Senior Director, Cybersecurity & Tech Risk Leader

TransMedics, Inc.; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

TransMedics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director, Cybersecurity and Technology Risk to own the enterprise cybersecurity program, security engineering and technology risk across global operations.

You will lead a high‑performing team and partner with Legal, Regulatory, and Physical Security to embed secure‑by‑design practices. This role defines and executes a multi‑year strategy, builds security‑as‑code and policy‑as‑code capabilities, and drives education to raise risk awareness across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, IT, CS, engineering or related field.
• 15+ years of progressive cybersecurity/tech risk leadership experience.
• Ownership of an enterprise cybersecurity program in a global, regulated environment.
• Deep expertise in security architecture and engineering (cloud, apps, infra, DevSecOps).
• Leadership in IAM, PAM, data security, DLP, vulnerability management, monitoring, and incident response.
• Strong knowledge of technology risk management, control design and risk reporting.
• Practical experience applying the NIST framework.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute multi-year cybersecurity strategy and operating model.
• Own security architecture across cloud, infrastructure, applications, data and platforms.
• Build security as code and policy as code with automated guardrails and continuous control validation.
• Own identity and access management and privileged access management.
• Lead data security and data loss prevention capabilities.
• Establish incident response, threat management, vulnerability management and security monitoring.
• Build an enterprise security education and awareness program.

Skills

Leadership

Cybersecurity strategy

Security architecture

Cloud security

IAM

Data security

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Job description

TransMedics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director, Cybersecurity and Technology Risk to own the enterprise cybersecurity program, security engineering and technology risk across global operations.

You will lead a high‑performing team and partner with Legal, Regulatory, and Physical Security to embed secure‑by‑design practices. This role defines and executes a multi‑year strategy, builds security‑as‑code and policy‑as‑code capabilities, and drives education to raise risk awareness across the