Strategic Cybersecurity & Technology Risk Director

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical with HRA

Dental & Vision

401K Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Pet insurance

Job summary

TransMedics, Inc. seeks a Senior Director of Cybersecurity and Technology Risk to own the enterprise cybersecurity program and security engineering across the organization.

This leader will drive a modern, risk-based security capability to protect global operations and critical data. The role requires deep experience in security architecture, IAM/PAM, data security and incident response, with a focus on risk, governance and regulatory obligations.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity and technology risk.
• Demonstrated ownership of an enterprise cybersecurity program in a complex, regulated environment.
• Deep hands-on experience in security architecture across cloud, data, and applications.
• Experience in IAM, PAM, data security and incident response.
• Knowledge of NIST CSF, GDPR, HIPAA, CMS and FAA obligations.
• Strong communication and executive-level risk reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute multi-year cybersecurity strategy, operating model and investment roadmap.
• Own security architecture across cloud, infrastructure, applications, data and digital platforms.
• Build security as code and policy as code with automated guardrails and compliance evidence.
• Own identity and access management and privileged access management.
• Lead data security and data loss prevention capabilities and encryption and key management.
• Establish incident response, threat management, vulnerability management and monitoring programs.
• Build enterprise security education and awareness across the workforce.
• Own technology risk management program including risk assessment and metrics.
• Maintain a cybersecurity control framework aligned with NIST and other standards.
• Collaborate with Legal, Regulatory, Privacy, Quality, Physical Security and business leaders.
• Develop cross-functional crisis response and integrated security operating model.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Security architecture and engineering

Identity and access management

Data security & DLP

Vulnerability and incident management

NIST framework & regulatory compliance

Cross-functional leadership

Threat detection & response

Security as code / policy as code

Executive risk reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS or related field

Tools

DevSecOps tooling

Cloud security tooling

Threat detection platforms

Job description

TransMedics, Inc. seeks a Senior Director of Cybersecurity and Technology Risk to own the enterprise cybersecurity program and security engineering across the organization.

This leader will drive a modern, risk-based security capability to protect global operations and critical data. The role requires deep experience in security architecture, IAM/PAM, data security and incident response, with a focus on risk, governance and regulatory obligations.