Job Category:

Global IT

Job Family:

IT Security

Job Description:

The IT Security Strategist is responsible for shaping and guiding the strategic direction of enterprise security. This role focuses on proactive protection of systems, platforms, and data through architectural foresight, market intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration. It does not manage day-to-day security operations but instead defines how the organization secures its digital assets in alignment with business goals.

This role complements the broader enterprise architecture team structure, which includes Solution Architects, Data Architects, and Lead Software Engineers. It fills a critical gap in strategic security leadership and aligns with the evolving needs of the organization.

This role requires learning the security landscape at Schreiber and developing roadmaps that support mitigating risks and filling gaps in our security program. The ability to learn the business quickly, work across departments and have the ability to communicate to senior leaders on our strategy is critical for selection.

What You'll Do:

• Strategic Security Planning: Develops and maintains a forward-looking security strategy aligned with enterprise architecture, security architecture and business objectives.
• Thought Leadership & Market Intelligence: Monitors global cybersecurity trends, threat landscapes and regulatory changes. Provides strategic insights to leadership on evolving risks and mitigation strategies.
• Architecture & Design Collaboration: Partners closely with security, enterprise, solution and data architects to embed security into design patterns and technology roadmaps.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a liaison between technical teams and executive leadership to translate complex security concepts into actionable business language. Present security reviews, vulnerabilities and risks to the executive team quarterly with support.
• Governance & Policy Development: Contribute to the development of security policies, standards and guidelines. Support governance frameworks that ensure compliance and resilience.
• Infrastructure and Security Operations Collaboration: Partners closely with our security operations and infrastructure teams to implement security policies based on the strategy and roadmap as well as support investigations and incident mitigation as needed for more complex tier 3 issues.

Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met, and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.What You'll Need to Succeed:

• Bachelors Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field. Masters Degree a plus
• 10+ years experience designing security strategies across hybrid environments and manufacturing plants.

• Technical Proficiency: Deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g. NIST, ISO 27001)

• Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of cyber security trends, market, enterprise architecture frameworks and security principles.
• Market Knowledge: Strong knowledge of the external market including best practices, technologies and trends occurring in the marketplace. Ability to navigate external market and bring the outside into Schreiber.
• Leadership Skills: Ability to influence without at multiple levels of the organization without direct authority and lead cross-functional initiatives
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas to diverse audiences, including executives. Ability to translate complex technical topics to a business audience.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision making.
• Customer Focus: Deep empathy for customers and a passion for creating products that deliver exceptional user experiences.
• 5% travel

Eligible partners will receive:

• Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits.  When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one.  In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 8% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year.  That’s a company contribution