Manager, Privacy & Security Culture

Position Purpose:

Manage day-to-day execution of either the enterprise Privacy & Security Culture training program or the awareness and workforce risk program that strengthen privacy, security, responsible AI, and operational resilience behaviors across Centene. Translate functional strategy into team objectives, work plans, delivery standards, and measurable outcomes; ensure work is timely, risk-informed, compliant with applicable regulatory, contractual, and legislative requirements, and aligned to leadership-defined priorities. Lead, coach, and develop individual contributors who support Privacy & Security Culture programs, content, campaigns, communications, metrics, evidence, and stakeholder engagement.

Key Details: Must 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.

• Manages Privacy & Security Culture training operations or awareness and workforce risk operations for assigned programs, ensuring delivery supports workforce competence, behavior change, and leadership-defined outcomes across privacy, security, responsible AI, and operational resilience.

• Leads a team of professional individual contributors; establish team priorities, work plans, operating rhythms, performance expectations, workload assignments, and accountability mechanisms to deliver short- and mid-term operational results.

• Coaches, develops, and retains team members by providing role clarity, feedback, performance support, development planning, and consistent execution standards.

• Operationalizes program plans, content calendars, campaigns, communications, learning assets, and stakeholder engagement activities so deliverables are timely, relevant, risk-informed, measurable, and aligned to current and evolving regulatory, contractual, and legislative obligations.

• Applies and maintains program processes, standards, content quality practices, campaign planning routines, regulatory evidence routines, and continuous improvement mechanisms for assigned training and awareness programs.

• Partners with enterprise leaders and cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities, implement practical solutions, and support sustained privacy, security, responsible AI, and operational resilience culture change.

• Monitors program execution, quality, adoption, workforce risk signals, and program effectiveness metrics; prepare reporting and insights that help leadership understand progress, risk trends, improvement opportunities, corrective actions, and remediation plans for any gaps identified.

• Supports regulatory examinations, compliance reviews, and third-party audits by coordinating evidence, validating supportable data, and explaining assigned program processes, controls, and effectiveness measures.

• Manages vendor, platform, content, and measurement activities within assigned scope, including requirements intake, quality assurance, implementation readiness, stakeholder adoption, and performance monitoring.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree Information Security, Computer Science, Business Administration, Compliance, Organizational Development, Communications, or related field; or equivalent experience required.

• 5+ years Privacy, cybersecurity, compliance, risk, training, awareness, culture, organizational change, enterprise engagement, or related experience in a regulated enterprise environment required.

• Experience managing professional individual contributors or leading cross-functional workstreams with stakeholder engagement required.

Licenses/Certifications:

• CISA, CRISC, CISM, or CISSP preferred.

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

At Centene, we connect people to the care they need to live healthier lives — and the work you do here makes that impact real every day. You’ll take on meaningful challenges that directly support individuals, families, and communities, building your skills while making healthcare more accessible and effective. It’s work with a purpose you can see, backed by a team committed to improving lives well beyond the workday.

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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