Systems Security Manager

UW Health; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

UW Health is seeking a Systems Security Manager to lead a cybersecurity team, manage complex incidents, and strengthen resilience across UW Health locations. The role requires a strong focus on leadership, risk-based decision making, and collaboration with clinical and administrative partners.

Hybrid work with regular onsite presence at UW Health locations will apply. The ideal candidate will bring 3–5+ years of security leadership experience, exposure to healthcare IT, and relevant

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; four years may substitute in addition to experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Healthcare, IT, Business, or related field preferred.
• Experience planning and implementing mid to large scale security projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead through crises, establishing command, priorities, ownership, and direction.
• Balance security, operations, and patient care when making decisions.
• Build partnerships across clinical, Legal, Privacy, and Communications teams.
• Strengthen playbooks, escalation processes, exercises, and after-action reviews.
• Turn incidents into improvements and strengthen controls and detection.

Skills

Leadership

Crisis management

Decision making

Communication

Team building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Security incident response tooling

Job description

Work Schedule

This is a full-time position scheduled to work Monday through Friday, with core hours between the hours of 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Applicants hired into this position will work hybrid coming onsite regularly at various UW Health locations. Hours and hybrid work may vary based on the operational needs of the department.

Be part of something remarkable

Join the #1 hospital in Wisconsin!

We are seeking a Systems Security Manager who can bring calm, clarity, and decisive leadership when the stakes are high. This is an opportunity to lead a talented cybersecurity team, navigate complex incidents, and make UW Health stronger and more resilient with every challenge.

You'll thrive in this role if you can:

• Lead through a crisis, establishing command, priorities, ownership, and direction.
• Make smart, risk-based decisions with incomplete information while balancing security, operations, and patient care.
• Bring technical credibility across incident response, forensics, identity, endpoint, cloud, network, detection, and threat response.
• Communicate with confidence and clarity, translating complex cyber risks into what leaders and stakeholders need to know.
• Build and develop strong teams, creating accountability and reducing reliance on individual heroics.
• Operate with urgency and discipline, strengthening playbooks, escalation processes, exercises, and after-action reviews.
• Turn incidents into improvement, using lessons learned to strengthen controls, processes, detection, and preparedness.
• Build strong partnerships across technical, operational, clinical, Legal, Privacy, and Communications teams.
• Be a thoughtful financial steward, making smart investments while identifying opportunities to reduce unnecessary spend.

If you're the kind of leader people want in the room when things get complicated, we want to hear from you.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree Required

• Four (4) years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree in addition to experience below
• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Healthcare, Information Technology, Business, or related field Preferred

Work Experience

• 3 years of experience in planning and implementing mid to large scale security or technical projects Required
• 3 years of supervisory or management experience Required
• Extensive project management experience Preferred
• 5 years of supervisory or management experience Preferred
• Experience developing and supporting applications deployed in a 24x7 healthcare setting Preferred

Licenses & Certifications

• CISSP Preferred
• Other security and/or technical certifications Preferred

Our Commitment to Social Impact and Belonging

UW Health is committed to fostering a workplace that creates belonging for everyone and is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Our respect for people shines through patient care interactions and our daily work practices as we work to embrace the knowledge, unique perspectives and qualities each employee and faculty member brings to work each day. It is the policy of UW Health to provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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