First American

ServiceMac-CISO

First American$179K — $239K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Fort Mill, SC
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience required.
  • 5+ years of technical experience as a senior contributor.
  • 8+ years of management experience with 3-5 years at the director level.
  • Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA preferred.
  • Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST, ISO, and COBIT.

Responsibilities

  • Leads the ServiceMac Information Security function, managing strategy and execution of security programs.
  • Acts as the primary security advisor to executive leadership.
  • Ensures compliance with corporate security policies tailored to business operations.
  • Oversees threat management and control implementation across various security domains.
  • Manages incident response planning and acts as the escalation point for major events.
  • Provides security architecture guidance for business and IT initiatives.
  • Drives security awareness initiatives to foster a strong security culture.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Paid time off for work-life balance and personal wellbeing.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match to support future savings.
  • Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life integration.
Full Job Description

What We Do
Functions as the senior-most Information Security leader for ServiceMac, accountable for translating enterprise security strategy into operational execution and providing ongoing visibility into security risks, control effectiveness, and program maturity to executive leadership. Operates within First American enterprise security governance while ensuring ServiceMac security posture aligns with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and corporate standards.
Responsible for developing, designing, and executing the ServiceMac Information Security Program to ensure protection of information assets and alignment with regulatory, legal, and enterprise risk requirements.

Provides long-term solutions to Information Technology needs, including protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.

How You’ll Contribute

  • Leads the ServiceMac Information Security function with accountability for strategy, execution, and performance of security programs. Establishes and maintains a comprehensive Information Security Program aligned with enterprise policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Serves as primary security advisor to executive leadership.
  • Ensures alignment with corporate security policies while tailoring implementation to business operations. Maintains regulatory awareness and ensures proper controls and reporting structures are in place.
  • Oversees threat and vulnerability management, control implementation across infrastructure, applications, identity, and data security, and ongoing validation through testing and assessments.
  • Oversees incident response planning and serves as escalation point for major security events.
  • Provides security architecture guidance for business and IT initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
  • Leads security awareness initiatives and promotes strong security culture.
  • Oversees third-party risk in coordination with enterprise programs.
  • Manages team, budgets, and resources and ensures delivery of security objectives. Interfaces regularly with executive leadership and enterprise stakeholders.
  • Supports regulatory inquiries, audits, and enterprise initiatives.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Required Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure

  • BA/BS degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent experience required.   Training courses, seminars, certifications or other security related education experience preferred.
  • 5+ years of technical experience as a senior contributor.
  • 8+ years of management experience including 3–5 years of director-level experience.
  • Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Knowledge of security and control frameworks such as NIST, ISO, COBIT, and related enterprise governance models, and the ability to apply those frameworks within a business-aligned operating model.
  • Ability to translate enterprise Information Security strategy into actionable ServiceMac programs, measurable outcomes, and risk-based priorities.
  • Demonstrated understanding of Information Security, cyber risk management, and regulatory expectations applicable to financial services environments and mortgage servicing operations.
  • Successful track record designing, developing and executing critical complex projects in more than one area of functional expertise.
  • Proven thought leadership and innovation in the areas of: process envisioning, operational effectiveness, work process efficiency and metrics.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at the senior management level across functional groups, business units, and vendor organizations. Ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations, using influence and preventing damage to the relationship.
  • Strategic Management: Ability to communicate function vision and establish aligned direction and goals for his/her department. Obtains and effectively allocates resources. Creates systems to measure results. Has in-depth understanding of competitor, financial and industry dynamics.
  • Team Development: Actively recruits, retains and develops talent and holds employees accountable for results. Translates vision into action, leads change, and inspires people to get results.
  • Ethics: Deals with others in an honest manner, assures adherence to company policies, and addresses questionable business practices.
  • Customer Focus: Drives and models customer loyalty, manages customer expectations, uses customer feedback to establish department goals, and ensures commitments are met.
  • Communication: Provides others with reliable information, delivers informative and persuasive presentations. Uses good listening skills and negotiates effectively.

Complexities & Impact

  • Accountable for the Information Security posture of ServiceMac operations within the First American enterprise governance framework.
  • Decisions directly impact ServiceMac regulatory compliance, operational resilience, customer trust, and business continuity, and require balancing enterprise security standards with subsidiary-specific business and regulatory needs.
  • Exercises judgment as a seasoned professional and manager with a full understanding of industry best practices and established policies and procedures. Makes decisions that require integrating knowledge of best practices, competitors, product lines, business cycle, product development and financial information.
  • Authorizes changes in departmental processes and procedures.
  • Responsible for developing and accountable for executing strategic plans and budgets for multiple departments. Key contributor to IT Operations strategic plan.
  • Approves department policies, procedures, metrics and standards.
  • Makes decisions that have moderate to significant impact on the overall success of the function, one or more business units and/or company operations.
  • Makes hiring and other employment decisions for senior level staff and managers; provides input to hiring decisions in other departments.
  • Participates in the development, modification and execution of policies that affect one or more business units or the company.

Supervision Received or Extended

  • Works under minimal direction from enterprise Information Security leadership.
  • Serves as the functional security lead for ServiceMac.
  • Provides direction to managers and senior staff and ensures alignment with enterprise and company strategy.
  • May make exceptions to policy under unique and/or urgent circumstances.
  • Responsible for achieving defined security objectives and ensuring program execution.
  • Reviews managers’ objectives and results to evaluate success of operation, quality, schedules and budgets.

Candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a background check, credit check and drug screening as a condition of employment, where permitted by applicable law.

Pay Range: $179,300.00 - $239,000.00 AnnuallyThis hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

 

About First American

First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment. The First American Family of Companies' core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust, and investment advisory services.

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Size
22,233 employees
Market Cap
$5.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$696.4 million
Founded
1889
5 Year Trend
+10.6%
Revenue
$7 billion
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