Director of Cyber Security

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Job description

Summary:

Responsible for leading efforts of cyber security and compliance. This leader will ensure the proper balance of security controls and business operations. This role will also develop strong business relationships across all functional areas and work to gain broad support for IT security initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership to Company on Cyber Security matters
• Develop and deliver to long-term Cyber Security roadmap that are aligned with a destination of industry best practices
• Create a corporate security framework that enables scalability and balanced mitigation of risks
• Provide IT security assessments of target Company acquisitions
• Build and refine synergies between business processes and technology
• Leverage influencing and negotiation skills across IT and the enterprise to enable cost-effective and innovative shared solutions in achievement of Company goals
• Participates in the assessment of external and internal technology capabilities required to achieve desired competitive positioning
• Direct a robust and ongoing corporate-wide cyber security awareness training program, including targeted training for specific team needs, and incident response tabletop exercises
• Seek opportunities for IT initiatives in revenue improvement and cost savings
• Objectively communicate progress toward defined goals and objectives by developing appropriate KPIs and related reports
• Provide periodic reporting on the status of the cyber security program to senior business leaders
• Stay current on new technologies and security threats and provides direction on what responses should be considered to ensure alignment with Company's strategies
• Lead, mentor and grow the cyber security team to be business focused, deeply technical, highly motivated, and productive
• Plan and manage a budget to ensure we're maintaining cost-effectiveness in security efforts
• Create a long-term vision for technology sustainment across all areas of the Company
• Work with Systems & Server teams to ensure business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans are maintained and ready to execute

Qualifications and Education:

• Ability to perform well in fast moving and high stress environments
• Experience in technical environments with disparate networks and technologies
• Experience working in a SaaS technology company or similar fast-paced, high-growth environments
• Hands on experience with the Microsoft 365 stack, Azure, and AWS
• A current industry certification such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, etc.
• Strong understanding of common regulations, laws, controls, and frameworks, such as SOX ITGCs, GDPR, CCPA, SOC II, NIST, PCI, ISO27001, etc.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with both business and technical stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with an ability to deliver a message to all levels of the organization
• 15+ years of IT experience
• 10+ years of experience in significant leadership roles
• Demonstrated success delivering enterprise-wide change initiatives
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems leadership, or Engineering is required, Masters level is preferred
• Experience with organizations with active M&A plans

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