Enterprise Data Protection & Risk Management Lead

Highmark Health; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health seeks a technical and strategic leader for its Enterprise Data Protection program. This role directs data security, DLP, data classification, encryption, and key management while guiding a multidisciplinary team to shape the vision, roadmap, architecture, and execution.

The successful candidate translates complex security concepts into business risk for executives, partners with security, cloud, legal, and business teams, and drives program maturity and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• 7–10 years in Information Security / Risk Management.
• Experience communicating security concepts to diverse audiences.
• 1–3 years mentoring and leadership of staff.
• Experience developing and executing enterprise data protection strategies.

Responsibilities

• Plan and direct department operations; develop policies and programs.
• Oversee project management; negotiate security solutions and options.
• Lead organizational change and information security innovation.
• Ensure compliance with policies and procedures across the organization.
• Communicate with all levels; present to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Data security leadership

Security architecture

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security or related field

Master’s Degree preferred

Tools

HITRUST CSF

Microsoft Purview

Forcepoint

Varonis

Netskope

BigID

Microsoft Defender

IBM Guardium

Imperva SecureSphere

Cyera

Job description

Highmark Health seeks a technical and strategic leader for its Enterprise Data Protection program. This role directs data security, DLP, data classification, encryption, and key management while guiding a multidisciplinary team to shape the vision, roadmap, architecture, and execution.

The successful candidate translates complex security concepts into business risk for executives, partners with security, cloud, legal, and business teams, and drives program maturity and continuous improvement