Technical Project Manager

Polymarket Polymarket · Fintech · New York, NY · IT

Polymarket is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead security programs, focusing on infrastructure security and compliance. The role involves managing initiatives like pen testing, vulnerability remediation, and SOC 2 compliance, working closely with Security Engineering, IT, Legal, and Compliance teams. Responsibilities include building program management infrastructure, coordinating assessments, and driving IT programs. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of TPM experience, with at least 2 years in security or infrastructure, strong technical fluency in security frameworks, and experience building program management from scratch in fast-paced environments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own end-to-end program management for security initiatives including pen testing cycles, vulnerability remediation tracking, incident response readiness, and security reviews for new product launches
  2. Build and maintain program infrastructure including risk registers, status dashboards, escalation paths, and retrospective processes
  3. Coordinate third-party security assessments and audits across Engineering, Legal, and Compliance teams
  4. Drive IT programs spanning device management, SaaS tooling, identity and access management, and endpoint security
  5. Facilitate sprint ceremonies and maintain healthy backlogs for security and IT teams while balancing sprint-level execution with multi-quarter roadmap planning

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of technical program management experience
  • at least 2 years owning security or infrastructure programs
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex programs simultaneously in ambiguous environments without losing detail
  • Strong technical fluency and experience working with security frameworks like SOC 2, CIS v8, NIST CSF, and vulnerability management lifecycles
  • Proven track record of building program management infrastructure from scratch in fast-moving environments
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present risk trade-offs clearly to executives

Nice to have

  • Experience at crypto, fintech, or high-security-bar startups
  • Familiarity with tools like Vanta, Drata, Jira, or Linear
  • Background in software engineering or security engineering
  • PMP, PMI-ACP, or CSM certification

What the JD emphasized

  • security programs
  • SOC 2 compliance
  • security assessments
  • audits
  • program management infrastructure from scratch
  • security engineers