Director of Security - OneStudyTeam

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The Director of Security leads enterprise security strategy and execution across governance, risk, compliance, and security engineering. This role manages the GRC and Security Engineering teams, partners with technology and business leaders, and ensures the design and operation of secure systems and processes across the organization.

The Director is accountable for program maturity, audit readiness, and continual improvement. The scope includes third party risk, vendor assessment and qualification, security architecture oversight, AI related security assessments and guidance, incident response leadership, and budget ownership for security programs.

This is a hands-on, technical leadership role with high autonomy that blends strategic program leadership with practical execution. The Director will develop roadmaps and metrics, allocate resources, and ensure alignment with business priorities and regulatory obligations.

What You’ll Be Working On:

• Lead and manage the GRC and Security Engineering teams, including strategy, objectives, staffing, coaching, and performance management.
• Own governance, risk, and compliance programs. Maintain ISO 27001 and related controls. Drive audit readiness for HIPAA and other frameworks. Coordinate policy lifecycle management and control testing.
• Run vendor assessment and qualification program. Oversee third party risk management, due diligence, contractual security requirements, and continuous monitoring.
• Provide AI related security assessments and guidance. Establish acceptable use guardrails for AI, assess model and data risks, and advise on controls for AI enabled solutions.
• Oversee security architecture for cloud environments and enterprise platforms. Partner with engineering on secure design for AWS, Azure, identity, network, and data protection.
• Direct security engineering operations. Manage EDR and threat detection with CrowdStrike, SIEM operations, CSPM posture management, vulnerability management, and SOAR automation.
• Lead incident response readiness and execution. Run tabletop exercises, coordinate investigations, and deliver root cause and lessons learned.
• Own and manage security budgets, multiyear planning, vendor contracts, and cost optimization whil