Senior Director -IT

What You'll Do:

·       Drive
IT Strategy and Planning.

• Analyze the business requirements of all
  departments to determine their technology needs
  

·       Develop
and manage budgets, timelines, and resourcing plans for operational and major
capital projects that include Safety and Security elements.

• Identify the need for upgrades, configurations or
  new systems and report to upper management.
  
• Control budget and report on expenditure.
  
• Oversee the planning and execution of IT
  infrastructure operations, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to
  budget.
  
• Manage and optimize the organization's network
  infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, and other network
  components.
  

·       Maintain
industry leading knowledge and understanding of Cyber Security and Risk
Management, Compliance and Privacy as it relates to Security.

·       Ability
to articulate complex technology & risk management concepts to senior
executives clearly and accurately portraying real risks and threats to the
organization

·       Being
accountable, project driven, results oriented, willingness to be constantly
learning new things, open minded, ability to articulate sometimes complex
technical security topics and articulate risks in a language that the business
finds meaningful and use that information to make more informed decisions.

• Establish and maintain relationships with
  technology vendors and service providers.
  
• Negotiate contracts and service level agreements
  to ensure cost-effective and reliable services.
  

·       Coordination
with ISMS core team to support ISMS activities and implantation strategies at
the company. 

Requirements

What are we looking
for:

·       Minimum
of 15 years of experience in a combination of IT infrastructure management, information
security/application security, or Software Development etc.

·       5+
years in a leadership role managing IT Infra and Software Development teams.

·       In-depth
knowledge of networking, server infrastructure, storage solutions, and
virtualization technologies.

·       Knowledge
of various regulatory requirements and information security control frameworks
(ISO, NIST, PCI, GDPR, CCPA, SOX).

·       Prior
experience managing a SOC and compliances across US and India is a plus.

·       Strong
understanding of audit/risk management methodologies and regulatory
requirements pertaining to information security, privacy and/or data security

·       Good
understanding of Industry trends and emerging technologies.

·       Exceptional
verbal and written communication skills, specifically the ability to
communicate within the context of the intended audience, whether that be senior
executives or highly technical engineering resources.