Executive Partner, Security Risk Management, Healthcare CISO Advisory

About the role: 

Gartner for CISOs (G4CISO) is an executive-level advisory service within the broader Gartner Executive Technology Services Product Suite that delivers expert insights and guidance tailored to each client’s context and most critical information and cyber security initiatives. 

Global Executive Partners team specializes in Security and Risk Management.  We equip security leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities today and build the successful security organizations of tomorrow. 

What you will do:

• You will manage a portfolio of 25 - 30+ clients, typically CISOs and Leaders of Cybersecurity, from global Fortune 1000 organizations and large high-tech industries

• As their Executive Partner, you will be delivering value through regular briefings, a mix of on-site and virtual workshops, roundtables, webinars and by attending relevant Gartner events, etc.

• As someone who has previously been in their shoes before (or someone who has equivalent experience), you will use your knowledge and expertise, along with additional Gartner resources and research, to coach and mentor your clients on critical initiatives and obstacles for today and tomorrow specifically within the Security Risk Management space

• Collaboration is key. You will work closely with several internal Gartner teams to ensure value is delivered. These can include Sales teams, Analysts, Client Managers, and your peers across other domains

• This role is a Client-facing position that requires a high level of Executive presence, adaptability and ability to build trust and deliver value. In addition, this role requires communication, diplomacy, coaching and presentation skills.

• Responsible for member retention and for contributing toward growth in the region through direct support of Gartner Sales in prospect cultivation, account plan development and value demonstration activities

• This is a predominantly a home-based role, where you will operate as an individual contributor managing your own calendar and other administrative tasks; you will be delivering value to your client portfolio virtually with approximately 25% onsite support
   

We’d love to talk to you if you have:

• 15+ years’ experience with a primary focus as an Executive in a Security Risk Management leader role such as, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or Security Practice Group leader preferably within one or more Healthcare Payer or Provider Organizations and/or Life Sciences Organizations, 

• Bachelors degree required; Masters or above preferred

• Extensive experience running security programs and/or practice areas as a Chief Information Security Officer, Security Practice Group leader or other equivalent role

• Experience in executive level roles within consulting, sales or customer facing positions

• Modern technical skills and subject matter expertise such as:

• Assessing business/organizational strategy and risk

• Developing security strategy and roadmaps aligned to organizational strategy and risk

• Building security teams and capabilities

• Implementing key security solutions including SIEM, Identity & Access Management, threat and vulnerability management, forensics, endpoint security, network security, etc.

• Building successful Security Operations teams and processes

• Building application security and product security programs and processes

• Building effective, repeatable processes to support security programs

• Developing and implementing security metrics and reporting mechanisms

• Demonstrating the Business Value of Cyber to the organization

• Creating and delivering Board Presentations

• Practical Cloud Security implementation and expertise

• Gen AI as related to the organizational Security function

• Demonstrated organization Vendor Management experience

• Former consulting experience within a large firm highly desired but not required

Preferred Industry Experience: Healthcare

Location is open to the contiguous US

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Who are we? 

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Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000