Sr. Manager – Cyber Security

Permanent / Direct to Full time

Compensation $130,000-150,000/yr + bonus

Local preferred but remote is acceptable with some travel to HQ and US locations

HQ Location: New Century, KS (Kansas City) or New Albany, IN (Louisville, KY)

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, the role of Senior Manager of Cyber Security will own our organization’s Cyber Security program. This role will play a critical role in providing strategic guidance, expertise, and leadership in managing and optimizing the security operations of the organization. They will have the opportunity to make a significant impact by driving security-oriented operational excellence, fostering innovation, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality IT security services. This includes both the creation of policies, procedures, and guidelines as well as the implementation and improvement of cyber security best-practices. They will focus on core organizational cyber security needs, including data protection, incident response, disaster recovery, and risk management. They will work with third-party audit partners to regularly assess the company’s security posture and set cyber security strategy. They will manage training programs to educate employees on best practices, and coordinate cybersecurity audits and compliance initiatives.

Essential Functions:

• This is a heavy Audit and policy development/ownership role that also includes a need for hands on technical background.
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining cyber security and IT policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory frameworks and standards including PCI.
• Partner with our IT Infrastructure and Software Development teams to align security strategies and ensure compliance with best practices.
• Monitor cyber security key performance indicators (KPIs) and implement metrics-driven approaches to measure and improve operational performance. Regularly report these metrics to our Cyber Security Task Force.
• Leading incident response, risk assessments, vulnerability management, and sponsor governance practices.
• Perform permissions and access audits of systems and ensure adherence to least require privilege principle and necessary separation of duties.
• Review, understand, design, and implement security architecture and controls.
• Perform security audits in partnership with third-party cyber security audit partners.
• Maintain and enhance security awareness programs for employees.
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating security risks to protect company data and intellectual property.
• Leading continuous improvement initiatives in cyber security processes.

Skills

• Experience implementing and maintaining cyber security policies and practices.
• Deep understanding of cyber security best practices
• Proficiency in assessing and managing IT risks, implementing security measures, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Initiative-taking and possesses excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex technical issues.
• Effective communication and people skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Strong grasp of IT technology and security fundamentals and a matching ability to troubleshoot broadly.
• Technical and functional documentation skills are essential.
• Deep technical background spanning a broad range of areas within IT to help deliver continuous improvement.
• Strong decision-making and planning skills.
• Driver of continuous improvement within IT as well as how they work with the business.
• Desire to continually stay up to date on new technologies and cyber-security.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and experienced presentation abilities.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects/items simultaneously.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 10% of the time.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.
• Proven experience (7+ years) in IT operations management, including hands-on experience with infrastructure, networking, and systems administration.
• 5+ years of cyber security-focused roles
• Demonstrated experience in cyber security
• Relevant certifications are a plus.

Employer:

A leading North American manufacturer of premium prime label solutions with highly differentiated capabilities, entrusted by some of the most well-known brands. The company provides pressure-sensitive labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging, and heat transfer labels with a focus on delivering value to customers through sustainable packaging, complex decoration, digitalization, and industry-leading lead times. We operate fifteen production facilities across the US and are growing naturally and by acquisition.