Fortive

Fortive

Chief Information Security Officer

Austin, TX, United States · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$146k-$271kDetected 13 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsCybersecuritySOC OperationsIncident ResponseComplianceSalesSupply ChainHIPAALeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringPublic SpeakingCISSP

About the role

  • This role sits at the intersection of technical security leadership and business strategy.
  • The successful candidate will be equally comfortable running an incident response, presenting risk posture to the executive teams, and walking an enterprise prospect's security team through the company's controls during the sales cycle.

Responsibilities

  • Security Strategy & Program Leadership Own and continuously evolve the company's information security strategy, aligned to business objectives.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing security organization spanning security operations, vulnerability and threat management, security engineering, governance/risk/compliance (GRC), application security, AI security, and all associated cyber or cyber adjacent incident response.
  • Set and manage the security budget, including build-vs-buy decisions on tooling and managed services.
  • Ensure the team is budgeted appropriately to meet, interact, grow, develop, and build connections in security across the operating companies, Fortive, and the local security communities they serve.
  • Maintain clear visibility of security posture and strategic programs to the three executive teams, owning cyber considerations for enterprise risk management initiatives, and self-attesting risk assessment initiatives.
  • Chair and lead the Information Security Council (ISC) at each operating company, raising security awareness, calibrating updates, and driving resolution of critical cyber risk through executive collaboration and partnership.
  • Lead audit cycles end-to-end - evidence collection, auditor relationships, remediation tracking, and timely certification renewal, while streamlining these operations to minimize business impact.
  • Maintain a current risk register and ensure control gaps are tracked to closure with assigned owners and deadlines and appropriately lead executive risk management escalations with the information security councils at each operating company.
  • Partner with Sales and Legal to reduce security-related sales cycle friction, treating security posture as a competitive differentiator rather than a cost center.
  • Risk Management & Incident Response Own the enterprise risk management program, including third-party / vendor risk assessment for the company's supply chain and subprocessors.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in information security, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role (CISO, VP Security, Director of Security or equivalent) at a SaaS or data-intensive company.
  • Experience managing executive stakeholders at multiple lines of business at the same time, and nuanced understanding of conglomerate/operating company model.
  • Experience presenting to boards, executive teams - able to translate technical risk into business terms.
  • Strong working knowledge of cloud security (AWS, GCP, and Azure), modern application security practices, and data protection regulations relevant to the company's markets.
  • Experience supporting enterprise sales cycles through customer security reviews and questionnaires.
  • Track record of driving security culture, awareness, trust, and delivering on promises on time with quality across executive teams, and at an employee level.

Nice to have

  • Prior experience leading security at an operating company in a conglomerate/operating company model.
  • Strong track record of maintaining best in class team engagement, retention, growth and development of team and in driving enterprise-wide trust around security.
  • Relevant certifications: CISSP, CISM, or equivalent.
  • Experience with CMMC, FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR, or other regulatory frameworks.
  • Fortive Corporation Overview Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive.
  • We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
  • We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
  • We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Compensation

  • The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 145,500.00 - 270,600.00

Company info

  • Take existing security in excellence practices, communities, executive constructs, and awareness/culture programs and continue to grow them and integrate them as part of the larger security strategy.

Equal opportunity

  • We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers.
  • Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment
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