VP, Cybersecurity

$200,000 - $230,000 + VIP Bonus

Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better. Whether you’re interested in engineering or development, marketing or sales, or something else – if this sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!

We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices in the US, Canada, and India.

Application Deadline: 9/16/2024

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.

Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Vice President of Cybersecurity to lead our efforts in implementing a comprehensive zero-trust security framework, foster a culture of cybersecurity awareness, and manage incident response, risk assessment, mitigation strategies, security architecture design in the cloud and data centers, security governance, compliance, and customer-facing team management.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Zero-Trust Security:

   1. Develop and execute a comprehensive zero-trust security strategy to protect our digital infrastructure, data, and assets.

   2. Lead the design and implementation of zero-trust principles, ensuring access controls, network segmentation, and identity verification are integrated into all systems and processes.

   3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure continuous monitoring, anomaly detection, and data protection.

2. Leadership & Culture Development:

   1. Develop relationships cross-functionally to understand business priorities and barriers, and work together to create plans that can be successfully executed.

   2. Foster a culture of cybersecurity awareness and best practices across the organization.

   3. Provide leadership and mentorship to the cybersecurity team, promoting professional growth and a commitment to excellence.

   4. Champion cybersecurity initiatives at all levels of the company, advocating for security as a core business value.

3. Incident Response Management:

   1. Enhance and maintain an incident response plan, ensuring rapid and effective responses to security incidents.

   2. Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to investigate, contain, and remediate security breaches.

   3. Conduct post-incident analysis to identify vulnerabilities and improve incident response procedures.

4. Risk Assessment and Mitigation:

   1. Identify potential security risks and vulnerabilities within the organization.

   2. Conduct regular risk assessments, including threat modeling and vulnerability assessments.

   3. Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.

5. Customer-Facing and Team Management:

   1. Interact with customers to understand their security requirements and provide assurance on our security posture.

   2. Manage and lead a customer-facing cybersecurity team, ensuring exceptional service and client satisfaction.

6. Security Architecture Design in the Cloud and Data Centers:

   1. Assist and direct the design and implementation of secure cloud and data center architectures.

   2. Ensure that all security measures are integrated into cloud-based and on-premises systems.

   3. Collaborate with IT and development teams to align security with business goals.

7. Project Management:

   1. Plan, execute, and oversee cybersecurity projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within budget.

   2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to achieve project goals.

   3. Ability to work alongside team members and roll-up sleeves as part of project management.

8. Security Governance and Compliance:

   1. Enforce compliance with relevant regulations and standards in collaboration with the Compliance team.

9. Vulnerability Management:

   1. Ensure best practice external attack surface management (EASM), threat intelligence, metrics, and vulnerability scanning are executed.

Qualifications:

1. A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.

2. Relevant certifications such as CISSP, GIAC or CISM are strongly preferred.

3. Demonstrated experience in platform and perimeter security, network architecture, cloud security, and product security design.

4. Deep understanding of security frameworks, protocols, and best practices. Proficiency in security technologies, risk assessment, compliance standards, relevant regulations (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).

5. Strong ability to influence and work cross functionally to drive business initiatives.

6. Strong understanding of current cybersecurity threats, trends, and best practices.

7. Excellent team leadership and management skills with a track record of building and leading high-performing cybersecurity teams.

8. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

If you are a visionary cybersecurity leader with a passion for implementing cutting-edge zero-trust security solutions, project management, and managing security architecture in cloud and data centers, and if you're ready to lead our organization into a secure future while ensuring security governance, compliance, and excellent customer service, we encourage you to apply for the Vice President of Cybersecurity position at (Company Name). Join us in safeguarding our digital assets and building a culture of cybersecurity excellence.

Additional Requirements and Details:

1. Travel required up to 10% of the time.

2. Located and working from an office location.

3. Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds.

4. Frequent repetitive hand and arm movements required to operate a computer.

5. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision (working on a computer, etc.).

6. Frequent sitting and/or standing.

THE VERTAFORE STORY

Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we’re proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight— right when customers need it most.

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That’s why, at Vertafore, it’s our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.

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