Head of Enterprise Vulnerability & Patch Remediation

New York Life

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 148,000 - 211,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

New York Life in New York, NY is seeking a senior leader to own and drive the enterprise vulnerability and patch remediation program across infrastructure, cloud, endpoints, and applications. You will build a centralized remediation function with intake, prioritization, ownership, and evidence-based closure, while reporting to executives and aligning with cross‑functional teams.

You will establish severity-based remediation lanes, ensure ownership and timelines, and push automation to accelerate

Qualifications

12–15+ years IT operations/security leadership.
Experience leading vulnerability management at scale.
Strong executive communication and governance.

Responsibilities

Lead the centralized Enterprise Vulnerability & Remediation function across infra, endpoints, cloud, and applications.
Define intake-to-closure workflow for vulnerabilities, patches, and exception handling.
Establish severity-based remediation lanes: Same-day for zero-days, 24h for Critical VITs, 3-day for High-priority patches, 6-day cycles.
Ensure ownership, target dates, remediation plans, and closure evidence for every finding.
Drive daily governance and weekly executive reporting across remediation workstreams.