Global Director of Information Security

Blue Mountain Quality Resources, LLC is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Global Director of Information Security to own our security efforts. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the security and integrity of our network infrastructure and developing strategic security measures to protect our organization and customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Network Security and Incident Response

• Provide network security incident response and firewall management and administration.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Support, engineer, configure, and troubleshoot the network security infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive network security documentation.
• Assess cybersecurity risks and countermeasures, providing strategic recommendations to enhance security posture.
• Fix detected vulnerabilities to maintain a high-security standard.
• Investigate security breaches and other cybersecurity incidents.
• Perform vulnerability and penetration testing.

Risk Management and Mitigation

• Participate in ongoing risk assessments and define risk mitigation strategies for Blue Mountain Quality Resources, LLC's internal and SaaS services.
• Develop, manage, and exercise incident response plans (playbooks) for identified security threats, including ransomware, DDOS, Crypto jacking, password spray, and other privilege escalation attacks.
• Ensure alignment with evolving industry regulations and best practices.
• Conduct detailed, quantitative, and data-driven risk assessments.
• Collaborate with other leaders to develop mitigating and compensating controls

Strategy and Leadership

• Develop and drive overall security strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives, technology goals, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and nurture relationships within the broader organization.
• Proactively identify emerging risks and implement measures to strengthen our overall security posture.
• Act as an evangelist for key technologies and security best practices.

Operations Management

• Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) plans are developed and exercised in a manner commensurate with risk.
• Manage costs efficiently to support innovation while minimizing waste.
• Develop and maintain security roadmaps to ensure alignment across teams.

Security and Compliance

• Lead and actively participate in the design and implementation of security controls.
• Adopt an engineering-driven approach to security control design and implementation.
• Stay abreast of emerging security risks and technologies impacting our environment.
• Conduct regular reviews with engineering teams to ensure appropriate implementation of security best practices.
• Effectively leverage technology to increase assurance while minimizing manual activities.

Security Awareness and Training

• Develop and deliver effective and engaging security awareness programs.
• Implement efficient testing measures to validate and enhance our security culture.
• Collaborate with procurement to extend our security controls to vendor relationships.

Customer Engagement

• Meet with customers to understand their security concerns and expectations.
• Collaborate with internal teams to address inquiries and support assessment activities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in information security, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Proven experience in network security management, incident response, and firewall administration.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g., SOC II, GDPR).
• Experience in developing and delivering security training programs.
• Strong leadership and strategic thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Blue Mountain Quality Resources is the leading developer of asset management software for the Life Sciences industry. Our software solution, Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager (RAM), is used across the globe by pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies.

We will not be able to sponsor a work visa for this position.

Blue Mountain Quality Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, religion, gender and gender identity, nationality and origin, disability, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, and experiences.

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