Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
We’re always on the lookout for talented individuals who are passionate about their work and excel at what they do. We are seeking a Program Management Analyst to join our IT team. The IT team supports the company’s technology infrastructure, enabling secure, reliable, and scalable security controls across a global organization. This role will be focused on project management, related to IT Risk & Compliance.
Do you have experience leading delivery of IT governance and security projects in a cloud-native environment? Do you enjoy collaborating with diverse teams in a highly visible and cross-functional role?
If so, this could be your next great opportunity!
What You Will Be Doing- Lead and Deliver Projects: Drive successful delivery of IT security, governance, and risk management projects that align with business objectives and operational excellence.
- Gather and Analyze Requirements: Collaborate cross-functionally across various stakeholder organizations including IT, InfoSec, Legal, HR, and other stakeholders to gather, document, and analyze business and limited technical requirements. Translate ambiguous problems into actionable project plans.
- Process Improvement & Automation: Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and risks in business and technical processes. Facilitates the identification and implementation of improvements, automation, and workflow optimizations.
- Risk & Compliance Management: Ensure alignment with company policies, regulatory requirements, and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOX). Support IT governance and risk management initiatives.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Facilitate workshops, meetings, and training sessions to ensure alignment and understanding across teams. Communicate progress, risks, and priorities to management and stakeholders.
- Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation for processes, requirements, and technical specifications. Define and execute test scripts for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate solutions.
- Data Analysis & Decision Support: Use data to inform decisions, measure project success, and identify patterns or trends. Provide data-driven recommendations for process improvements and risk mitigation.
- Change Management & Adoption: Support change adoption initiatives, including training and communication. Encourage innovation, scalability, and continuous improvement in processes and systems.
- Proven experience delivering IT projects, and process improvement, preferably in cloud-native or distributed environments.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Experience gathering and analyzing business requirements, translating them into actionable plans and technical specifications.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams across IT, Security, Engineering, HR, Legal, and Finance.
- Expertise in business process analysis, requirements documentation, and workflow optimization.
- Project management experience, ideally with agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum).
- Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to adapt to evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work independently and proactively tackle problems.
- Proven experience with IT projects focused on security, risk & compliance.
- Understanding of compliance frameworks (e.g., SOX, SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI) and IT governance.
- Experience in a SaaS or rapidly growing technology company.
- Exposure to process automation, workflow optimization, or IT governance initiatives.
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Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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