Strategic Enterprise Cyber Security Director

Clarivate Plc; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 188,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarivate Plc is seeking a Senior Director of Cyber Security to lead enterprise-wide security strategy and operations. You will partner with Technology, Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to advance a risk-based security program and improve control maturity across healthcare, life sciences, and other regulated environments.

You will drive incident response, threat monitoring, and security engineering while translating cyber risk into clear recommendations for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in cyber security within healthcare, life sciences, or other highly regulated environments.
• 5+ years of experience leading cyber security teams, programs, or cross-functional security initiatives.
• Familiarity with healthcare and life sciences requirements and standards, including GxP, FDA regulations, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, computerized system validation, and data integrity principles.
• Experience defining and executing enterprise cyber security strategy, roadmaps, controls, and operating models.
• Experience overseeing security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, threat monitoring, security engineering, or cyber risk management.

Responsibilities

• Support customer assurance, audits, and regulatory inspections involving healthcare, life sciences, GxP, or other regulated products and technology environments.
• Define and execute the cyber security strategy, roadmap, and operating model to reduce enterprise risk and strengthen Clarivate’s security posture.
• Lead cyber security programs across security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, security engineering, governance, risk, and compliance.
• Partner with Technology, Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and business leaders to embed security requirements into products, platforms, processes, and vendor relationships.
• Oversee monitoring, escalation, investigation, and response processes for security incidents, including coordination with internal teams and external partners as needed.
• Drive improvement of security controls, policies, standards, procedures, dashboards, metrics, and reporting aligned to internal requirements and external frameworks.
• Evaluate current and emerging cyber threats, identify security gaps, and prioritize remediation activities in partnership with technology and product teams.
• Support audit, certification, customer assurance, and regulatory activities by ensuring security practices are documented, measurable, and continuously improved.
• Develop and lead a high-performing cyber security team, including resource planning, capability development, coaching, and prioritization of work against business-critical objectives.
• Communicate cyber risk, program performance, incident trends, and strategic recommendations to executive and senior leadership audiences.

Skills

Cyber security leadership

Enterprise security strategy

Risk-based security program

Regulatory compliance

Incident response management

Security operations

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Cybersecurity

Equivalent relevant experience

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

IAM

DLP

Vulnerability management

Job description

Clarivate Plc is seeking a Senior Director of Cyber Security to lead enterprise-wide security strategy and operations. You will partner with Technology, Product, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to advance a risk-based security program and improve control maturity across healthcare, life sciences, and other regulated environments.

You will drive incident response, threat monitoring, and security engineering while translating cyber risk into clear recommendations for