Global Cybersecurity Director: Strategy, Ops and Teams

Electrical Reliability Services, Inc.; Westerville (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv in Westerville, OH seeks a Sr. Director, Global Cybersecurity to lead enterprise security strategy and global teams across IT, R&D and manufacturing. You’ll report to the CISO, align risk with business objectives, and drive security architecture, detection, and response.

The role combines hands-on leadership with strategic communication to technical and non-technical audiences, and requires up to 15% travel. Onsite at HQ, you’ll champion ISO 27001 alignment and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of IT Infrastructure technical and progressive technical Information Security/Cybersecurity experience.
• 7+ years of progressive cybersecurity leadership experience managing programs, teams, and strategic initiatives.
• Verifiable current ISC2 CISSP certification.
• Demonstrated experience presenting cybersecurity topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Work from Westerville, OH office with travel up to 15% of the time in the US and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-domain execution of the enterprise cybersecurity strategy established by the CISO, translating it into an annual rolling operating roadmap.
• Serve as the CISO's enterprise IT security deputy, supporting executive, regulatory, audit committee, customer, and operational engagements as delegated by the CISO.
• Partner with IT and senior business leaders to integrate a cybersecurity strategy with corporate digital transformation initiatives, M&A activity, and global expansion priorities.
• Aggressively manage security vendor relationships, and strategic technology investments through quarterly business reviews.
• Provide the CISO quarterly reviews with quantified metrics and security event analysis.
• Cybersecurity Architecture — accountable for enterprise security architecture and secure-by-design principles.
• Cybersecurity Engineering — responsible for configuration, deployment, and operation of security systems across environments.
• Cyber Defense — encompassing threat intelligence, monitoring, incident response, and forensics across global operations.
• Oversee security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, and threat intelligence programs.
• Lead technical cyber investigations and incident recovery, providing direction and reporting to the CISO and Head of Infrastructure and Applications.
• Establish teams with accountability to cybersecurity KPIs; automate reporting with dashboards.
• Lead cybersecurity alignment with ISO 27001 and crosswalks to NIST CSF and CMMC.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cybersecurity governance

CISSP certification

Public speaking

Stakeholder communication

Travel readiness

Information security

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, CS, or related field

Job description

Vertiv in Westerville, OH seeks a Sr. Director, Global Cybersecurity to lead enterprise security strategy and global teams across IT, R&D and manufacturing. You’ll report to the CISO, align risk with business objectives, and drive security architecture, detection, and response.

The role combines hands-on leadership with strategic communication to technical and non-technical audiences, and requires up to 15% travel. Onsite at HQ, you’ll champion ISO 27001 alignment and continuous improvement.