Director of Cybersecurity & Risk (Hybrid)

Arizona State University; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Comprehensive benefits package

Tuition reductions

Job summary

ASU Enterprise Partners is seeking a Director of Cybersecurity and Risk to lead enterprise security risk reduction across platforms, vendors, and initiatives. You will partner with governance, data, and vendor teams to implement practical controls and ensure audit readiness.

The role emphasizes secure configuration, access governance, data protection, and incident preparedness, with collaboration across Microsoft 365, Azure/Entra ID, Google Workspace, Workday, Salesforce, and other systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, risk management, information systems, or a closely related field.
• At least eight (8) years’ experience in information security, technology risk, security operations, IT risk management, or related technology leadership roles.
• Experience securing, governing, or assessing enterprise SaaS and cloud platforms such as Microsoft 365, Azure/Entra ID, Google Workspace/Cloud Identity, Workday, Salesforce, or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Experience with vendor security reviews, incident response coordination, and security risk communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead security risk reduction efforts across systems, vendors, processes, and technology initiatives.
• Implement and operationalize security controls in partnership with infrastructure, identity, endpoint, data, application, and business teams.
• Partner with governance and compliance stakeholders to support security control alignment, audit readiness, remediation tracking, and evidence collection.
• Develop security risk metrics and executive-ready reporting to communicate control effectiveness and risk exposure.
• Coordinate with multiple stakeholders during security incidents and support incident response planning.

Skills

Security risk management

Identity and access governance

Security controls

Incident readiness

Vendor security

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity / IT / risk management or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

Azure/Entra ID

Google Workspace/Cloud Identity

Workday

Salesforce

Job description

ASU Enterprise Partners is seeking a Director of Cybersecurity and Risk to lead enterprise security risk reduction across platforms, vendors, and initiatives. You will partner with governance, data, and vendor teams to implement practical controls and ensure audit readiness.

The role emphasizes secure configuration, access governance, data protection, and incident preparedness, with collaboration across Microsoft 365, Azure/Entra ID, Google Workspace, Workday, Salesforce, and other systems.