zones.
- Standard business hours with flexibility to support key regulatory, audit, and risk initiatives as needed.
Salary Range:
$120,000 - $202,500 AnnualThe range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home .
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for a Principal Product Manager – Defensive Engineering Programs & Controls reporting within the Defensive Engineering organization in Global Cyber Security (GCS). This role will lead the modernization of our security engineering control landscape — part program manager, part GRC strategist, embedded directly within a security engineering organization. If you can drive complex technical programs while fluently speaking the language of controls, risk, and compliance, let's talk. Financial services experience is a plus.
Why this role is important to us
The team you will be joining is a part of Defensive Engineering, a function that is vital to the company as it delivers and operates security capabilities that protect the firm's workforce, platforms, and data. This role serves as a bridge between security engineering, risk, compliance, and audit teams, ensuring security controls are measurable, effective, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
What you will be responsible for
As a Principal Product Manager – Defensive Engineering Programs & Controls, you will:
- Lead strategic initiatives to modernize and mature the security engineering control landscape across multiple cybersecurity domains.
- Define control objectives, success criteria, KPIs, and metrics that measure control effectiveness, coverage, and risk reduction.
- Partner with engineering, risk, compliance, legal, and audit teams to drive control implementation, remediation, and continuous improvement.
- Translate regulatory, audit, and risk requirements into technical roadmaps and executable engineering programs.
- Drive complex cross-functional programs from strategy through execution while providing executive-level reporting and governance.
What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role:
- Experience leading large-scale cybersecurity, risk, compliance, or security transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of security controls, governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and risk management practices.
- Ability to bridge technical engineering teams with risk, compliance, and audit stakeholders.
- Strong program management, executive communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries preferred.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, product management, program management, risk management, or governance functions.
- Experience leading regulatory, audit, controls, or security modernization initiatives.
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, PMP, or equivalent preferred.
- Familiarity with security control frameworks such as NIST, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, or similar.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to influence and drive outcomes across engineering, risk, compliance, and executive stakeholders.
- Experience developing governance frameworks, control libraries, KPIs, KRIs, and executive reporting.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity operations, security engineering, and enterprise security controls.
Work Requirement
- Hybrid work model in accordance with company policy.
- Ability to collaborate across global teams and time zones.
- Standard business hours with flexibility to support key regulatory, audit, and risk initiatives as needed.
Salary Range:
$120,000 - $202,500 AnnualThe range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home .
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Discover more information on jobs at StateStreet.com/careers
Read our CEO Statement
Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering manager jobs.
- 3 to 7 years of software engineering experience before moving into management
- Proven experience managing and growing a team of software engineers
- Experience with agile or scrum delivery frameworks and sprint planning
- Ability to partner with product managers on roadmap prioritization and planning
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder reporting
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Engineering Manager Job Search
Quantify your team impact clearly
Engineering manager resumes that show headcount grown, attrition reduced, and delivery velocity improved get more callbacks than those listing tools and responsibilities. Replace vague ownership claims with specific outcomes your team shipped under your leadership.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists engineering manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Align your level to the job spec
Engineering manager titles vary wildly by company size. A manager of two teams at a startup maps differently to a manager of five at a public company. Read the scope, not just the title, and tailor your cover letter to the team size and reporting structure described.
Highlight cross-functional delivery experience
Hiring panels for engineering managers weight your ability to partner with product and design heavily. Describe two or three situations where you drove alignment across functions to unblock a release or reframe a roadmap decision, not just your technical contribution.
Prepare a system design answer for non-ICs
Many engineering manager loops still include a system design round even though you won't be coding. Interviewers want to see you scope work, identify dependencies, and delegate technical decisions. Practice narrating tradeoffs and leading the discussion rather than solving it yourself.
Negotiate offer components beyond base pay
Engineering manager offers often include equity refreshes, performance review cycles, and leadership development budgets that are more negotiable than base compensation. Ask about the equity vesting schedule, the review cadence, and whether the role has a defined path to senior manager or director.
Engineering Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most engineering managers?
The companies hiring the most engineering managers right now include CVS Health, Northrop Grumman, and Google, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is concentrated in companies scaling their engineering orgs through product expansion or post-funding headcount growth.
How many engineering manager jobs are remote?
About 56% of engineering manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more flexible senior roles in tech hiring. Platform and infrastructure engineering manager roles tend to skew most remote, while hardware and embedded systems roles are more likely to require on-site presence.
How do you become an engineering manager?
Most engineering managers move into the role from a senior or staff individual contributor position after demonstrating mentorship, cross-team coordination, and project ownership. The clearest path is to take on informal lead responsibilities, volunteer to onboard new engineers, and ask your manager to formalize a team lead scope before pursuing a full title change.
How do you get hired as an engineering manager with little management experience?
Candidates with limited formal management experience can strengthen their applications by documenting mentorship, on-call rotation leadership, and any project lead roles they held as an IC. Applying to companies promoting from within, targeting early-stage teams where the role is newly created, and framing your technical credibility alongside your people leadership instincts all improve your odds.
What does the engineering manager interview process look like?
Most engineering manager loops include a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation about your leadership philosophy and team experience, a system design or technical scoping round, a behavioral panel focused on conflict resolution and performance management, and a cross-functional round with a product or design partner. Some companies also include a case study or written exercise on org design or roadmap prioritization.
Where can I find and apply to engineering manager jobs?
You can find and apply to engineering manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the listings for roles that match your level, industry, and preferred work arrangement, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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