Sr. Director, Security Architecture - McKesson Corporation Scottsdale, AZ, United States Bookmark Share Print 661 3 4

Listing Description

Success in this role requires broad general technical security knowledge/expertise, proven service management skills, cross-functional project delivery, and the ability to manage a team responsible for driving security goals across the entire company in a highly collaborative manner.

McKesson has embarked on an important mission to become the leader in cybersecurity for global healthcare. We are making significant investments to enhance our capabilities through talent development, resource levels, process maturity, and technology enablement.

As McKesson’s Sr. Director of Security Architecture, you will be a key component of our team. The candidate will manage a team of 10-15 staff with the ability to flex up as needed. He or she will have a deep background in all aspects of security architecture including infrastructure, application, cloud, and mobile. He or she will work collaboratively with the Enterprise Architecture team. The position works with stakeholders in Infrastructure, Operations, Applications, and Data Management to ensure alignment. He or she will also help represent information security on various projects and boards.Strategic Planning – Develops and maintains a comprehensive vision and strategy for security architecture to accomplish department objectives of protecting our systems and data while facilitating new and existing business models highly dependent on technology.

Program Management - Manage a portfolio of architecture related services including the pipeline of projects/tasks to create, evolve, and change them as needed. Various peers and partners will provide support both within and outside the larger ISRM organization including risk management alignment, project management, financial planning, and human resources.

Leadership and Services – Build and lead a team that includes:

Analysis, requirement development, design, and governance of the security processes and tools ecosystem

Security technical and project leadership for fine grained solutions including developing robust security reference architectures

Develop guidelines and processes to govern a centralized security capabilities and services model

Provide technical and/or project leadership function for assigned security projects including; the protection of information systems assets, corporate information, and intellectual property

Leverage existing solutions and global design to drive standardization and simplification to reduce implementation timelines and costs

Build consensus for and communicate security standards and policies

Identify critical path decisions, make recommendations, and influence program leaders / business process owners

Interface with internal and external contributing organizations

Technical advisory and subject matter expertise to internal stakeholders and partners

Maintain a superior knowledge of the cyber security capabilities of operating systems, networking devices, control systems, and vendor offerings

Understand technical issues and the implications to the business, and be able to communicate them to management and other business leaders.

Drive consideration of cybersecurity tools and datasets to enhance detective and preventive control sets

Collaboration, Reporting and Financial Management

Routinely collaborate with other stakeholders in security software engineering, identity and access management, security systems administration/tools management, application security, and our cybersecurity active defense group to defend our enterprise from quickly evolving threats.

Coordinate closely with the ISRM Program Management team to provide regular metrics and reporting to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the services, facilitate appropriate resource allocation, and increase the overall maturity of related security capabilities.

Collaborate with other corporate functions including Internal Audit, Legal and Compliance, Privacy, and Enterprise Sourcing to ensure that the organization maintains a strong security posture.

Liaise with Business Information Security Officers (BISOs) for cybersecurity and IT Risk & Compliance Management program needs within business units.

Develop and manage the related budget and develop strategic plans to invest resources to efficiently reduce risk.

Minimum Requirements

8+ years security architecture experience including 4+ years management experience

Critical Skills

Strong management skills planning, organizing, leading, and measuring service driven teams

Strong interpersonal and communications skills to build/ maintain ongoing business relationships

Experience with compliance regulations/laws, security frameworks and standards (e.g., NIST, HIPAA, ISO, COBIT, OWASP, ITIL, etc.).

Ability to exercise and mentor others on good professional judgment and security-related ethics

Additional Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge of the healthcare, distribution, or software industries is a plus

Experience with law enforcement, defense, or intelligence community a plus

OSCP, SANS/GIAC, CISSP or other similar professional certifications are a plus

Education

4-year degree in computer science, other engineering, or related field or equivalent experience

Physical Requirements

General Office Demands