Data Security Director — Lead Enterprise Data Protection

CLS-Group; Iselin (PA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Dental coverage

401K match (US)

Volunteer days

Parental leave

Learning platform access

Job summary

CLS seeks a Director of Data Security to build and lead a new Data Security team in the US, establishing an operating model, defining roles, and directing strategy across data protection controls. The role reports to the MD, CISO US Services and requires guiding CLS through evolving data security challenges with cross-functional collaboration.

You will drive governance, collaborate with IT security, Legal, and Privacy teams, and oversee training programs while managing vendor relationships and

Qualifications

• 12–15 years in data security or information security, with ~8–10 years in leadership.
• Experience in leading, reporting, and representing security initiatives.
• Understanding of CLS security requirements and data protection concepts.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the Data Security team with an effective operating model and defined roles.
• Identify data security trends, risks and threats and work with IT security and business leaders to address.
• Develop and continuously improve CLS's data security strategy and framework (DLP, data at rest/in transit, email security, masking/tokenization, discovery/classification, secrets, third-party data).
• Work with operations for implementation of priorities; partner with Security Architecture on design and engineering of data security services.
• Establish governance, policies to protect CLS critical information and assets; oversee data protection controls and metrics.
• Oversee data training programs and vendor management for Data Security.

Skills

Data Security Leadership

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Liaison

Governance & Compliance

Threat & Risk Assessment

Job description

CLS seeks a Director of Data Security to build and lead a new Data Security team in the US, establishing an operating model, defining roles, and directing strategy across data protection controls. The role reports to the MD, CISO US Services and requires guiding CLS through evolving data security challenges with cross-functional collaboration.

You will drive governance, collaborate with IT security, Legal, and Privacy teams, and oversee training programs while managing vendor relationships and