VP of IT and Cybersecurity

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential financial services technology organization in their search for a VP of IT and Cybersecurity. Our client operates a specialized investment platform and is seeking a strategic technology leader to own enterprise IT infrastructure, cybersecurity posture, and operational resilience across the organization.

This is a senior leadership position reporting to executive leadership, with full accountability for IT service delivery, security strategy, risk management, and team development. You will establish departmental direction, advise on technology investment priorities, and build scalable operating models as the organization continues to grow.

Responsibilities

People Leadership & Operating Cadence

• Lead, coach, and develop IT and cybersecurity teams with clear performance standards and accountability frameworks
• Design and evolve the organizational structure including workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning
• Establish decision rights and accountability across internal teams, MSPs, and MSSPs
• Build a weekly operating rhythm covering intake, prioritization, escalations, and metrics review
• Foster a culture of customer service, documentation, ownership, and continuous improvement

IT Service Delivery & Reliability

• Own IT service management processes including ticket triage, SLAs, escalation paths, and end-user communications
• Ensure stable operation of core business platforms (Microsoft 365, identity systems, endpoint management, collaboration tools, key SaaS applications)
• Drive standardization of onboarding/offboarding, device lifecycle, patching, and asset management

Cybersecurity Strategy, Governance & Execution

• Define and own multi-year cybersecurity strategy, target maturity, control framework, and investment roadmap
• Establish enterprise security policies across endpoint protection, identity and access, monitoring, vulnerability management, data protection, and incident response
• Enforce least privilege, RBAC, and zero-trust practices across systems and vendor access
• Lead technology and cybersecurity decision-making during material incidents, including executive communication, containment, recovery, and post-incident accountability
• Maintain and test incident response runbooks; coordinate tabletop exercises and post-incident reviews

Risk Management, Compliance & Audit Readiness

• Maintain evidence and control operation for SOC 2, vendor due diligence, and regulatory expectations
• Partner with business owners to close control gaps, remediate findings, and track risk exceptions
• Ensure third-party risk processes are followed for new vendors and renewals

Vendor, MSP/MSSP & Budget Management

• Own departmental budget, workforce plan, vendor portfolio, and sourcing strategy
• Manage relationships with key vendors, MSPs, and security service providers with accountability for outcomes and SLAs
• Lead forecasting, renewal planning, licensing optimization, and procurement in partnership with Operations and Finance

Department Strategy & Executive Leadership

• Define multi-year IT and cybersecurity strategy, target operating model, annual priorities, and investment roadmap
• Make high-impact prioritization and investment decisions across security, reliability, cost, operational risk, and business enablement
• Advise executive leadership on technology risk, operational resilience, material incidents, and investment priorities
• Represent IT and Cybersecurity in executive, audit, board, client, and strategic partner discussions
• Translate strategic priorities into quarterly operating plans with decision-grade reporting on performance, incidents, risks, and roadmap progress

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years in IT operations, cybersecurity, infrastructure, identity, or related technology leadership roles with progressively broader scope
• 5+ years leading teams and leaders, preferably across both internal teams and strategic service providers
• Demonstrated ownership of departmental strategy, budgets, organizational design, executive risk decisions, and material technology or cybersecurity incidents
• Strong experience with Microsoft 365/Entra ID, endpoint management (e.g., JumpCloud/Rippling/MDM), identity standards (SSO/SAML/OIDC/SCIM), and SaaS administration
• Working knowledge of modern security controls: endpoint protection, vulnerability management, logging/monitoring, IAM governance, and incident response
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly to non-technical stakeholders and executives

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar assurance programs
• Familiarity with financial services operational risk and vendor due diligence
• Experience managing MSP/MSSP relationships

Success Metrics

• Executive alignment on multi-year IT and cybersecurity strategy and investment roadmap
• Measurable reduction in enterprise technology and cybersecurity risk with timely closure of material findings
• Ticket SLA attainment and customer satisfaction; reduction in repeat incidents
• Endpoint compliance, patch timeliness, and MFA/conditional access coverage
• Time-to-contain and recover from security incidents; completion of incident response exercises
• Audit/control evidence completeness, on-time delivery, and quality of audit outcomes
• Budget performance, licensing optimization, and measurable vendor value
• Stronger leadership bench and reduced dependency on senior leadership for day-to-day operations

How We Work with You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai partners with leading organizations to connect exceptional candidates with transformative opportunities. When you apply through our platform, a dedicated recruiter will review your background and conduct an initial screening. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration and guide you through each stage of their interview process.

Please apply exclusively through Get A Job.ai. Do not attempt to contact the client organization directly, as all candidates must be presented through our formal recruitment process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices and equal employment opportunity. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and work with our client partners to ensure fair and equitable consideration throughout the recruitment process.