Cyber Security Manager

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Educational assistance

Job summary

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is seeking a Cyber Security Manager to guide enterprise cyber risk management while enabling growth and resilient operations. The role collaborates with IT, Operations, Accounting and Commercial teams to keep security visible, actionable, and aligned with business priorities—supporting innovation without slowing progress.

The position is based at our Headquarters in Wichita, KS, with a cross-functional security team focused on governance, risk, and proactive

Qualifications

• Experience leading or coordinating cybersecurity or technology risk initiatives, prioritizing and driving remediation.
• Experience resolving cyber risk exposure, incident responses, or governance, risk and compliance activities.
• Ability to build strong relationships and align technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead exposure and vulnerability management by prioritizing risk and remediation across teams.
• Drive AI-enabled transformation of threat detection and vulnerability management to improve speed and proactive risk mitigation.
• Strengthen incident response readiness through defined roles, playbooks, and regular exercises.
• Reinforce governance, risk, and compliance practices through policy alignment, assessments, and issue follow-up.
• Partner across infrastructure, applications, operations, and business teams to support secure technology delivery.
• Track progress, report key risks and outcomes, elevate material issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Promote clear ownership and cross-functional alignment across the security program.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Job description

Your Job

The Cyber Security Manager guides Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) in managing enterprise cyber risk while supporting profitable growth, resilient operations, and confident technology adoption. This role partners across IT, Operations, Accounting and Commercial capabilities to keep security efforts visible, actionable, and aligned with business priorities-enabling resilience without slowing innovation.

This role is preferred to be based in our Headquarters in Wichita, KS.

Our Team

You will be part of a collaborative, cross-functional environment working closely with security, infrastructure, cloud, application, and business teams to strengthen cyber resilience and enable secure operations.

What You Will Do

• Lead exposure and vulnerability management by prioritizing risk and driving timely remediation across teams
• Drive AI-enabled transformation of threat detection and vulnerability management, improving speed, accuracy, and proactive risk mitigation
• Strengthen incident response readiness through defined roles, maintained playbooks, and regular exercises
• Reinforce governance, risk, and compliance practices through policy alignment, assessments, and issue follow-up
• Partner across infrastructure, applications, operations, and business teams to support secure technology delivery
• Track progress, report key risks and outcomes, elevate material issues, and drive continuous improvement
• Promote clear ownership, cross-functional alignment, and operational discipline across the security program

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience leading or coordinating cybersecurity or technology risk initiatives to include assessing, prioritizing, and driving remediation of cybersecurity risks
• Experience resolving cyber risk exposure, responding to cyber incident responses, or supporting cyber governance, risk, and compliance activities
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and align technical and non- technical

What Will Put You Ahead

• Broad understanding of cyber security across technical, business, and compliance domains
• Knowledge of cyber incident response preparation, execution, and follow-up activities
• Experience supporting cyber governance, risk, and compliance practices
• Ability to build and communicate cyber risk insights through metrics, reporting, or dashboards
• Proven success driving adoption of security standards and practices across organizations
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or complex operational environments
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, GICSP, CISM, cloud security certifications)

This position is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value-added solutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agriculture to energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Our team of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and power the world.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• may also include infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).