The Cybersecurity Director is a strategic leader responsible for both safeguarding the organisation’s digital assets and driving revenue through the development and delivery of cybersecurity products and services. This role requires a deep understanding of the cybersecurity landscape, combined with strong business acumen and leadership skills.

The Cybersecurity Director reports to the CISO and is responsible and accountable for cybersecurity vision, strategy, and day-to-day operations to support and augment the CISO’s overall responsibilities.

The Cybersecurity Director is expected to be skilled at effective communication and possess business acumen to align and work closely with business leaders. In addition to direct reports, the Cybersecurity Director must be capable of working closely with C-level leadership, third parties, audit committees and occasionally boards.

The Cybersecurity Director must be personable and drive a synergistic team in which employees have a sustainable workload yet feel valued and challenged to achieve excellence. Recruiting, career development and retention are top personnel priorities falling under the purview of the Cybersecurity Director. Preferably, the Cybersecurity Director will have a consulting and technical background with the ability to comprehend technologies, their purpose, and their security requirements, wherever they and their data reside. The Cybersecurity Director’s technical background should encompass understanding threats, risk mitigation and technical controls.

Roles and Responsibilitie:

Internal Cybersecurity Program:

• Develop, implement, and oversee the organization’s comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, policies, and procedures.
• Conduct regular risk assessments and vulnerability assessments to identify potential threats.
• Manage cybersecurity incident response and recovery plans.
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations and standards.
• Build and maintain a strong security culture within the organization.

Cybersecurity Product and Service Development:

• Identify market opportunities for cybersecurity products and services.
• Develop innovative cybersecurity solutions to address customer needs.
• Create comprehensive product and service roadmaps.
• Develop compelling product and service offerings, including pricing and packaging.
• Create sales and marketing collateral, including pitch decks and customer presentations.
• Provide pre-sales and sales support to the sales team.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cybersecurity vendors, evaluate vendor capabilities, and negotiate contracts.
• Develop and manage the cybersecurity budget, identify new business opportunities, and drive revenue growth

Customer Delivery and Support:

• Oversee the delivery of cybersecurity products and services to customers.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and successful project implementation.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships.
• Provide post-sales support and address customer issues.

Team Leadership and Development:

• Build and lead a high-performing cybersecurity team.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to team members.
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to effectively manage stress in a constantly changing environment.
• Driven to build a strong, cohesive team and positive enterprise-wide security culture.
• Proven high level of integrity, trustworthiness and confidence, as well as ability to represent the company and security leadership with the highest level of professionalism.
• Strategic vision and ability to influence others.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse teams and varying personalities, and adapt management style to effectively reach and develop the team.
• Ability to gain and preserve credibility with the team through sustained industry knowledge.
• Ability to motivate the team to achieve excellence, while giving credit and recognition where it is due.
• Knowledge of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Payment Card Industry (PCI), National Institute of Standards (NIST), International Standards Organization (ISO) and other relevant regulations and frameworks.
• Demonstrated understanding and comprehension of a wide range of cybersecurity solutions.

​Additional Qualification:

• Proven trustworthiness and history of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating well.
• Self-starter requiring minimal supervision.
• Excellence in communicating privacy, business risk and remediation requirements from assessments.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Highly organized and efficient.
• Demonstrated strategic and tactical thinking, along with decision-making skills and business acumen

Certification Requirements:

• Preferable to have one or more of following certifications: CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA

• 15+ years of cybersecurity experience with at least 8+ years in an operationally focused security practitioner role and 5+ years of cybersecurity program management role.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information assurance or related technical field.