Senior Director, IT Security

How will you drive value within the organization as a Senior Director, IT Security?

Develop and maintain the enterprise cybersecurity strategy, operating model, control framework, and multi-year security roadmap aligned to business objectives

Establish and maintain enterprise security governance processes, standards, policies, risk assessments, control evaluations, and remediation programs

Provide cybersecurity governance reporting, risk metrics, annual program updates, and material cyber-risk reporting to senior leadership, regulators, auditors, and other external stakeholders

Lead enterprise cybersecurity incident response, crisis management, investigations, post-incident remediation, and coordination of third-party security events

Oversee vulnerability management, threat detection, threat intelligence, security monitoring, and security operations capabilities

Direct implementation and management of security technologies including SIEM, EDR, DLP, IAM, PAM, cloud security, and related cybersecurity platforms

Serve as the primary security liaison for regulatory examinations, external audits, compliance assessments, and cybersecurity reviews, including evidence collection, artifact management, response coordination, and remediation tracking

Maintain compliance with applicable regulatory and industry frameworks including GLBA, NYDFS, FTC Safeguards Rule, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and other applicable requirements

Oversee third-party cybersecurity risk management, vendor security assessments, critical service-provider monitoring, and regulatory vendor-risk reporting; prepare audit reports and methodologies as needed

Establish governance, security, approval, monitoring, and risk management requirements for artificial intelligence, automation platforms, integrations, and emerging technologies

Partner with infrastructure, cloud, data, and application development teams to integrate security-by-design principles into architecture, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and technology modernization initiatives

Oversee cybersecurity awareness, policy communication, role-based security training, business continuity, disaster recovery, cyber resilience planning, testing, and reporting

Lead special projects and perform additional responsibilities as required by the needs of the company or as directed by management

What should you already know to be successful as a Senior Director, IT Security?

Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.

Minimum eight (8) years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, audit, compliance, or information security leadership roles

Minimum six (6) years of leadership experience managing security teams, security programs, or enterprise risk functions

Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks including NIST CSF, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, and related industry standards

Experience supporting regulatory examinations, external audits, compliance reviews, and risk assessments

Experience managing third-party risk management, vendor assessments, and supply chain security programs

Knowledge of cloud security architectures, identity and access management, security operations, incident response, and vulnerability management practices

Experience supporting secure software development, DevSecOps practices, Infrastructure as Code, and modern application security principles

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead a team - provide quality training, guidance, performance coaching and feedback to assigned staff

Team player that can adapt in a fast pace and changing environment

Ability to handle sensitive and confidential materials in a professional manner

Excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail and demonstrated ability to effectively set and manage multiple conflicting priorities

Ability to think strategically and deliver tactically

Commitment to exemplifying the organizational core values and key competencies