Senior vCISO & Cyber Strategy Leader

Lever, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Tusker is seeking a Cyber Security Principal to act as a senior, client-facing cybersecurity advisor serving as a virtual CISO for assigned clients. You will lead executive advisory relationships, mature cybersecurity programs, and align security with business priorities, regulatory obligations, and risk tolerance.

The role directs strategic direction and operating cadence across assessment, architecture, and managed services, requiring executive presence, practical judgment, and the ability to

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience in strategy, governance, risk, compliance, and program leadership.
• Experience as a CISO, vCISO, deputy CISO, or senior security leader.
• Ownership of security programs, budgets, and executive reporting.
• Ability to create multi-year roadmaps and mature security programs.
• Strong knowledge of NIST CSF, NIST 800-53/171, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, CMMC, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2.
• Experience leading incident response planning and third-party risk activities.
• Executive communication, facilitation, writing, and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead through influence across client teams and internal teams.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements in ambiguous situations.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Reside within ~2 hours of Boston and be able to travel periodically.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary trusted cybersecurity advisor to client executives, leadership teams, and boards for assigned accounts.
• Establish engagement objectives, governance, decision rights, meeting cadence, success measures, and executive reporting expectations.
• Translate technical findings, threat conditions, and compliance obligations into business impact, clear choices, and prioritized actions.
• Build durable client relationships through proactive communication, sound judgment, transparency, and follow-through.
• Manage multiple client programs while maintaining quality, consistency, and responsiveness.
• Assess current-state program maturity and define target-state capabilities for each client.
• Develop multi-year cybersecurity roadmaps aligned to business strategy and risk tolerance.
• Create or improve governance structures, policies, standards, risk registers, performance measures, and reporting mechanisms.
• Guide security budgeting, investment prioritization, and risk-treatment decisions.
• Define meaningful risk and performance indicators to demonstrate progress to executives.

Skills

Cybersecurity strategy

Governance & risk

Executive communication

vCISO experience

NIST CSF knowledge

Risk assessments

Budgeting & ROI

Board reporting

Team leadership

Travel ability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS/Business

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Tusker is seeking a Cyber Security Principal to act as a senior, client-facing cybersecurity advisor serving as a virtual CISO for assigned clients. You will lead executive advisory relationships, mature cybersecurity programs, and align security with business priorities, regulatory obligations, and risk tolerance.

The role directs strategic direction and operating cadence across assessment, architecture, and managed services, requiring executive presence, practical judgment, and the ability to