Cybersecurity Manager

Memorial Health; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) match

Health/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

Memorial Health in Springfield, IL, is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Manager to provide day-to-day leadership and operational oversight for the cybersecurity team. You will support strategy execution, ensure HIPAA/HITECH compliance, and guide staff through security initiatives across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes team leadership, policy enforcement, and collaboration with IT, Legal, HR, and Compliance to maintain a strong security posture and efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 5+ years of cybersecurity experience in healthcare.
• Master’s degree preferred for advanced roles.
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, Security+, CISM or Azure/Microsoft security credentials are preferred.
• Experience leading staff, coordinating daily operations, and supporting program development.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, healthcare regulations, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day cybersecurity staff, assign work, and manage priorities.
• Support development and maintenance of cybersecurity policies and controls.
• Ensure HIPAA, HITECH, NIST, ISO compliance across the enterprise.
• Coordinate security activities with IT, Legal, HR, and Compliance.
• Lead security initiatives such as threat assessments, remediation, and risk mitigation.
• Oversee hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance reviews.

Skills

Team leadership

Change leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, health information management, or related field

Master’s degree in related field preferred

Tools

CISSP

Security+

CISM

Azure Security certifications

Job description

Position Type

Hybrid

Job Description Summary

Provides day-to-day leadership and operational oversight for the cybersecurity team within Memorial Health, supporting implementation of cybersecurity strategy and daily execution. This role ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of clinical and business systems while maintaining compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, and other regulatory requirements. This position supports the System Director and Vice President, Infrastructure and Cybersecurity in carrying out cybersecurity priorities, maintaining a strong security posture and ensuring effective execution of policies, procedures, compliance activities, and security operations across the enterprise. The Manager uses a team-based approach to guide staff, coordinate daily work, support issue resolution, and promote a culture of accountability, service, and continuous improvement.

Location

Springfield, IL

Please note this is a hybrid role with onsite requirement in Springfield, IL 3 days per week.

Hours

8a - 4:30p M- F.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education:
  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, technology, cybersecurity, health information management, or related field is required. Equivalent combination of education and 5+ years of cybersecurity experience may substitute for Bachelor’s degree.
  • •Master’s degree in related field preferred.
• Licensure/Certification/Registry:
  • •Relevant professional certification, such as CISSP, Security+, CISM, Azure Security/Microsoft certifications, NIST-related credential preferred.
• Experience:
  • •3+ years experience in cybersecurity, information security, compliance, or related work in healthcare required.
  • •Demonstrated experience leading staff, coordinating daily operations, and supporting program development.
  • •Strong understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, technologies, and healthcare regulations.
  • •Demonstrated success in project execution and implementation.
  • •Ability to work effectively with staff at all levels of the organization, including medical staff and executive leaders.
• Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • •Change Leadership: Ability to energize stakeholders and sustain their commitment to changes in approaches, processes, and strategies.
  • •Team Leadership: Ability to lead groups of people toward shared visions and goals, from forming a team that possesses balanced capabilities, to setting its mission, values and norms, and holding team members accountable individually and as a group for results.
  • •Initiative: Ability to identify a problem, obstacle or opportunity and then act to address current or future problems or opportunities.
  • •Judgment: Strong decision-making ability and high level of judgment under pressure.
  • •Compliance: Ability to drive compliance, operational readiness, and timely issue resolution.

Scope of Supervision

Directly supervises 5-10 colleagues; indirectly supervises colleagues

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

1. Provides day-to-day leadership and coordination of cybersecurity staff, work assignments, and operational priorities.
2. Supports implementation and maintenance of cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
3. Assists in ensuring compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, NIST, ISO, and other applicable laws, regulations, and security standards.
4. Coordinates cybersecurity activities with IS, Legal, HR, Compliance, and other departments to support Memorial Health goals.
5. Leads or support security initiatives, such as threat assessments, vulnerability remediation, risk mitigation, awareness efforts, and cybersecurity assessments.
6. Coordinates security requirements in contracts and due diligence process and partners with procurement and legal to enforce security standards.
7. Escalates significant security issues, risks, and regulatory concerns to leadership, as appropriate.
8. Collaborate with IT architecture teams to embed security into environment. Guide secure configuration standards and hardening practices. Evaluate and implement security technologies aligned to strategic road map.
9. Supports the planning and execution of strategic cybersecurity initiatives and organizational change efforts.
10. Oversees daily operations of team members, including scheduling, workload distribution, prioritization, and workflows.
11. Leads team through hiring, onboarding, training, coaching, and developing staff. Conducts regular performance appraisals and discussions and employee development activities.
12. Reviews data and metrics to identify trends, support improvement efforts, and strengthen security performance.
13. Contributes to the development and maintenance of policies and procedures that improve operational effectiveness.
14. Assists with budget monitoring, resource planning, and operational tracking, as needed.
15. Performs other duties as assigned.

Pay Transparency

$61.71 - $95.66 Additional compensation in the form(s) of participation in our annual incentive program are dependent on role. Pay is based on factors such as work experience, education, certification(s), training, skills, and competencies related to the role.

Benefits

Memorial Health also offers a comprehensive benefits plan, which includes paid time off, 401(k) match, and health/ dental/ vision insurance options. All benefits can be found at https://jobs.memorial.health/about/benefits/

Reasonable Accommodation Notice

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete this application or participate in the hiring process, please contact [e-mail]. Requests will be handled confidentially.