Director, Security Portfolio Lead

Director, Portfolio Lead - BA06DE

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The Hartford’s Information Protection (THIP) organization is looking for talented professionals to join a high-performing team that is charged with designing, implementing and maintaining modernized and advanced information security capabilities.  As the Security Portfolio Lead, this position will lead and drive results across a broad range of cybersecurity projects, providing direct management support for high impact efforts, and overall portfolio oversight for maintaining and tracking the enterprise cybersecurity roadmap.  The role reports directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and partners closely with other technology and risk management leaders across the enterprise, providing the right person the opportunity to help shape our future security practices.  We are looking for a strong leader who is passionate about cybersecurity and is ready to help drive our cybersecurity results!

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT or Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday). 

Responsibilities

As the Security Portfolio Lead, you’ll be responsible for:

• Helping establish and maintain a multi-year cybersecurity roadmap, tracking and measuring progress across the portfolio of initiatives, and aggregating and coordinating information to present to executives in various formats, including monthly operating reviews

• Providing direct project management leadership and support for key initiatives, while also overseeing and guiding other project teams within and across the organization

• Supporting the ongoing financial management responsibilities of the team, including tracking and reporting on investment-related expenditures and assisting with annual budgeting and monthly forecasting efforts

• Partnering with leaders across the enterprise to help effectively oversee and govern cybersecurity risk management priorities, including tracking and helping drive to resolution any open audit / risk assessment findings owned by the THIP organization

• Collecting, validating and reporting on security-related metrics, ensuring complete and accurate information that feeds various risk management dashboards

• Coaching, mentoring and/or managing other team members, including early career professionals and/or interns

Qualifications

Candidates will be evaluated based on their ability to perform the duties listed above while demonstrating the skills and competencies necessary for the role. These skills and competencies include:

• Minimum ten (10+) years of experience as a project manager with demonstrable experience in planning, managing, and driving actions for large, enterprise initiatives

• 3+ years experience with cybersecurity-related projects and services is highly desirable with preference also for candidates with in-depth understanding of industry frameworks (NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Cloud Security Alliance, Center for Internet Security (CIS), etc.)

• High proficiency in setting and communicating direction, including an ability to effectively influence, motivate, and lead cross-functional teams

• Strong verbal and written communications skills with an advanced abilities to design and create executive-level presentations

• Deep understanding of the Agile methodology and tools, along with practical experiences with applying the concepts and techniques to different types of projects

• Working knowledge of financial planning processes, including resource allocation, project costing, asset amortization, and budgeting and forecasting

• Industry certifications, sush as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and/ or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) is preferred

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, information security, or related field is preferred

Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$128,000 - $192,000

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