Overview :

- Location: Hyderabad, India
- Salary: N/A

About Us : Synchrony is more than a financial services company, we’re a team of passionate innovators committed to delivering best-in-class solutions that support millions of customers across the U.S. With a bold focus on technology, data, and digital innovation, we create meaningful experiences that simplify lives and enable financial wellness.

When you join Synchrony, you become part of an inclusive culture where your voice matters, your growth is championed, and your work drives impactful results.

- Job ID
- 2601541
- Category
- Technology
- Date posted
- 05/23/2026

Role Title: AVP, Information Security Program Manager (L10)

Company Overview : Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

- We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Outstanding Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.
- We provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being
- We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities for all to take up leadership roles

Organizational Overview :



The Information Security organization partners across Technology and the business to protect Synchrony’s customers, data, and platforms. The India InfoSec program function drives security culture, awareness, and engagement across sites, aligning local initiatives with enterprise security priorities and ensuring strong participation, measurable outcomes, and consistent execution.

Role Summary/Purpose : As AVP, Information Security Program Manager, you will lead the strategy, planning, and execution of India-focused InfoSec engagement programs that strengthen security culture and community. This includes security hackathons/CTFs, university/student engagement, employee-facing campaigns, and India hub/site-level InfoSec initiatives. You will partner with Enterprise InfoSec leaders, India site leadership, universities, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-impact programs using Agile ways of working and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint.

Essential Responsibilities :

- Own the India InfoSec engagement roadmap and annual calendar; translate priorities into plans and measurable outcomes.
- Deliver year-round security culture programs (communications, learning, contests, speaker sessions).
- Lead InfoSec hackathons/CTFs end-to-end: themes/objectives, problem statements (with SMEs/suppliers/universities), platform setup, participant onboarding, logistics, judging, recognition, and reporting/playbooks.
- Manage event budgets/forecasts, vendor coordination,



and resource planning (as applicable).
- Ensure initiatives align with enterprise security policies, brand/communications standards, and legal/compliance requirements.
- Run a structured university engagement program (campus connects, guest lectures, workshops, mentorship, CTFs) and maintain key university partnerships.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition/HR and InfoSec leadership to translate hackathon outcomes into intern hiring recommendations and finalist tracking.
- Manage the InfoSec intern program: onboarding/orientation, check-ins, milestone reviews, and mentor coordination.
- Define and track intern assignments/projects (goals, deliverables, timelines, success criteria) and maintain a centralized intern dashboard (joining/access/progress/ risks/outcomes).
- Coordinate internship closure (final demos, documentation handover, feedback/evaluations, and conversion recommendations where applicable) and drive continuous improvement of the pipeline.
- Drive Infosec India hub site initiatives (town halls, brown bags, community sessions, leadership visits).
- Coordinate across Enterprise InfoSec, Technology, Risk/Compliance, HR/L&D;, Communications, Legal, Procurement, Facilities, and business teams for scope, approvals, and delivery.
- Provide leadership dashboards, executive updates, and quarterly/annual impact summaries.
- Maintain program documentation in Confluence/SharePoint (charters, playbooks, comms plans, runbooks, asset libraries, retrospectives).
- Manage delivery in Jira (epics/stories, sprint planning, risk/issue/dependency tracking, status reporting).
- Ensure vendor governance (SOWs, deliverable quality, performance tracking, and required security controls).

Required Skills/Knowledge :

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📌 Avp, Information Security Program Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Synchrony
📍 Hyderabad