Global IT Security Leader - AI & Compliance

Promega Corporation; Fitchburg (WI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Promega seeks a senior IT Security leader to drive operations, incident response, risk management and compliance across a global life sciences environment. You will mentor a skilled team, own vulnerability remediation, identity and zero trust initiatives, and oversee AI security defenses while enabling business agility.

This role partners with IT and business leaders to build secure-by-design practices, align with governance frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2), and articulate risk to

Qualifications

• Experience leading security operations and incident response in an enterprise.
• Knowledge of AI security principles and AI-specific attack vectors.
• Knowledge of NIST CSF and experience with audits or compliance assessments.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management, endpoint and cloud security, including Azure/M365.
• Ability to explain security risks clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications and ability to leverage AI tech to improve security.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of security professionals with clear goals and growth plans.
• Own security operations and incident response, including remediation of risks across infra, endpoints, cloud, and apps; apply AI to strengthen detection.
• Direct incident response activities, maintain playbooks, and apply lessons learned.
• Drive adoption of zero trust and identity governance, multi-factor authentication, and privileged access controls.
• Ensure alignment with NIST CSF and regulatory requirements (ISO 27001, SOC 2, etc.) and maintain audit readiness.
• Embed secure-by-design practices in projects, vendor selections, and system changes.

Skills

Security leadership

AI security

NIST CSF knowledge

IAM & zero trust

Incident response

Communication to leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree or proven work experience

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft 365

Job description

Promega seeks a senior IT Security leader to drive operations, incident response, risk management and compliance across a global life sciences environment. You will mentor a skilled team, own vulnerability remediation, identity and zero trust initiatives, and oversee AI security defenses while enabling business agility.

This role partners with IT and business leaders to build secure-by-design practices, align with governance frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2), and articulate risk to