Senior Director, Cybersecurity Governance & Risk

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Fort Worth (TX)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

American Airlines is seeking a senior leader to run IT cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance across the enterprise in Fort Worth, TX, onsite. The role directs governance capabilities, risk management, and regulatory readiness to ensure effective, scalable controls.

Responsibilities include shaping roadmaps, prioritizing investments, and delivering measurable outcomes while coordinating with Cybersecurity, Technology, Legal, Finance, Audit, Privacy, and business teams to align risk with

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/Information Systems/CS/Business/Risk Management/Audit or related field.
7+ years in cybersecurity, IT, risk management, compliance, audit, governance, or related activities.
5+ years of leadership experience.
Experience leading enterprise governance programs and risk controls.
Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOX, SOC 2, CMMC, GDPR.

Responsibilities

Set direction for cybersecurity governance capabilities, ensuring policies, standards, control expectations, and risk management practices are practical and aligned to enterprise priorities.
Lead cybersecurity products, services, and enterprise capabilities by shaping roadmaps, prioritizing investments, tracking outcomes, and ensuring delivery supports risk reduction and regulatory readiness.
Convert cybersecurity strategy into actionable priorities, roadmaps, operating rhythms, and measurable outcomes; partner with cyber leaders to ensure work is prioritized, resourced, governed, and delivered against commitments.
Provide leadership and direction for the Cybersecurity Chief of Staff function, supporting leadership cadence, executive communications, decision support, cross-functional coordination, and follow-through on key actions.
Oversee cybersecurity work intake and execution planning, including prioritization, resource planning, budget tracking, financial forecasting, and portfolio reporting to improve transparency and accountability.
Partner with Cybersecurity, Technology, Legal, Finance, Audit, Privacy, and business teams to align risk and compliance activities, support regulatory obligations, and provide outcome-focused reporting to senior leadership.
Lead, coach, and develop team members and managers; drive strong collaboration, ownership, sound judgment, accountability, and consistent delivery across complex initiatives.