Manager - Quantum Safe Cybersecurity Program

Zions Bancorporation's Enterprise Technology and Operations (ETO) team is transforming what it means to work for a financial institution. With a commitment to technology and innovation, we have been providing our community, clients and colleagues with the best experience possible for over 150 years. Help us transform our workforce of the future, today.

We are seeking a seasoned cybersecurity leader to build and run our enterprise Quantum Safe Program. This role will own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of postquantum cryptography (PQC) and quantumsafe networking initiatives, partnering closely with Network Engineering, App Sec, Cloud Platform, and Enterprise Architecture. You will drive cryptographic modernization, govern algorithm agility, secure R&D environments, and ensure our controls, standards, and services are future ready for quantum threats-balancing business enablement with risk management.

• Enhance and lead the implementation of a multiyear quantumsafe strategy covering PQC migration, algorithm agility, key management modernization, and quantumsafe networking.
• Oversee the partnership between cybersecurity and technology teams to maintain the crypto inventory (protocols, libraries, certificates, keys, HSMs, KMS, embedded/IoT) and a riskbased prioritization for remediation.
• Partner with platform and product teams to upgrade TLS/SSH/IPsec stacks, enable algorithm agility, and adopt vetted PQC libraries and configurations.
• Align outcomes with industry best practices and internal cyber/tech controls, lead policy updates for crypto agility, key life cycles, and certificate governance.
• Support documentation and evidence for risk management, control validation, and accreditation efforts in partnership with GRC.
• Engage with vendors and partners (HSM/KMS, PKI, networking, cloud) to evaluate quantumsafe capabilities; run RFPs/POCs and manage deliverables.
• Define and oversee a strategy for third-party PQC assurance (vendors and customers) including proof of capability, PQC readiness, and ongoing assessment and validation.
• Collaborate with the Cyber Threat Intelligence team to provide regular risk assessment and analysis to management based on the evolving state of quantum computing, threats, capabilities, and risks.
• Define and track program KPIs: crypto inventory coverage, PQC adoption rate, TLS posture remediation, key lifecycle compliance, lab audit pass rates, and incident reduction.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer/Network Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 8+ years in cybersecurity, network security, or secure systems engineering; 3+ years in technical leadership or program management.
• Proven delivery of technical software/network projects from design through deployment, maintenance, and support.
• Technical proficiency with networking protocols and architectures (TLS/SSH/IPsec, routing/segmentation, service mesh/mTLS) and one or more programming languages (Go, Rust, Java, Python).
• Solid understanding of cryptography and PKI (certificates, CAs, HSMs/KMS, key life cycles) and modern cloud security practices.
• Experience collaborating with interdisciplinary R&D teams and operating across cross functional stakeholders.

• Hands-on experience implementing PQC (e.g., migration planning, algorithm agility, library selection) and/or quantum key distribution (QKD) solutions or evaluations.
• Experience with cryptography-centric libraries/applications (e.g., OpenSSL/Boring
  
  SSL, liboqs), HSM/KMS, and certificate management at enterprise scale.
• Background adopting emerging tech (AI, blockchain, quantum) in regulated industries (finance, telecom, hightech).
• Experience with cloud architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP), key management strategies, and secure deployment pipelines (Kubernetes, service mesh).
• Familiarity with secure software development, digital forensics, or penetration testing and associated control frameworks.
• Graduate degree in CS/CE/IT or related discipline; certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CEH, OSCP (or equivalent) are a plus.

• Strategic program leadership; outcome-oriented delivery.
• Deep technical…