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Summary:

This role is responsible for leading and overseeing the planning, execution, and management of optimized and effective information security processes. Security Process Improvement Principal develops, reviews, and analyzes security process efficacy against organizational benchmarks and key performance indicators to evaluate effectiveness, provide actionable insights, identify process risk, and drive continuous improvement. They lead the design, development, and execution of security process practices, ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, and adaptability to evolving threats and compliance requirements. They collaborate closely with multiple internal and external stakeholders (senior security leadership, IT and business leadership, etc.) to drive security process integration, ensure cohesive approach to risk mitigation, and measure process improvements. They are expected to have a deep understanding of the security processes they are optimizing. They play a key role in defining target state information security processes, principles, and best practices. They act as a subject matter expert and participate in senior leadership meetings to bring security process improvement perspective to the broader organization.

Responsibilities:

• Manages and leads assessments of existing security processes, identifying inefficiencies and areas for enhancement to ensure alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements

• Develops and implements security process strategies, frameworks, and methodologies that promote security operational excellence, risk management, and compliance with industry standards

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including IT and business partners, to develop and implement strategies to ensure integrated and optimized security measures and processes across the organization

• Formulates methodologies to monitor, assess, and analyze security process performance against organizational benchmarks and key performance indicators to evaluate effectiveness, provide actionable insights, identify risk, and drive continuous improvement with senior management

• Deliver clear and comprehensive reporting that summarizes process performance, outcomes, risks, and strategic insights to security leadership to ensure transparent communication and drive proactive, informed decision-making

• Analyzes and recommends technologies and automation that can enhance security process efficiency, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems

• Provides process improvement guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other security process owners and managers in improving and executing their tasks and responsibilities

• Guides, coaches, and mentors Analysts Lead/I/II/III as a subject matter expert in security process optimization, providing guidance and support to teams in implementing security best practices

• Leads security planning and analysis activities and provides strategic and tactical direction on security process design, improvement, and integration

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience.

Preferred Certifications:

• Process optimization / improvement certification (e.g., Six Sigma / Lean Six Sigma, etc.)

• Change management certification (e.g., Prosci, etc.)

• Industry Agile certification (e.g., SAFe Agilist, SAFe LPM, etc.)

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

• Certification in Information Security Strategy Management (CISM)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• CompTIA Security + Certification

• Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)

• TS-SCI Security Clearance Certification

Experience:

• 8+ years of directly-related or relevant experience, preferably in information security.

Behavioral Skills:

• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on data-driven decision making

• Consulting and Influencing: strong ability to assess customer needs, provide expert advice, and develop solutions that enhance portfolio performance