Senior Director, Advocacy (Americas)

Overview

Your Future. Secured. ISC2 is a force for good. As the world’s leading nonprofit member organization for cybersecurity professionals, our core values — Integrity, Advocacy, Commitment, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Excellence — drive everything we do in support of our vision of a safe and secure cyber world. Our globally recognized, award-winning portfolio of certifications provide an independent and globally recognized endorsement of cybersecurity knowledge, skills and experience for all career levels. Our charitable arm, the Center for Cyber Safety and Education, enables ISC2 and our members to serve the public by educating the most vulnerable about cyber risks and empowering access to enter and thrive in the cyber profession. Learn more at ISC2 online and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. When you join ISC2, you’ll demonstrate your commitment to an inclusive and equitable environment. Your support of the unique perspectives and experiences shared by our global cybersecurity workforce and profession will be recognized. We invite you to take an active role in helping us create a true sense of belonging across our organization — an environment of authenticity, trust, empowerment and connectedness that empowers all of our successes. Learn more.

Position Summary

ISC2 is a global leader in advocating for a vibrant cybersecurity ecosystem. We shape meaningful and impactful policy, regulations, laws, guidance and frameworks across the globe that ensure the strongest cybersecurity postures possible and raise awareness of and advocate for a well-qualified and well-trained global cybersecurity workforce as a critical component of cybersecurity resilience and strength.  While we aim to serve as a trusted resource for the global policymaking community, our members are at the heart of our work.  To this end, we focus on current and futures issues critical to cybersecurity professionals and their critical role in keeping us all safe and secure and ensure the profession has the support it needs to grow and accomplish it mission of keeping us all safe and secure.

 

As Senior Director, Advocacy (Americas), you will lead all advocacy activities in North America, with a strong focus on the US and Canada.

Responsibilities

• Develop long and short-term strategies in advancing ISC2’s position as a global cybersecurity leader in the US and Canada
• Assess opportunities for ISC2 advocacy at the state level in the US and develop and execute a long-term strategy
• Assess opportunities for advocacy in Central and Latin America and develop and execute a long-term strategy
• Position ISC2 as a resource for policymakers, regulators and other stakeholders critical to advancing strong cybersecurity policies through continuous stakeholder engagement
• Craft, pursue and propose opportunities for ISC2 to engage in policy discussions and thought leadership opportunities
• Review all opportunities to respond to public requests for inquiries (RFI) and the lead the crafting of ISC2’s submissions including gathering input from ISC2 SMEs and members
• Provide strategic leadership in determining where and to what extent ISC2 should be dialing up or down advocacy activity in any jurisdiction and region given ISC2 strategic and operational priorities
• Lead the development of ISC2 policy positions at a global, regional and jurisdictional level
• Educate, engage, leverage ISC2 members into advocacy activities and opportunities
• Serve as a senior leader and representative of ISC2 values internally and externally
• Lead, develop and coach staff
• Oversee and manage budgets

Behavioral Competencies

• Demonstrated skills in complex decision-making, problem-solving and planning
• Strong analytical thinking and innovation skills
• Strong systems thinking and relationship management skills, including ability to influence stakeholders
• Exceptional interpersonal, networking and stakeholder management skills

Management Responsibility

• The role will manage the Director, Advocacy and Policy Manager, who are based in the US.
• Due to the continued growth and expansion of Advocacy activities, additional direct reports may be added to the scope of the role in future. 

Qualifications

• Superior communication and public speaking skills with an emphasis on verbal communication and interfacing with a diverse array of people
• Strong computer and technical skills including MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and web applications
• Familiarity with global cybersecurity public policy issues, standards, legal and regulatory schemes and profession politics
• Experience working within and leading a global team (preferably a remote, distributed workforce) and mana