Senior R&D Program Manager

CyberArk is seeking a Senior R&D Program Manager to lead strategic, cross-functional programs across multiple R&D divisions. This role involves ensuring alignment to business priorities, driving continuous improvement, and institutionalizing best practices for planning and execution. The manager will coach teams on new methodologies, partner with senior leadership to define goals, and foster strong stakeholder alignment. Candidates should have a minimum of 7 years of R&D program management experience, a proven track record in driving complex initiatives, and strong analytical and leadership skills.

Must Have

• Lead strategic, cross-functional programs across multiple R&D divisions, ensuring alignment to business priorities, clarity of execution, and measurable outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing performance data, identifying friction points, and implementing scalable, pragmatic solutions.
• Design, refine, and institutionalize best practices for planning, execution, and collaboration across R&D.
• Coach and enable teams to adopt new methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Partner with senior leadership to define program goals, track progress, and communicate insights and recommendations.
• Foster strong stakeholder alignment by maintaining transparent communication across engineering teams, product, and executive leaders.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a program manager in R&D, preferably in a global SaaS company.
• Proven track record of successfully driving large complex initiatives, leading change management, and implementing SDLC process improvements end to end.
• Strong understanding of R&D methodologies and tools, product development life cycle.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data to drive informed decision-making and process optimization.

Good to Have

• High sense of ownership and accountability.
• Proactive mindset and a self-starter.
• Agile mindset and experience working in Agile.
• Lead without authority skills, with exceptional leadership and communication skills.
• Demonstrate creative problem solving approach while using data driven analytical thinking.
• Be flexible and ready to get out of your comfort zone.
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.

Job Description

We are looking for a superstar R&D Program Manager with a can-do approach, who loves to get stuff done, passionate about this role, thrives when facing with challenges. Sounds right? come and join us to make an impact.

As an R&D program manager you will:

• Lead strategic, cross-functional programs across multiple R&D divisions — ensuring alignment to business priorities, clarity of execution, and measurable outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing performance data, identifying friction points, and implementing scalable, pragmatic solutions that enhance R&D effectiveness and delivery speed.
• Design, refine, and institutionalize best practices for planning, execution, and collaboration across R&D — ensuring consistency without sacrificing agility.
• Coach and enable teams to adopt new methodologies, tools, and processes — translating frameworks into real behaviors that drive measurable improvement.
• Partner with senior leadership to define program goals, track progress, and communicate insights and recommendations that inform strategic decisions.
• Foster strong stakeholder alignment by maintaining transparent communication across engineering teams, product, and executive leaders, ensuring shared understanding and ownership of outcomes.

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Qualifications

What you know:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience as a program manager in R&D, preferably in a global SaaS company.
• Proven track record of successfully driving large complex initiatives, leading change management, and implementing SDLC process improvements end to end, while being detail-oriented and maintaining accuracy
• Strong understanding of R&D methodologies and tools, product development life cycle
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data to drive informed decision-making and process optimization.

Who you are:

• High sense of ownership and accountability
• Yes we can approach
• Proactive mindset and a self-starter
• Agile mindset and experience working in Agile
• Lead without authority skills - exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and organizational levels, addressing their interests and concerns
• Demonstrate creative problem solving approach while using data driven analytical thinking
• Be flexible and ready to get out of your comfort zone
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills