Onsite Director of Security and Compliance

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About the role

  • Director of Security and Compliance safeguarding digital assets and data with a focus on cybersecurity and compliance. Leading risk management, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Set the mission, vision, and strategy for technology risk management including cybersecurity, compliance and privacy organization.
  • Implement appropriate risk management and mitigation efforts while ensuring the success of business and IT initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and product priorities.
  • Demonstrate exceptional communication and presentation skills, effectively conveying complex technical and compliance concepts to critical stakeholders, including senior managers and the executive leadership team, to support informed decision-making.
  • Build successful stakeholder relationships with other IT, enterprise risk managers and key business stakeholders by developing a clear understanding of business needs, acting as a trusted advisor, and ensuring cost-effective delivery of security services to meet those needs.
  • Direct enterprise-wide security architecture and operations across IT and OT environments, ensuring secure design, deployment, and ongoing protection of infrastructure, applications, and data systems.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant cybersecurity, compliance and privacy regulations. As part of a strategic enterprise risk management program, conduct compliance assessments and provide regular status reports to risk management teams and senior business leaders including relevant metrics, key performance and risk indicators.
  • Lead cross-functional Privacy Team to develop and implement a comprehensive enterprise-wide data and personnel privacy program. Maintain current policies, facilitate publication and communication, and ensure all employees receive required privacy training.
  • Develop and control the annual department budget to ensure that it's consistent with the overall strategic objectives of IT and the enterprise and is within plan.
  • Foster an enterprise security culture by embedding compliance and risk management practices into daily business operations. Lead organization-wide training and awareness initiatives that enable informed cybersecurity decision-making across all functions and levels.
  • Conduct comprehensive enterprise risk assessments and develop strategies that strengthen business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response capabilities. Build, train, and coordinate cross-functional incident response teams across security, IT, business partners, and executive leadership to ensure effective crisis response and business protection.
  • Ensure digital and paper archiving (warehouse) systems are complying with corporate data retention policies. Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure they understand policies and their products and services are aligned.
  • Build and lead a high performing team. Work collaboratively with direct reports to support their career progression, nurture their development and to help them realize their potential. Have a documented succession plan for critical functions. Develop and actively participate in peer network groups. Stay up on trends and share lessons learned.
  • Lead vendor management and negotiations with security service providers. Establish strong vendor relationships ensuring vendors understand and share our focus on security and are capable of meeting requirements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration or technology related field
  • 15 or more years of experience in IT Operations, cybersecurity or business/industry
  • 7 or more years of leadership responsibilities, including strategy, budgeting, and staffing
  • 3 or more years of leadership responsibilities of an auditable compliance program (ex: NIST 800-171, CMMC, ISO 2700x, SOC 2, NERC-CIP, etc.)
  • Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate a vision that inspires and motivates staff and aligns with the IT and business strategy
  • Effective influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to build consensus in complex environments where resources required for success may not be in direct control of this role
  • Demonstrate collaboration skills across multiple teams including business operating groups, corporate departments and other IT teams
  • Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills
  • Strong business acumen, including industry, domain-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units
  • Developing staff including coaching, mentoring and performance management
  • Deep understanding of current and emerging security technologies and practices, and how other enterprises are employing them
  • Strong awareness of current and changing regulatory landscape
  • Maintain awareness of emerging threats and incorporate appropriate mitigation measures
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic staffing plan that ensures the right people are in the right roles at the right time, and employees are highly engaged and satisfied
  • Third-party management, working closely with sourcing and vendor managers

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • 401(k) with company matching
  • Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
  • individual stock ownership
  • paid vacation
  • paid sick leave
  • paid holidays
  • bereavement leave
  • employee assistance program
  • pre-tax flexible spending accounts
  • basic term life insurance and AD&D
  • business travel accident insurance
  • short and long term disability
  • financial wellness coaching
  • educational assistance
  • Care.com membership
  • ClassPass fitness membership
  • DashPass delivery membership
  • additional term life insurance
  • long term care insurance
  • critical illness and accidental injury insurance
  • pet insurance
  • legal plan
  • identity theft protection
  • other voluntary benefit options

Job title

Director of Security and Compliance

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$200,000 - $225,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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