Director of IT, Information Security & Data Privacy

3 weeks, 4 days ago
Full-time
Executive
Cybersecurity
Energage

Energage

Energage is a company that specializes in building and branding top workplaces by leveraging research, technology, and expert guidance. Their platform helps organizations measure and improve their workplace culture, translate employee feedback into act...

Professional Services
51-250
Founded 2006
$15M raised

Description

  • Lead the company’s IT strategy, operations, and roadmap across infrastructure, endpoint management, collaboration tools, and enterprise applications.
  • Manage and mentor a high-performing IT and security team while fostering accountability, growth, and operational excellence.
  • Oversee help desk operations and end-user support to ensure a strong employee experience.
  • Drive scalability, automation, and operational maturity across IT systems and processes.
  • Manage vendor relationships, software licensing, hardware procurement, and IT budgets.
  • Maintain and test business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resilience plans.
  • Develop, implement, and continuously improve the organization’s cybersecurity strategy and security posture.
  • Lead security operations including identity and access management, endpoint security, vulnerability management, threat detection, incident response, and security monitoring.
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to strengthen cloud and application security practices.
  • Own and evolve the company’s data privacy and governance programs.
  • Ensure compliance with security and privacy frameworks such as SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, and ISO 27001.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on IT, cybersecurity, risk, and privacy matters.
  • Establish KPIs, metrics, and reporting for IT and security operations.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive IT and information security leadership experience, including 5+ years in director and/or senior-level responsibility.
  • Experience leading IT and security functions within a fast-paced, high-growth SaaS or cloud-native company.
  • Strong hands-on technical background across cloud infrastructure, networking, identity management, endpoint management, and security operations.
  • Demonstrated success building, mentoring, and leading high-performing technical teams.
  • Deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, risk management, and security best practices.
  • Proven experience achieving, maintaining, and continuously improving ISO 27001, SOC 2, and related security/compliance programs.
  • Experience implementing and managing modern security tooling and processes in cloud environments.
  • Strong project management, communication, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience supporting remote or hybrid work environments, preferred.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Okta, JAMF, Intune, AWS/Azure, and cloud security platforms, preferred.
  • Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or similar are a plus.
  • Experience with M&A integration, scaling operations, or rapid organizational growth, preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary of $175,000 to $190,000 annually.
  • Bonus eligibility.
  • PTO policy that includes company holidays, sick time, vacation time, and floating holidays.
  • Remote work flexibility.
  • Company pays a portion of the individual health care premium.
  • Option to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k).
  • Training and education support, including access to a third-party professional coach and tuition reimbursement.
  • Opportunity to work for a purpose-driven organization.

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