VP Information Security- PCC

Overview

What We Do

We calm the confusion of IT by guiding the connection between people and technology. If a customer is looking for a better way to manage their warehouse inventory, equip their workforce, or secure their data, we make it happen. All it takes is finding the right combination of tech hardware, software, cloud solutions, and support services. That’s what we do. We’re the IT Department’s IT Department.

 

Who We Are

Our team is made stronger by a multitude of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. It’s what makes Connection unique—what drives us to innovate and create technology solutions that stand apart from the crowd. We’d love for you to be a part of that fabric, to share your ideas and experiences with a team that thrives on fresh thinking, creativity, and helping others.

 

Why You Should Join Us

You’ll find supportive teammates and a rewarding career at Connection—plus great benefits. We take pride in supporting employees with a total rewards package that provides financial, emotional, and physical resources for you and your family.  Our compensation, 401k plans, medical insurance, and other benefits are progressive and competitive.  We value the importance of our employees’ emotional wellbeing. To support employees, we provide free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources. You’ll also enjoy a generous paid time off package that includes not only vacation and care time, but also Wellness and Volunteer Time Off days. 

Responsibilities

Working independently under general guidance of the Sr VP and CIO, the Vice President of Information Security leads the corporate information security function for Connection with responsibility for overall corporate privacy and information security strategy, security architecture development, and business function oversight. The scope of this role covers all business units, affiliates, and contractors. As the company’s senior information security officer, the Vice President has enterprise-level responsibility for all data/information security policies, standards, evaluations, roles, and corporate awareness. The Vice President leads a team of security specialists and works with business leaders, users, technical groups and Internal / External Auditors in the development and implementation of a security strategy designed to meet legal and contractual compliance requirements and provide a high level of security over information assets and data processing while preserving and enhancing facility and system usability.

 

Job Functions: 

 

•Establishes annual and long-range security and compliance goals, defines security strategies, metrics, reporting mechanisms and program services.

• Creates maturity models and a roadmap for continual program improvements.
• Creates compliance and privacy frameworks to meet requirements.

 •Ensures the company is in compliance with applicable data privacy rules, regulations, law, and contractual obligations.

• Works with Legal Department to define acceptable terms and conditions.
• Keeps Executive management informed of data privacy obligations.

 •Ensures the company is in compliance with all applicable Security and Privacy laws and industry regulations as well as overall best practices. •Provides responses to customer requirements in Master Service Agreements (MSA’s), Sales Agreements, and Statements of Work (SOW’s). Meets with customers to overcome hurdles and gain agreement on terms. •Provides departmental leadership to security analysts regarding strategic goals, work assignments, and professional development.

• Manages staffing requirements in conjunction with HR to include hiring, disciplining, reassigning, and firing as needed.
• Monitors and documents employee performance to facilitate career development.
• Ensures timely and accurate compliance with time recording, payroll, and earned time off policies and procedures.

 •Develops and maintains relationships with internal business partners to understand their business requirements and offer security solutions.

• Meets with internal customers to understand their needs and develop workable security solutions.

 •Acts as the Liaison with Internal/External Audit, Human Resources, Legal and Finance functions and leads information security audits with significant security considerations, such as PCI, HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR and Sarbanes Oxley. •Performs all other duties or special projects as assigned.

Min

USD $173,000.00/Yr.

Max

USD $225,000.00/Yr.

Qualifications

 

•Excellent technical skills with thorough knowledge of IT concepts, procedures and practices, advanced problem solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with other departments to resolve complex issu