For a
Chief Security Officer (CSO), the key responsibilities typically span enterprise security, risk, resilience, and executive leadership:
- Enterprise Security Strategy - Define and execute the organization's security vision, strategy, roadmap, and operating model aligned with business priorities.
- Cybersecurity & Information Protection - Protect systems, networks, applications, intellectual property, sensitive data, and critical digital assets from internal and external threats.
- Enterprise Risk Management - Identify, quantify, prioritize, and communicate securityrisks; establish appropriate controls and risk-acceptance processes.
- Threat Intelligence & Incident Response - Maintain awareness of emerging threats and ensure effective detection, investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident improvement.
- Physical & Executive Security - Oversee physical security of offices, facilities, events, executives, employees, and other critical assets where within the CSO mandate.
- Business Continuity & Crisis Management - Build organizational resilience through crisis response, business continuity, disaster recovery, and coordinated executive decision-making.
- Governance, Compliance & Assurance - Establish security policies, standards, controls, metrics, and governance while supporting regulatory, contractual, audit, and compliance requirements.
- Third-Party & Supply-Chain Risk - Assess and manage security exposure introduced by vendors, partners, contractors, cloud providers, and other third parties.
- Security Architecture & Technology - Ensure security is embedded into technology strategy, architecture, cloud adoption, product development, and major transformation programs.
- Identity & Access Management - Establish strong controls around identities, privileged access, authentication, authorization, and the lifecycle of employee and third-party access.
- Security Culture & Awareness - Build security accountability across the workforce through education, communications, exercises, and leadership engagement.
- Security Organization Leadership - Build and lead a high-performing global securityorganization, including talent, organizational design, budgets, vendors, and strategic investments.
- Cross-Functional Partnership - Partner closely with Technology, Legal, Privacy, HR, Finance, Internal Audit, Communications, and business leadership.
- Continuous Improvement - Benchmark security maturity, measure effectiveness, test controls and response capabilities, and continuously adapt the security program as the threat and business environments evolve.
Perks Playlist:Join an entrepreneurial, global organization where authenticity, boldness, creativity, connection, drive, and insight aren't just values-they're how we work every day. Here are some of the ways we support you along the way (and just a few of the benefits we offer):
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Including 100% coverage for out-patient in-network mental health services
- Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants
- Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
- 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on the first 5% of your contributions, plus an additional UMG contribution
A variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
- 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
- 2-weeks paid Winter Break
- 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
- Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
- Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent
Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.
Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.Job Category:Universal Music Group
