Ensemble Health Partners

Director, IT Security

Ensemble Health Partners$141K — $223K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or other cybersecurity certifications
  • 5-7 years of relevant experience
  • 2-3 years of leadership experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or equivalent
  • Experience in building threat-based cybersecurity programs and implementing security controls.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of applications and systems
  • Partner with stakeholders to define cybersecurity objectives
  • Monitor industry trends and regulatory issues affecting cybersecurity strategy
  • Lead security operations to detect and mitigate threats
  • Enhance incident response capabilities and preparedness
  • Manage team responsible for security systems and controls
  • Develop and track KPIs and metrics for operational success.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting physical, emotional, and financial health
  • Culture rooted in collaboration, growth, and innovation
  • Investment in professional development and tuition reimbursement
  • Quarterly and annual incentive programs for high performers.
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

The Director of IT Cybersecurity will own and manage Ensemble's cybersecurity platforms, ensuring they are deployed, configured, and operated effectively to protect the organization. This is a hands-on leadership role: you will manage a team of security engineers and analysts responsible for the day-to-day operation of cybersecurity platforms, while also directly contributing to platform administration and technical problem-solving. The Director of IT Cybersecurity will develop a keen understanding of Ensemble's unique business requirements to identify and reduce enterprise risk, and will report to the Deputy CISO.

Essential Job Functions
  • Owns the end-to-end lifecycle of Ensemble's cybersecurity platforms (e.g., SIEM, EDR/XDR, IAM, vulnerability management, firewalls and network security tools), including deployment, configuration, tuning, upgrades, and end-of-life planning.
  • Ensures cybersecurity platforms are properly integrated, licensed, and performing to established service levels.
  • Evaluates and recommends new security platforms and tools as business needs and the threat landscape evolve.
  • Manages vendor relationships and contracts for cybersecurity tooling.
  • Manages the budget for cybersecurity platforms and tooling, including forecasting and cost optimization.
  • Provides hands-on leadership to a team of security engineers and analysts, balancing direct platform work with delegation, setting priorities, reviewing work, and coaching for technical growth.
  • Establishes change control and configuration management practices for cybersecurity platforms to ensure changes are tracked, tested, and approved before deployment.
  • Partners with security Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) - e.g., incident response, threat intel, compliance - to ensure platforms are configured to meet their operational needs.
  • Ensures platforms meet required security standards by providing control assurance evidence and validation to demonstrate ongoing effectiveness.
  • Partners with other IT teams whose systems and applications are protected by Ensemble's cybersecurity platforms.
  • Develops and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for platform health, uptime, and operational success.
  • Reports on platform status, risks, and roadmap to the Deputy CISO, and participates in relevant status meetings.


Job Competencies

Leadership Decision Making - Makes day-to-day leadership decisions by securing and comparing information from multiple sources to identify issues; commits to an action after weighing alternative solutions against important criteria; effectively communicates decisions to the appropriate people and teams and holds them accountable. Drives results.

Coaching & Building Talent - Achieves results through other leaders by empowering them and providing feedback, instruction and development (coaching the coach) to develop their own associates; plans and supports the growth of individual skills and abilities in preparation for their next role (building bench); focuses on retention of high performers.

Delegation - Successfully shares authority and responsibilities with others to move decision making and accountability downward through the organization while accomplishing strategic priorities; maintains personal ownership of outcomes without excessive involvement.

Leading Teams - Inspires and sustains team unity and engagement by developing, motivating, and guiding the team to achieve results together through productive relationships and work.

Executive Communication - Clearly and succinctly conveys information and ideas; communicates in a focused and compelling way that captures and holds others' attention (appropriate, impactful, and clear).

Program/Project Management - Demonstrates high accountability and responsibility for projects and programs from inception through completion/implementation; manages budget and resource planning and awareness to ensure maximized output, reduced waste and exceptional results.

Employment Qualifications
  • CISSP, CompTIA SecurityX, GIAC (GSEC/GCIA/GMON), or equivalent platform/technical certification; vendor-specific certifications (e.g., SIEM, EDR, or IAM platform certs) a plus.
  • 5-7 years or relative experience
  • 2-3 years, or more, of true leadership experience
  • Bachelors Degree in Information Systems or Equivalent Experience
  • Practical experience building threat-based cybersecurity programs and designing and implementing security controls and compliance programs.
  • Hands-on experience administering and managing cybersecurity platforms such as SIEM, EDR/XDR, IAM, vulnerability management, or network security tools, with experience leading engineering or operations teams responsible for these platforms.
  • Self-motivated and willing to take on challenges while adapting to an ever-changing operational environment.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong business acumen to quickly learn new business processes and understand how application performance requirements support the business in achieving revenue and profit goals.
  • Excellent collaboration skills - must be eager to work as part of a cohesive team and work as a partner to other teams within Ensemble, locally and globally.
  • Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to gather relevant data and information, actively listen, dialogue freely, verbalize ideas effectively, negotiate tense situations successfully, and manage and resolve conflict.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and deadlines.
  • Demonstrated initiative, customer orientation and teamwork competencies.
  • Adaptability, flexibility and ability to work as part of a team across functional boundaries or in an individual capacity.
  • This role pays between $141,300- 223,200 based on experience
  • Must be inquisitive and demonstrate openness to innovation including AI to explore better processes and ways to alleviate friction and improve patient and client experiences.
  • This is a remote position; however, candidates must be willing and able to travel to and work onsite at client, temporary, or corporate office locations as business needs require.


This posting addresses s state specific requirements to provide pay transparency. Compensation decisions consider many job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location; knowledge; skills; relevant experience; education; licensure; internal equity; time in position. A candidate entry rate of pay does not typically fall at the minimum or maximum of the role's range.

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