Senior R&D Program Manager

R&D

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Israel

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Job ID - POS4460_2

Company Description

About CyberArk:
CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), is the global leader in Identity Security. Centered on privileged access management, CyberArk provides the most comprehensive security offering for any identity – human or machine – across business applications, distributed workforces, hybrid cloud workloads and throughout the DevOps lifecycle. The world’s leading organizations trust CyberArk to help secure their most critical assets.

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