Director, Cybersecurity: Enterprise & OT Security Leader

Competitive Power Ventures, Inc.; Silver Spring, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. in Silver Spring, MD is seeking a Director of Cybersecurity to lead the enterprise cybersecurity program, align IT and OT security, and report to senior management.

The role demands translating technical risk into business terms and driving governance, policy, and incident response across CPV. The candidate will oversee security operations, regulatory compliance, and AI security initiatives while partnering with multiple stakeholders, vendors, and leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, information technology, infrastructure, or related disciplines.
• At least 5 years of cybersecurity leadership or management experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing or managing an enterprise cybersecurity program.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity risk management, security architecture, vulnerability management, incident response, identity and access management, and security operations.
• Experience working with cloud and SaaS environments, particularly Microsoft technologies.
• Experience managing cybersecurity vendors, consultants, and managed security service providers.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute CPV’s enterprise cybersecurity strategy and multi-year cybersecurity roadmap.
• Advise senior management on cybersecurity risks, threats, regulatory developments, and investments.
• Establish cybersecurity priorities based on business risk and regulatory requirements.
• Develop annual cybersecurity objectives, budgets, initiatives, and performance metrics.
• Provide cybersecurity leadership across IT, cloud, data, and OT environments.
• Coordinate cybersecurity activities across CPV’s corporate offices and generation assets.
• Manage cybersecurity personnel, consultants, and third-party resources.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce CPV cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
• Maintain governance over access management, vulnerability management, incident response, data protection, and AI security.
• Lead vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and remediation programs.
• Monitor and report on cyber risks and program maturity.
• Oversee security operations, endpoint/identity/email/cloud/network security, and threat detection.
• Own and maintain CPV’s cybersecurity incident response program and tabletop exercises.
• Coordinate disaster recovery and business continuity planning with stakeholders.
• Coordinate OT cybersecurity risk assessments and remediation efforts.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Risk management

Security architecture

Incident response

Cloud & SaaS security

Stakeholder communication

Vulnerability management

Project governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS/Engineering

Job description

Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. in Silver Spring, MD is seeking a Director of Cybersecurity to lead the enterprise cybersecurity program, align IT and OT security, and report to senior management.

The role demands translating technical risk into business terms and driving governance, policy, and incident response across CPV. The candidate will oversee security operations, regulatory compliance, and AI security initiatives while partnering with multiple stakeholders, vendors, and leadership