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At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 700,000 clients on their path to a brighter future.
While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.
As the Information Security Manager, you will lead our Information Security team focused on Endpoint Security, IAM and Insider Risk. This is a critical people management role focused on protecting the company's sensitive data and mitigating internal risks. You will manage a multi-tiered team of security professionals responsible for securing our corporate data across a diverse environment. This role is 70% management and 30% hands-on. Your primary objective is to drive the team's mission to protect company assets, develop and enforce security controls, and translate security priorities into an actionable roadmap.
Key Responsibilities- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of security engineers and analysts, managing their performance and career growth while fostering a culture of high performance and ownership.
- Project Management & Execution: Define, manage, and execute security projects from conception to completion. Clearly articulate the business value of initiatives and ensure projects remain aligned with strategic goals and are delivered on time.
- Data Protection Program Management: Manage the company's data protection program, including monitoring for and investigating potential security policy violations. Oversee the incident response process for internal security events, reporting to HR, Legal, and department heads as needed.
- Security Control & Policy Deployment: Develop and implement strategies to protect sensitive company data. Drive the deployment of new preventative controls and security policies across our endpoints, SaaS applications, and communication platforms to reduce risk.
- Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal data security matters, frequently briefing business leaders on incidents, new controls, and the company's security posture.
- Driving Results: Proactively drive security initiatives and incident remediation to completion by removing roadblocks and instilling a sense of urgency.
- 7+ years of InfoSec experience with a background in Data Protection, SaaS Security, or Endpoint Security in a mixed-OS environment.
- 3+ years of formal people management experience in a security context.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to define business value, manage timelines, and ensure projects align with strategic goals.
- Deep expertise in the technologies and strategies used to protect corporate data and prevent unauthorized transfer.
- Proven ability to translate security requirements into an actionable engineering roadmap.
- Exceptional communication skills, with experience presenting sensitive topics to leadership.
- A relentless drive to see complex initiatives and investigations through to completion.
- Hands-on experience with data protection tools (such as DLP), SASE/SSE solutions, SIEM, and security monitoring platforms.
- Experience developing and managing security policy and control frameworks.
- Knowledge of incident response, digital forensics, and eDiscovery processes.
The ideal candidate is an exceptional people leader who has transitioned from a senior technical security role. You measure your success by your team's ability to protect the company's most sensitive data. You possess a relentless drive to deliver on security objectives, the sound judgment to navigate sensitive investigations, and the poise to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels. You are the bridge between strategy and execution, keeping your team focused on the most critical risks to the business.
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The base annual salary range is listed below. This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus.
Why Join Us?
While you make a difference for others, we’ll work to make a difference for you, providing an uplifting, collaborative work environment and benefits that reflect your value to us. For eligible full-time employees, we offer:
- Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs
- Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave
- 401(k) matching program
- Merit advancement opportunities
- Career development & training
And finally, our team spirit and culture! We cultivate an environment of community, connection, and belonging across our entire organization.
Beyond Finance does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job positions. No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Beyond Finance employees or the Beyond Finance HR team. No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Beyond HR team.
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