Director of Cyber Security

Job Summary

Provides leadership to team of project, program, and compliance managers to deliver multiple IT security projects, including some large and complex projects, and ensures continuous maturity of cybersecurity programs to address the ever-changing risk landscape. Also, organizes workstream for integrating InfoSec projects with business unit solutions, and serves as liaison between Cybersecurity and business. Responsible for setting employee and group goals, deciding on organizational structure to meet the goals, assessing employee and group performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a regular basis with: Institute-wide executive leadership, OIT senior leadership, project managers, campus partners and stakeholders, cross-functional teams. This position typically will advise and counsel: Institute-wide executive leadership, OIT senior leadership, project managers, campus partner and stakeholders, cross-functional teams. This position will supervise: Assigned staff.

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -

Provide continuous leadership in maturity of cybersecurity programs to a team of project managers to deliver multiple IT security projects, including large and complex projects.

Job Duty 2 -

Drives execution for on-time, on-scope delivery of IT security solutions, releasing new features/capabilities, fixing bugs, and eliminating technical debts, in partnership with university stakeholders.

Job Duty 3 -

Manages expectations with stakeholders and prepares professional communications around relevant information security topics.

Job Duty 4 -

Facilitates the definition of program/project scope, goals, and deliverables, maintains the program roadmap with clearly defined & attainable desired outcomes and value statements.

Job Duty 5 -

Oversees the InfoSec program and project-level dashboards, scorecards, reporting, and metrics. Monitor progress & performance and provide ongoing written and verbal release status updates to senior business partners and project team members updated on information security program execution.

Job Duty 6 -

Produces Cybersecurity program and project level dashboards, scorecards, reporting and metrics to monitor progress & performance, and provide on-going written and verbal release status updates to senior, business partners and project team members updated on information security program execution.

Job Duty 7 -

Organizes workstream for integrating cybersecurity project with business unit solution, and serves as liaison between Cybersecurity and business.

Job Duty 8 -

Ensure effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple teams and vendors.

Job Duty 9 -

Communicates program status and escalate issues to key stakeholders, and clearly communicate basic information involving issues of cybersecurity security initiatives in simple to understand terms.

Job Duty 10 -

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Experience

Seven to nine years of job-related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Project Management Office (PMO); Scrum Certification; Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); Certified Information Security Manager (CISM); Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Preferred Educational Qualifications

Master's degree.

Preferred Experience

Ten or more years of progressive project management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrated experience with federal cybersecurity requirements including NIST, FISMA, CMMC, or DFARS.
• Demonstrated experience managing Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance programs.
• Demonstrated experience in project and program management.
• Leadership and management experience leading teams of up to 10 people.