Senior Cyber Security Director: Enterprise Risk & Strategy

Clarivate Analytics US LLC; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 188,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarivate is seeking a Senior Director, Cyber Security to lead enterprise-wide security strategy, strengthen operations, and protect systems, data, and customers across healthcare, life sciences, and regulated environments.

You will collaborate with Technology, Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to advance a risk-based security program and improve control maturity; you will guide a high-performing team and report to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 12+ years of experience in cyber security within healthcare, life sciences, or other highly regulated environments.
• 5+ years of experience leading cyber security teams, programs, or cross-functional security initiatives.
• Familiarity with healthcare and life sciences requirements and standards (GxP, FDA, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, CV, data integrity).
• Experience defining and executing enterprise cyber security strategy, roadmaps, controls, and operating models.
• Experience overseeing security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, threat monitoring, security engineering, or cyber risk management.
• Working knowledge of ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, CIS Controls, or similar frameworks.
• Experience translating cyber risk and security metrics into clear recommendations for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Support customer assurance, audits, and regulatory inspections involving healthcare, life sciences, GxP, or other regulated environments.
• Define and execute the cyber security strategy, roadmap, and operating model to reduce enterprise risk and strengthen Clarivate's security posture.
• Lead cyber security programs across security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, security engineering, governance, risk, and compliance.
• Partner with Technology, Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and business leaders to embed security requirements into products, platforms, processes, and vendor relationships.
• Oversee monitoring, escalation, investigation, and response processes for security incidents with internal and external coordination.
• Drive improvement of security controls, policies, standards, procedures, dashboards, metrics, and reporting.
• Evaluate current and emerging cyber threats, identify security gaps, and prioritize remediation with tech and product teams.
• Support audit, certification, customer assurance, and regulatory activities with measurable security practices.
• Develop and lead a high-performing cyber security team with resource planning and coaching.
• Communicate cyber risk and program performance to executive leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Security strategy

Risk management

Stakeholder comms

Cloud security

Incident response

Security operations

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/cybersecurity

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

IAM

DLP

Vulnerability management

Job description

Clarivate is seeking a Senior Director, Cyber Security to lead enterprise-wide security strategy, strengthen operations, and protect systems, data, and customers across healthcare, life sciences, and regulated environments.

You will collaborate with Technology, Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to advance a risk-based security program and improve control maturity; you will guide a high-performing team and report to senior leadership.