Senior IT Security Platform Lead — Hybrid

Cytokinetics; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 202,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytokinetics, a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company, seeks an experienced cybersecurity leader to oversee and operate enterprise security platforms at its South San Francisco headquarters. You will monitor security posture, drive vulnerability tracking, and coordinate incident response with IT and business partners.

The role emphasizes collaboration, strong communication, and a rigorous, risk-based approach to protect critical systems in a hybrid enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT/cybersecurity experience, incl. 5+ years implementing enterprise security platforms.
• Strong understanding of the NIST framework and supporting procedures and controls.
• Strong verbal and written communication to present complex information clearly.
• Must be highly collaborative and work with IT and business colleagues.
• Be highly organized and curious.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security posture across cloud and on‑premises environments, endpoints, and apps.
• Maintain a structured process for vulnerability data collection, analysis and tracking.
• Collaborate to prioritize risks and support informed remediation decisions.
• Review configurations of critical infrastructure and harden per current standards.
• Maintain a technical security scorecard and report to CISO/IT regularly.
• Own investigation and response to cybersecurity events, including containment and remediation.

Skills

IT/cybersecurity experience

NIST framework

Verbal communication

Collaboration

Organized and curious

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Cytokinetics, a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company, seeks an experienced cybersecurity leader to oversee and operate enterprise security platforms at its South San Francisco headquarters. You will monitor security posture, drive vulnerability tracking, and coordinate incident response with IT and business partners.

The role emphasizes collaboration, strong communication, and a rigorous, risk-based approach to protect critical systems in a hybrid enterprise environment.