Director, Information Security
Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Kansas City, MO; Remote – U.S. Based
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MERGE
MERGE is a full-service marketing and advertising agency and we merge storytelling + technology for health, financial, consumer and retail industries.Merge Storytelling and Technology
We MERGE storytelling and technology to promote health, wealth and happiness in the world. We help marketing and technology executives engage hearts and connect parts by offering full-service capabilities including strategy, creative communications, experience engineering, performance marketing, media, digital platform development and more.
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We are committed to promoting health, wealth and happiness in the world by partnering with purpose-driven clients in purpose-driven industries such as healthcare, financial services and consumer products. Our health clients are literally on the front lines saving lives. Our wealth clients are changing the financial potential in people's lives. And our consumer clients make lives...a little bit happier every day.
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Emerge to the Top of Your Career
At MERGE, we strive to create a superior work experience where people with ability, agility and humility can grow and do the best work of their careers.
As our Director, Information Security you will…
Be Accountable and Responsible
The Director, InfoSec will report to both the VP, IT Leader and the Chief Operations Officer, and is responsible for coordinating, planning, and budgeting for all security matters for our employees, consultants, and vendors. You will be the central cog in the IT Infosec machine, ensuring smooth and secure delivery of services across all of our systems. The Director, Infosec will contribute to day to day operations with support escalation and troubleshooting, while developing an environment of security consciousness for the whole of the MERGE IT team and the Agency.
Core Responsibilities
- Drive security strategy and execution of key security initiatives across the company
- Establish KPIs for monitoring and reporting on security initiatives
- Coordinating and executing IT security, and IT compliance projects for all offices
- Serve as the named Information Security Officer for MERGE Boston, including:
- Maintaining security, compliance, and other certifications as required by our work and clients; specifically, HITRUST certification
- Writing, consulting on, and assisting with IT and security policy and procedure processes and approvals
- Writing, consulting on, and assisting with client, potential client, or vendor security analysis and questionnaires
- Defining Information Security program purpose and objectives
- Developing and maintaining annual security plans as required by established policy and procedures
- Identifying, evaluating, and (where appropriate) documenting accepted security risks on behalf of the organization
- Defining and addressing security requirements through control implementation
- Communicating security requirements effectively to employees and program stakeholders as appropriate
- Defining information security and cybersecurity education programs and schedules
- Overseeing and actively measuring security program effectiveness
- Monitoring employee compliance with security policy, and working with the HR department when violations occur
- Serving as the Information Security and HIPAA Compliance Officer
- Interfacing with internal teams on information and cyber security matters as requested by the technology and management team
- Work with the VP, IT Leader to create, update, test, and execute disaster recovery and business continuity plans for all our offices
These are the qualifications we're looking for
- 7-10 years of relevant experience in Information Technology Security
- Clear, concise communication skills
- Current security-related certifications strongly preferred
- Experience identifying and working with PII and PHI Data as well as securing that data in technology systems
- Experience with Rapid7 or a similar vulnerability scanner strongly preferred
- Experience with Data Loss, Prevention, Policy, Investigations, Security Tool Configuration and Incident Response
- Experience managing distributed teams
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And here’s how we live our values at MERGE
- Mastering our craft
- Delivering with a growth mindset
- Collaborating for shared success
MERGE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
MERGE welcomes and celebrates diversity regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status or people with abilities. We believe that the more diverse we are, the more creative our work will be!
Tags: Compliance HIPAA HITRUST Incident response KPIs Monitoring PhD Security analysis Security strategy Strategy
Perks/benefits: Career development
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