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Job Summary

The Sr. Manager of Cybersecurity Incident Response & Insider Threat leads MACU’s enterprise-wide cyber incident response, digital forensics, and insider threat program. This role is responsible for preparing the organization to detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents while protecting member data, intellectual property, and critical systems.
In this highly visible leadership role, you will partner closely with Cybersecurity, IT, Legal, HR, Governance, Risk Management, and Executive Leadership to manage high-impact incidents, insider risk, and crisis situations. You will define response strategy, mature operational capabilities, and ensure the organization is resilient against both external attacks and internal misuse.

Job Description

LOCATION: UTAH

9800 S. Monroe Street

Sandy, UT 84070

SCHEDULE: Full-Time hybrid in-office with some remote days

To be effective, an individual must be able to perform each job duty successfully.

Key Responsibilities

Incident Response & Crisis Management

• Lead the enterprise cybersecurity incident response program, including preparation, detection, containment, eradication, and recovery activities.
• Serve as the executive incident commander for high-severity cybersecurity events, coordinating technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.
• Define and maintain incident response plans, playbooks, escalation models, and crisis communication procedures.
• Conduct executive-level briefings during and after incidents, including post-incident reports, root cause analysis, and lessons learned.
• Oversee breach investigations, digital forensics, and evidence preservation in coordination with Legal and Compliance.
• Lead tabletop exercises, red/blue team simulations, and ransomware readiness scenarios.
• Lead the organization’s brand protection efforts to safeguard reputation and identity.
• Lead proactive threat-hunting initiatives to identify advanced threats, vulnerabilities, and anomalous activities across the enterprise environment.
• Define and maintain incident response plans, playbooks, escalation models, and crisis communication procedures.

Insider Threat Program Leadership

• Own and operate the enterprise Insider Threat Program, addressing malicious, negligent, and compromised insider risks.
• Define insider threat detection, triage, investigation, and response processes across people, process, and technology.
• Partner with HR, Legal, Privacy, and Risk Management teams to ensure investigations are lawful and appropriate.
• Implement behavioral, technical, and contextual monitoring capabilities.
• Establish governance, oversight, and separation of duties for insider investigations.

Security Operations & Capability Maturity

• Collaborate with SOC leadership to enhance monitoring, alerting, and response automation.
• Drive continuous improvement using metrics and maturity models.
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection and response strategies.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Ensure alignment with regulatory frameworks including NCUA, FFIEC, and NIST.
• Support audits, regulatory exams, and breach notification requirements.
• Partner with Risk Management and Internal Audit to remediate gaps.

Leadership & Influence

• Lead and mentor incident response and insider threat professionals.
• Partner across IT, Digital Solutions, Legal, HR, Communications, and executives.
• Act as a trusted advisor during high-impact and sensitive situations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Education and Experience

• 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations or incident response with progressive responsibility.
• 5+ years in a leadership role responsible for cybersecurity operations or incident response.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale incident response programs.