At West Monroe, our people are our business.

We pride ourselves on bringing a different mindset to consulting—and that takes a different approach: highly collaborative, flexible, and tenacious.

Our people-first culture is core to our identity. It’s something we care about, and something we strive to enrich and preserve. No hierarchies. No siloes. No egos. Just smart ideas, unique perspectives, and the drive to make an impact for our clients. 

We also know that the best outcomes for both our people and our clients result from including diverse perspectives at the table. That’s why inclusion & diversity is one of our core values. 

Every day our clients rely on us to help them tackle their greatest challenges, by strategically deploying technology through a business-focused and industry-specific lens. We bring together both the right knowledge and the right approach, so that they can capitalize on opportunities and deliver real results. That takes the right team. And that’s where you come in.

Ready to thrive in the next step on your career journey?

West Monroe is looking for a Senior Manager to join our Transaction Services–Cybersecurity Practice and focus on cyber due diligence and compliance for the sake of client M&A activity. The senior manager will partner directly with both Transaction Services architects and executive client stakeholders to deliver solutions across a variety of industries, including Private Equity, High-Tech & Software, Healthcare, and Financial Services. As a technology agnostic firm, consultants have the chance to continuously expand their skillset while working with cutting edge tools, platforms, and frameworks. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our newly formalized (but long existing) technology M&A practice area and lead strategic cybersecurity assessment, advisory, and compliance focused initiatives.



Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Transaction Services’ consultants from other competencies (I.e. Cloud, Software Engineering) in support of holistic, tech due diligence assessments for client M&A activity, and identify remediation opportunities through analysis of existing technology systems, cybersecurity maturity, and business processes
• Leverage technical expertise in cybersecurity to perform due diligence and assessment work for M&A activity across various industries, such as Financial Services, Private Equity, Healthcare, Retail, etc.
• Provide strategic cybersecurity M&A advisory and compliance consulting services for enterprise clients, ranging from security assessments to policy definition and adoption
• Document current state review of existing cybersecurity organization, processes, and technologies to deliver key findings and recommendations
• Develop implementation strategies and roadmaps to help clients achieve compliance and strengthen their cybersecurity posture
• Manage client relationships and meet with stakeholders/investors to determine business and functional requirements, translating them to clear projects proposals, including detailed work plans and cost estimates
• Contribute to the business development process at existing clients, looking for additional opportunities for West Monroe solutions
• Promote thought leadership in emerging technologies; from partnerships to go-to-market offerings and strategy, to design and implementation
• Actively build a professional and affiliate network in the consulting, cybersecurity, M&A, and broader tech communities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred, or equivalent experience required
• Consulting firm/industry experience preferred
• 10-15+ years of professional experience focused on cybersecurity and/or technology M&A
• Experience leading cybersecurity assessment work, I.e. risk and compliance, auditing controls, threat hunting, incident response and IR plan development, network security, application security, etc.
• Experience implementing solutions in adherence to compliance frameworks and standards, I.e. PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, NERC CIP, ISO, NIST, etc. 
• Understanding of high-level application, database, and network security principles for risk identification, mitigation, and analysis
• Experience developing cybersecurity architectural roadmaps, sub-domain strategies, product roadmaps, etc.
• Comfortable leading teams and project managing end-to-end solutions, which could include strategy, design, development, testing and training, and/or ad hoc post-close remediation work
• Ability to convey complex cybersecurity concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, including executives
• Excellent organizational, presentation/facilitation, verbal, and written communication skills
• Bonus experience – technology M&A/PE due diligence, vCISO projects, certifications like CISSP/CISM, cloud security
• Willingness to travel for out of town client engagements – COVID-19 permitting

Ready to get started? Join our team and make an impact. 

To learn more about inclusion and diversity at West Monroe, visit www.wmp.com/inclusion.