Practice Director, Threat – Vulnerability Management & Remediation (Remote, USA)

At Optiv, we’re on a mission to help our clients make their businesses more secure. We’re one of the fastest-growing companies in a truly essential industry. Join us.
The Practice Director provides leadership, vision, and growth strategy for the Threat – Vulnerability Management & Remediation (TVMR) Team and larger CDAS community. Ensures high quality, profitable services engagements that build a trusted advisor relationship with our clients. Manage key metrics for consulting (utilization, profitability and revenue growth, customer satisfaction) for the Threat Management organization. Acts as the point of reporting for all individual contributors throughout the TVMR practice, the Practice Director is responsible for the care and development of the entire delivery team.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Select and develop key leaders into Managers and Senior Managers.
• Develop partnerships across other service and domain areas.
• Oversee creation and maintenance of key sales tools for Remediation and Vulnerability Management Areas.
• Develop and maintain key vendor and other partner relationships within Threat and Vulnerability Management community.
• Develop relationships across Solution Areas and Practices. Develop relationships with national, area, and regional Sales leadership. Act as a mentor to all resources.
• Responsible for the overall skills and capabilities of the delivery team to maximize quality, performance, and billability.
• Effectively train and equip resources to ensure alignment with customer expectations and delivery of services.
• Responsible for personnel performance and escalations.
• Manage a global services team.
• Maniacal focus on client satisfaction during service delivery.
• Oversee team's engagement schedule and resource utilization.
• Enhance, improve, add, and streamline TVMR security service line offerings.
• Grow, develop, and retain direct reports.
• Assist and Enables Optiv’s sales community in identifying and closing new business opportunities.

Qualifications for Success

• 7+ years of information security and/or professional services experience.
• 4+ years of professional services mentoring and management experience.
• Deep understanding of consulting financial metrics (utilization, profitability, revenue recognition, etc…).
• Deep understanding of Vulnerability Management concepts and architectures (i.e. Risk Based Vulnerability management), Vulnerability Assessments, Remediation Strategies, Threat Management, and Network Infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of Vulnerability Scanning and Assessment Technologies, Remediation capabilities, Patching Technologies, Attack Kill Chain concepts
• Understanding of Penetration Testing Methodologies, Application Security Concepts, and Proactive and Reactive Incident Response.
• Experience with leading Vulnerability Scanning and Remediation/Patching Platforms; Tenable/Qualys/Rapid7/SCCM/BigFix/Ivanti/Kenna/etc….
• Experience building, growing, and leading geographically diverse teams.
• Experience delivering and leading professional services engagements across multiple industry verticals.
• Operational experience building consulting offerings and taking them to market with a focus on exponential growth of the practice.
• Understanding of current cyber security trends, threats, and pressures experienced by customer security leaders.
• Self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong desire to grow and mentor individuals both within and outside of the Threat and Vulnerability Management industry

With Optiv you can expect:
• A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Affinity groups including, Black Employee Network, Disabled Employee Network, Latino Employee Network, Optiv Pride (LGBTQIA+), Veterans Support Network, and Women's Network.• Work/life balance. We offer “Recharge” a flexible, time-off program that encourages eligible employees to take the time they need to recharge • Professional training resources, including tuition reimbursement• Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects• Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities. • The ability and technology necessary to productively work remote/from home (where applicable)
If you are seeking a culture that supports growth, fosters success, and moves the industry forward, find your place at Optiv! As a market-leading provider of cyber security solutions, Optiv has the most comprehensive ecosystem of security products and partners to deliver unparalleled services. Our rich and successful history with our clients is based on trust, serving more than 12,000 clients of varying sizes and industries, including commercial, government, and education. We have the proven expertise to plan, build, and run successful security programs across Risk Management, Cyber Digital Transformation, Threat Management, Security Operations - Managed Services, and Identity and Data Management.
Optiv is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.