Director, Enterprise Cybersecurity

Valmont Group; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmont is seeking a Director of Enterprise Cybersecurity in Omaha to lead our global cybersecurity program. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution to protect enterprise assets, cloud environments, and operational technology.

You will align security with business goals and drive measurable risk reduction. You will oversee security operations, engineering, identity management, application security, and resilience programs while partnering with stakeholders across

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise cybersecurity programs.
• Ability to translate strategy into operational execution.
• Strong collaboration with executives and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of Valmont's enterprise cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, and priorities.
• Oversee security operations, threat monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response programs.
• Develop and report cybersecurity KPIs, risk indicators, and maturity metrics to executives.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership during implementation of cybersecurity technologies and modernization initiatives.
• Coordinate cyber incident communications and regulatory reporting when required.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Security operations

Incident response

Identity management

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Risk management

Automation

Job description

15000 Valmont Plaza Omaha Nebraska 68154

Why Valmont

We're Here to Move the World Forward.

Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today . We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward?

A Brief Summary of This Position

The Director, Enterprise Cybersecurity is responsible for leading and advancing Valmont's global cybersecurity program to protect enterprise information assets, technology platforms, cloud environments, digital solutions, and operational technology systems. Reporting to the Vice President, Cybersecurity & Technology Operations, this role serves as both a strategic cybersecurity leader and a hands‑on technical executive, translating enterprise security strategy into operational execution and measurable business outcomes.

The Director provides leadership across security operations, security engineering and architecture, identity and access management, application security, vulnerability management and cyber incident response. The role partners closely with infrastructure, engineering, digital technology, legal, internal audit, and business leaders to ensure security is integrated into enterprise architecture, technology modernization initiatives, and business operations.

This position requires a leader who can effectively balance strategic planning with technical execution, influence executive stakeholders.

Essential Functions

Cybersecurity Program Leadership

• Lead execution of Valmont's enterprise cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, and annual priorities.
• Establish and maintain cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, and operational practices aligned with business and risk management objectives.
• Develop and mature cybersecurity capabilities that support secure business growth, digital transformation, cloud adoption, and operational resilience.
• Promote cybersecurity awareness, accountability, and risk ownership throughout the organization.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to support secure adoption of emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and digital solutions.
• Develop and report cybersecurity KPIs, risk indicators, maturity metrics, and program performance updates to executive leadership.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders regarding cybersecurity risks, emerging threats, and mitigation strategies.
• Drive innovation through automation, orchestration, AI-enabled security operations, and workflow simplification initiatives.

Security Operations & Incident Response

• Oversee enterprise security operations, threat monitoring, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, penetration testing, and incident response programs.
• Establish and continuously enhance cybersecurity detection, monitoring, and response capabilities.
• Lead investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery efforts for cyber incidents and significant security events.
• Coordinate cyber incident communications, escalation processes, and regulatory reporting obligations when required.
• Develop operational resilience metrics and continuously improve detection and response capabilities through analytics, automation, and emerging technologies.
• Coordinate cybersecurity exercises, incident simulations, and readiness testing to validate response capabilities and resilience plans.
• Support business continuity and recovery planning for critical systems and technology services.

Security Engineering & Architecture

• Provide leadership for security engineering functions supporting endpoint security, network security, cloud security, application security, data protection, and privileged access management.
• Partner with infrastructure, architecture, engineering, and application teams to define and implement secure enterprise architectures.
• Ensure security requirements are embedded into infrastructure, cloud, network, and application design decisions through secure-by-design principles.
• Lead development and implementation of enterprise security architecture standards.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership during implementation of cybersecurity technologies and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Support implementation of Zero Trust capabilities, network segmentation strategies, encryption standards, identity governance controls, and cloud-native security capabilities.
• Evaluate and implement emerging cybersecurity technologies that improve security effectiveness, resilience, and operational efficiency.

Identity & Access Management Oversee