Senior Director – Information and Cyber Security

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• The Senior Director of Information and Cybersecurity acts as the top cybersecurity executive within the internal IT organization, reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer (CIO).

• This position is tasked with defining and implementing the enterprise cybersecurity strategy in close collaboration with IT and digital transformation goals.

• The role ensures that security measures are thoroughly integrated into the infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, and end-user environments.

• This leader collaborates with the CIO to balance risk management, innovation, and operational efficiency, incorporating security-by-design principles into all IT initiatives.

• Actively engage in the RFP development and evaluation process, ensuring that security requirements are clearly articulated, integrated, and aligned with organizational risk standards.

• The leader supervises global security operations, architecture, risk management, and compliance.

• Additionally, this role promotes enterprise-wide security governance, cultivates a robust security culture, and offers strategic advice to senior leadership on cyber risks, investments, and resilience.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10–15+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, information security, or IT risk management.

• 7–10+ years in leadership positions responsible for building and managing global security teams.

• Proven experience collaborating closely with the CIO and IT leadership to embed security within the enterprise IT strategy and operations.

• Demonstrated success in leading enterprise-wide security programs across infrastructure, cloud, applications, and end-user environments.

• Extensive experience in cyber risk management, security operations, incident response, and architecture.

• Hands-on experience in implementing and scaling frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, CIS, and Zero Trust.

• Experience overseeing global security operations (SOC) and managing responses to significant security incidents or breaches.

• Strong expertise in regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, SOX, CCPA, and other industry-specific regulations).

• Proven capability to lead digital transformation initiatives.

• Experience in managing third-party/vendor risk within a global enterprise context.

• A track record of managing substantial budgets and optimizing security investments.

• Experience working in a matrixed, global organization with a focus on cross-functional collaboration.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or a closely related field.

🏝️ Benefits

• Ability to travel, sit, and manage a high volume of phone and email communications.

• Requires travel 20-25% of the time.