Healthcare CISO & IT Risk Leader (Contract)

Prosum (United States); California; On-site; USD 117,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Prosum is seeking an experienced Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead cybersecurity strategy, risk management, and regulatory compliance for enterprise healthcare IT systems.

The role requires deep operational security expertise, executive presence, and strong relationship management with clinical and business leaders. This is a contract-to-hire engagement based in Ventura, CA, with emphasis on NIST CSF/HIPAA controls, risk governance, and program maturity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, IT, computer science, healthcare administration, business, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive IT/security/risk experience with 5+ years leading cybersecurity teams or programs.
• Demonstrated experience with security operations, incident response, identity security, security architecture, and healthcare regulations.
• Strong executive communication and collaboration with Compliance, Privacy, clinical leaders, and shared-service providers.
• CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, HCISPP or equivalent preferred.
• Annual cybersecurity strategy/roadmap refresh with portfolio delivery and reporting.
• Experience with HIPAA Security risk analyses and RAFT workflow.
• Regulatory deadlines met or escalated with evidence-based closure.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and refresh enterprise cybersecurity strategy and a multi-year roadmap.
• Oversee SOC/SIEM operations, incident response, threat intel, and vulnerability management.
• Lead identity and access security, MFA, RBAC, and reviews for EHR/clinical systems.
• Ensure HIPAA and healthcare regulations compliance across the IT landscape.
• Coordinate RAFT governance, remediation tracking, and management reporting.
• Provide executive dashboards on security posture, risk, and portfolio delivery.
• Collaborate with IT, clinical leaders, vendors, and regulators to balance risk and business needs.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Executive communication

Relationship management

Security operations

Incident response

Identity security

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, IT, computer science, healthcare administration, business, or related discipline

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Prosum is seeking an experienced Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead cybersecurity strategy, risk management, and regulatory compliance for enterprise healthcare IT systems.

The role requires deep operational security expertise, executive presence, and strong relationship management with clinical and business leaders. This is a contract-to-hire engagement based in Ventura, CA, with emphasis on NIST CSF/HIPAA controls, risk governance, and program maturity.