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National Director, Information Security

New York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Jun 2026

About the role

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. Planned Parenthood organizations serve all people with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable education and information that allows people to make informed health decisions. We do all this because we care passionately about helping people lead healthier lives.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports the independently incorporated Planned Parenthood affiliates, which operate non-profit health centers across the U.S. PPFA also works to educate the public on and advocate for issues of sexual and reproductive health. Formed as the advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a separate non-profit membership organization tax-exempt under section 501(c)(4). The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and limited electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education in furtherance of the Planned Parenthood mission.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund seek a National Director, Information Security. This job reports to the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in the Information Security division of PPFA. The Office of Information Security provides the strategy, implementation, and oversight of the information security program that safeguards the data entrusted to Planned Parenthood by its patients, supporters, donors, and staff.

Purpose:

The National Director, Information Security is a strategic leader of the Information Security team, responsible for the people, processes, and cyber technologies required to protect PPFA and the entire federation’s information and assets.
Responsibilities include technical oversight of PPFA’s complex portfolio of the Information Security technology stack, while managing the National Office information security operations including but not limited to day to day information security operations in partnership with our MSSP co-managed services, vulnerability management, cyber threat intelligence, incident response and all related cyber services.
This role will oversee the InfoSec Architecture and Engineering tower, ensuring Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) integration as well as Continuous Integration (CI), and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD) across the National Office.
This role is also critical in providing Affiliate InfoSec Operations support in partnership with Affiliate Tech Services and our Managed Security Services Provider. This position brings transformative insight to Information Security products and services through leadership and innovation, accelerating the organization’s ability in managing an evolving threat landscape.
The National Director, Information Security serves as a subject matter expert and liaison, bridging the InfoSec team with all divisions under Tech Strategy and Services to ensure PPFA’s information security program is comprehensive, and in compliance with industry standard frameworks, regulations and compliance requirements.
This role involves collaborating with National Office departments and teams, affiliates and ancillaries, to provide expert guidance, oversight, and support on a range of security initiatives.
The National Director will also play a key role in identifying security gaps, monitoring and providing guidance on remediation activities, developing and advocating for security best practices, and fostering a collaborative security environment across the federation.

Engagement:

The National Director, Information Security will engage with staff at all levels within PPFA, Affiliates, and Ancillaries. They will also be leading and mentoring direct and indirect reports.

Leadership

Proven senior leader in managing diverse, distributed technical and operational teams with strong meeting management, relationship building and negotiating skills; able to gain trust of diverse stakeholders.
Advances and challenges the InfoSec team thinking to embrace transformative new approaches to work.
Partners across the Information Technology and Information Security organization to provide strategic and operational direction for InfoSec’s annual business planning, cyber technology roadmaps, industry trends and CISO priorities.
Ability to translate technical information into easily understandable information for non-technical audiences.