IT Security Supervisor, GRC

UCSF Health, AG; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF Health is seeking a Head of Governance, Risk, and Compliance to lead enterprise cyber risk and compliance programs across UCSF Health, Campus, Foundation, and affiliates. You will direct a GRC team, coordinate audits, and guide risk-based decisions, including AI-related risk initiatives, service management workflows, and policy interpretation.

You will interface with senior leaders and auditors, shaping risk strategies in healthcare and education environments, with a focus on PCI DSS,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity, information security, governance, risk and compliance (GRC), or related field.
• Advanced knowledge of cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance laws, regulations, standards, and policy frameworks relevant to healthcare and higher education.
• Experience directing and coordinating work of technical or risk/compliance staff.
• Experience providing day-to-day functional leadership for a security, risk, or compliance program.
• Advanced experience leading risk assessments, compliance reviews, remediation planning, and risk-based decision-making.
• Ability to communicate risk and action plans to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Experience with audits, vendor risk management, and security workflow improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise GRC program and day-to-day execution of risk and compliance services.
• Direct staff, mentor, train, and oversee quality controls across assessments and remediation.
• Interface with senior stakeholders, auditors, and business owners.
• Develop and improve security workflows, metrics, and reporting; drive program improvements.
• Oversee third-party reviews, contract reviews, and risk acceptance decisions.

Skills

GRC leadership

Cybersecurity risk management

Policy & standards

Contract reviews

Auditing

Third-party risk

AI in security

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

ServiceNow IRM

GRC platforms

ITSM

PCI DSS / HIPAA compliance

Job description

Description & Requirements

Job Description

The Head of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), supports the Manager of Cyber Risk Management with their expert knowledge of cybersecurity risk management, contractual and regulatory compliance, and security control frameworks to analyze and manage risk institution-wide security issues across UCSF Health, Campus, Foundation, and affiliated environments. Serves as functional leader for GRC team and directs day-to-day execution of enterprise cyber risk and compliance services. Provides sustained staff direction, work prioritization, mentoring, training, escalation handling, and quality oversight across complex risk assessments, including AI solutions; security exceptions; policy interpretation; contract reviews, third-party reviews; and enterprise compliance activities, including PCI-DSS, HIPAA, UC policy, and NIST-based frameworks. Leads projects and program improvements with organization-wide impact, including ServiceNow IRM and IT Service Management workflows, metrics, training, quality controls, and operating standards. Employ AI solutions to increase service capacity and accelerate delivery. Regularly interfaces with senior stakeholders, auditors, and business owners and provides expert guidance and operational direction to team members. Works with the UC Office of the President and other UC campuses on system-wide initiatives. The proposed IT Security Supervisor 2 classification reflects the closest available title for a role that now carries sustained staff direction, program accountability, and enterprise operational leadership responsibilities.

Department Overview

UCSF Cybersecurity protects and responds to both internal and external threats. It monitors vulnerabilities, risks, and exposures and mitigates issues prior to exploitation. If an incident does occur, IT Security investigates, determines impact, and recommends controls for reduced recurrence likelihood.

• Vulnerability Management
• Network Security
• Data security and protection
• Security architecture and design review
• Incident response and forensic analysis
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Threat hunting and event analysis
• Establishing policies and standards for information security
• Conducting security risk assessments of systems, solutions, and vendors
• Governance, risk, and compliance
• Architecting secure business solutions
• Outreach and security awareness training and education
• Endpoint security, including encryption, anti-malware, endpoint detection and response
• Application security
• E-Discovery and forensic services

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and or equivalent experience and training.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity, information security, governance, risk and compliance (GRC), or related field
• Advanced knowledge of cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance laws, regulations, standards, and policy frameworks relevant to higher education and healthcare, including UC and UCSF policy, PCI DSS, HIPAA Security Rule, NIST frameworks, and audit expectations.
• Experience directing and coordinating the work of technical or risk/compliance staff, including assigning and prioritizing work, setting expectations, coaching, mentoring, training, and reviewing work quality.
• Experience providing day-to-day functional leadership for a security, risk, or compliance program, including coordination of operational activities, issue escalation, quality oversight, and continuous improvement.
• Advanced experience leading security risk assessments, compliance reviews, remediation planning, and risk-based decision-making across healthcare, research, education, implementation, and vendor environments.
• Demonstrated ability to determine, recommend, and communicate courses of action to departments and leadership on IT security, compliance, and risk matters in complex operational environments.
• Experience developing, implementing, and improving security workflows, standards, procedures, metrics, reporting, quality controls, and program documentation.
• Advanced experience with GRC or IRM platforms, risk assessment processes, security exceptions, risk acceptance, audit response, and related compliance activities.
• Advanced ability to analyze complex technical, operational, and compliance issues and develop defensible, risk-based recommendations using sound judgment.
• Broad knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and operating principles, including networks, applications, cloud services, encryption, identity and access management, logging, endpoint security, third-party services, enterprise applications, hardware, software, and vendor IT products.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare reports, presentations, guidance, and other materials for varied audiences, including senior leadership.
• Experience interfacing with auditors, assessors, executives, project teams, and cross-functional stakeholders on significant security, compliance, or risk matters.
• Advanced interpersonal, consultative, and influence skills sufficient to work effectively with technical and non-technical personnel at all levels of the organization and build productive working relationships.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced coursework or training in cybersecurity, risk management, audit, or compliance.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience supervising, leading, or providing sustained direction to professional staff
• Knowledge of institutional processes, governance structures, and regulated data environments in higher education and/or healthcare.
• ServiceNow IRM, GRC, or ITSM experience.
• Certifications- PCI ISA - CISSP - CISA or CRISC - ServiceNow IRM, GRC, or comparable platform certification

About UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world's leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells. https://www.ucsf.edu/about/mission-and-values

Pride Values

UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence - also known as https://www.ucsf.edu/about/mission-and-values . In addition to , UCSF is committed to equity - both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available https://diversity.ucsf.edu/ . Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

EEO Statement

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.