VP

Summary

Join NBCUniversal as the Vice President, Identity and Security Services, a key leadership role in the new Versant Cyber organization. Build and maintain a threat-informed identity and security platform program, driving innovation in authentication, authorization, and identity governance. Report directly to the Chief Information Security Officer and collaborate with stakeholders across Versant. Responsibilities include strategic direction of the Identity and Security Services organization, managing a team of security engineers and architects, developing a holistic IAM strategy, consulting on security assessments, and driving operational efficiency. This fully remote position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, paid leave, and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

• 10+ years working in a leadership position across cyber security disciplines to include but not limited to Identity and Access Management (IAM), Security Engineering, Product Security, Networking, Platforms, Cloud, or Information Security
• Experience in forecasting and managing cybersecurity budgets and vendor relationships including outsourced staff and services
• Solid IT engineering experience and breadth with exposure to SWE, IT Systems Administration, Enterprise Tooling, Automation, *nix systems, Windows, Cloud (AWS preferred), etc
• Expertise across industry-standard identity solutions including Azure, Entra, SailPoint, CyberArk, etc
• Strong understanding of identity lifecycle, authentication protocols (SAML, OAuth2, OIDC), directory services (LDAP, AD), and federation
• Experience securing identities in cloud environments
• Knowledge of the cyber threat landscape to include different types of adversaries, campaigns, and the motivations that drive them and the ability to translate this to defending Versant
• Strong leadership skills, social and business acumen, and proven results working with leaders across organizational and business lines to solve complex problems
• Experience providing direct support and input to business executives and taking a lead role in driving the strategic direction of the organization’s mission
• Bachelor’s Degree in an IT related field and/or equivalent work experience
• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the strategic direction of the Identity and Security Services organization, its transformation, and engagement/integration across Versant business areas and executive leadership
• Expected to provide regular status updates to Versant Cyber leadership and business area stakeholders regarding organization current state, growth/advancement, and engagement requirements
• Promote, foster, and advocate for an environment of collaboration, diversity, and inclusion
• Manage a team of product-oriented security engineers and architects, each delivering a portion of the overall security product portfolio
• Develop a holistic IAM strategy across the enterprise, balancing business needs with reliable and scalable solutions
• Consult on complex enterprise-wide security assessments and engagements to help engineers see the big picture and incorporate enterprise technology direction into security roadmaps
• Expected to be an advocate and key influencer to drive the Versant Cyber mission with understanding of business area challenges and methods to effectively drive collaboration and risk reduction
• Establish and monitor qualitative and quantitative performance indicators to ensure that high-level objectives for security and reliability are being met
• Drive operational efficiency, ensuring SLAs are met for all IAM and security engineering and product services
• Collaborate and drive productivity and effective integration with adjacent Versant Cyber functions and specifically the synergies required across the security stack and technology platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working in multiple large complex environments and specifically within the Identity and/or Security Engineering components of those organizations
• Previous experience leading identity, security engineering, and/or information security functions in the media and advanced technology industries
• Comfort developing tools and small projects in one or more languages (Python preferred)
• Master’s Degree in an IT related field

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks
• Salary range: $200,000 - $255,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible)