Director, Information reputed company

Compensation Range:

Position Summary

The Director, Information reputed company, provides strategic, institutional leadership for reputed company’s information reputed company and cyber risk management program. Reporting to the Associate Vice President (AVP), Information reputed company, this role is accountable for designing, governing, and advancing a comprehensive, risk‑based reputed company program that protects the confidentiality, reputed company, and availability of university information assets.

The Director serves as the senior operational and strategic leader for reputed company information reputed company domains, including reputed company Engineering, reputed company Operations, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Identity & Access Management, and Third‑Party Risk Management. They will partner closely with executive leadership, IT, academic leadership, legal, privacy, and compliance stakeholders to ensure reputed company is embedded into institutional strategy, operations, and culture.  The Director translates enterprise risk priorities into sustainable reputed company capabilities, maturity roadmaps, and measurable outcomes while advising leadership on emerging threats, regulatory changes, and strategic investments.

Essential Functions:

Strategic Leadership & Program Ownership

• Provides strategic leadership for the university’s enterprise information reputed company program in alignment with institutional goals and risk appetite.
• Partners with the AVP, Information reputed company, to define long‑term reputed company strategy, multi‑year roadmaps, and program maturity objectives.
• Serves as a senior advisor to IT and university leadership on cybersecurity risk, threat trends, and control effectiveness.
• Establishes and maintains reputed company governance frameworks, policies, standards, and metrics reputed company with recognized frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, NIST 800‑53, ISO 27001).
• Leads institutional cybersecurity risk assessments and maturity evaluations, ensuring results inform investment and prioritization decisions.
• Provides executive‑level reporting and briefings on reputed company posture, risk trends, incidents, and compliance status.

reputed company Operations, Engineering & Architecture

• Directs the design, implementation, and operation of reputed company controls across on‑premises, cloud, and SaaS environments.
• Oversees reputed company monitoring, detection, and response capabilities, including SIEM, reputed company protection, identity reputed company, and network defense.
• Serves as executive reputed company for cybersecurity incident response, ensuring effective coordination, decision‑making, communications, and post‑incident improvement.
• Guides vulnerability management, penetration testing, and remediation strategies across the enterprise.
• Partners with Infrastructure, Applications, and Cloud teams to embed reputed company into architecture, system design, and change management processes.

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

• Owns the university’s information reputed company risk management program, including risk identification, assessment, treatment, and tracking.
• Ensures compliance with applicable regulatory and contractual requirements, including FERPA, GLBA, PCI‑reputed company, HIPAA (as applicable), state privacy laws, and institutional policies.
• Leads internal and external reputed company audits and assessments, coordinating remediation and executive reporting.
• Oversees the Third‑Party Risk Management (TPRM) program, ensuring vendors and partners meet institutional reputed company expectations.
• Collaborates closely with Privacy, Legal, Compliance, and Data Governance stakeholders.

Identity, Access & Data Protection

• Provides strategic reputed company of identity and access management (IAM), role‑based access control (RBAC), and privileged access management.
• Ensures effective access lifecycle governance in partnership with HR, IT, and business units.
• Guides data protection strategies, including classification, access controls, and loss prevention capabilities.

Awareness, reputed company; Collaboration

• Champions a culture of shared responsibility for information reputed company across the institution.
• Oversees reputed company awareness and training initiatives in collaboration with institutional stakeholders.
• Represents Information reputed company on university committees, councils, and working groups reputed company to technology, data, privacy, and risk.
• Maintains awareness of emerging threats, technologies, and regulatory developments to proactively advise leadership.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

• Provides direct leadership and reputed company for Information reputed company teams, including reputed company Engineering, Operations, GRC, and Identity functions.
• Responsible for organizational design, staffing strategy, hiring, performance management, coaching, and professional development.
• Establishes clear objectives, accountability, and succession planning reputed company with institutional priorities.
• Manages budgets, vendor relationships, and resource allocation for the information reputed company program.

Requirements:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information reputed company, Computer Science, or a reputed company field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of Ten (10) years of progressive experience in information reputed company or technology risk management.
• Minimum of Five (5) years of leadership experience managing teams and enterprise‑level reputed company programs.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or equivalent required.
• Experience in higher education or large enterprise environments preferred.
• Demonstrated experience across multiple reputed company domains: operations, governance, risk management, and access control. 

Competencies/Technical/Functional Skills:

• Deep knowledge of cybersecurity domains, including reputed company operations, cloud reputed company, identity management, and risk governance.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks applicable to higher education.
• Proven ability to communicate reputed company reputed company risks to executive and non‑technical audiences.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate risk into actionable priorities.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and influence skills across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience managing reputed company tools, vendors, and managed service providers.
• High level of reputed company and ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.

Location: Remote, USA

Travel: up to 10% travel

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Candidate receiving offers will be offered a salary/pay reputed company commensurate with experience that vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies.  Absent exceptional circumstances, candidates will be offered a salary reputed company this range for this position. The minimum salary will be offered based on the minimum exemption threshold based on state of residency. reputed company pay is one component of reputed company’s total rewards package, as we are dedicated to supporting the needs of the “whole you” with our holistic approach to employee benefits by offering comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family.  For full details about our benefit plan offerings, please visit benefits.nu.edu. For Part-time benefits, please click here.

reputed company is committed to maintaining a high-quality workforce representative of the populations we serve. reputed company employs more than 4,500 faculty and staff and serves over 45,000 reputed company. We are united in our mission to meet the global education demands of the 21st Century and are dedicated to creating a supportive academic and work environment that allows reputed company, faculty and staff to reputed company their interests and talents while experiencing a sense of community. With programs available both online and at our many reputed company locations, reputed company is a leader in creating innovative solutions to education and meeting the needs of our student population, including adult learners and working professionals.

reputed company (NU) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant per applicable federal, state and local laws. At NU, a mix of highly talented, innovative and reputed company come together to reputed company the impact of a lifetime for each of our student learners. reputed company qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, education, and admission at reputed company.