Info Security Executive Advisor - CareBridge BISO

Elevance Health (Anthem); Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health is seeking an Info Security Executive Advisor for the CareBridge BISO to lead security and risk management for an assigned business unit. You will connect business and technology leaders, coordinate enterprise security services, and guide incident response with executive-level communication.

The role requires embedding security leadership across divisions, aligning with enterprise priorities, and driving secure-by-design practices while mentoring teams across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Requires BS/BA in Information Technology or related field.
• 10+ years in systems administration and security aspects of information systems, access management and network security technologies.
• Experience with HIPAA/HITRUST and regulatory compliance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads Information Security and Risk Management for an assigned Business Unit.
• Leads Information Security and Technology Risk Management for an assigned Business Unit, ensuring alignment with enterprise security strategy and regulatory obligations.
• Serves as primary business-facing contact for information security and technology risk matters; coordinates security capabilities and services.
• Acts as lead during incident response, ensuring executive communication and remediation.
• Owns development and execution of the Business Unit security roadmap aligned with priorities and risk tolerance.
• Identifies and prioritizes opportunities to reduce risk and improve security outcomes.
• Participates in enterprise planning including vendor and third-party risk assessment and architecture alignment.
• Leads for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures; due diligence and integration planning.
• Establishes governance forums to assess, mitigate, or escalate security risk.
• Provides security leadership for healthcare regulatory compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST, state laws).
• Defines, tracks, and reports security metrics to stakeholders.
• Translates technical risk into business and financial impact; advocates secure-by-design practices.
• Mentors security capabilities within the Business Unit and enterprise teams.

Skills

Access Control

App Security

BC/DR Planning

Cryptography

Info Risk Mgmt

Legal & Regulations

Compliance & Investigations

Operations Security

Physical Security

Security Architecture

Network Security

Education

BS/BA in IT

Job description

Anticipated End Date: 2026-11-06

Position Title: Info Security Executive Advisor - CareBridge BISO

PLEASE NOTE: This position is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship.

Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 1-2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Info Security Executive Advisor - CareBridge serves as a dedicated security and risk management leadership function aligned to the major business and technology-enabling divisions of Elevance Health. This person will be the embedded security leader - connecting executive business and innovation leaders, technology professionals, compliance management teams, and the Global Information Security organization.

How you will make an impact:

• Leads Information Security and Risk Management for an assigned Business Unit
• Leads Information Security and Technology Risk Management for an assigned Business Unit, ensuring alignment with enterprise security strategy, business objectives, and regulatory obligations.
• Serves as the primary business-facing point of contact for information security and technology risk matters, coordinating enterprise security capabilities and services as needed.
• Acts as a key leadership contact during incident response activities, ensuring effective business engagement, executive communication, and post-incident remediation.
• Owns the development and execution of the Business Unit security roadmap, aligned with enterprise priorities, business strategy, and defined risk tolerance.
• Identifies, prioritizes, and recommends opportunities to reduce risk and improve security outcomes through targeted assessments, continuous monitoring, and metrics-driven analysis.
• Participates in enterprise planning activities, including vendor and third-party risk assessment, technology platform selection and retirement, security architecture alignment, prioritization, and integration planning.
• Serves as the Information Security and Technology Risk lead for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including due diligence, integration planning, and risk remediation.
• Establishes and participates in governance forums to assess, accept, mitigate, or escal
• Provides security leadership for healthcare regulatory and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, HITRUST, state privacy laws), ensuring audit readiness and sustained compliance.
• Defines, tracks, and reports meaningful security and risk metrics to business and executive stakeholders to support informed decision-making.
• Acts as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to executive management, translating technical and cyber risk into clear business and financial impact.
• Influences business and technology leaders to adopt secure-by-design practices and risk-aware decision-making without direct operational authority.
• Mentors and develops security and risk management capabilities within the Business Unit and across enterprise teams.
• Must be capable of providing top-tier support for 6 or more of the information security technology common body of knowledge skill sets: 1) Access Control, 2) Application Security, 3) Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, 4) Cryptography, 5) Information Security and Risk Management 6) Legal, Regulations, 7) Compliance and Investigations, 8) Operations Security, 9) Physical (Environmental) Security, 10) Security Architecture and Design, 11) Telecommunications and Network Security.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires BS/BA in Information Technology or related field of study and a minimum of 10 years experience in systems administration and security aspects of information systems, access management and network security technologies, network communications, computer networking, telecommunications, systems development and management, hardware, software, data, and people; experience with multiple technical and business disciplines required; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.