Full-Time

Chief Information Security Officer

Posted on 10/31/2025

Deadline 12/23/26
The J. Paul Getty Trust

The J. Paul Getty Trust

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Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Category
IT & Security (1)
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or a combination of education and relevant experience
  • 12+ years information technology experience with 5 or more years in a security role
  • Demonstrated experience and success in leadership roles in risk management, cybersecurity, and information technology
  • Sound knowledge of business management and a working knowledge of cybersecurity risk management and cybersecurity technologies
  • Deep understanding of frameworks and laws (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, PCI-DSS)
  • Strong grasp of network security, cloud security, application security, identity/access management, and encryption technologies
  • Ability to direct incident response and manage security breaches from detection through recovery
  • Ability to evaluate and manage external vendors’ security postures
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical ideas to non-technical audience and works with individuals at all levels including senior executives and board members
  • Ability to partner effectively with IT, legal, compliance, HR, operations, and executive leadership
  • Experience fostering a culture of security awareness across the organization and in establishing KPIs, metrics, and reporting mechanisms for security program effectiveness
  • Demonstrated experience in leading/mentoring team members and providing technical guidance to customers and stakeholders
  • High level of integrity and excellent judgment concerning proprietary and privacy issues
Responsibilities
  • Responsible for developing, implementing and running the enterprise cybersecurity program
  • Oversees, leads and develops plans to safeguard information technology systems and information against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction or disclosure
  • Manages external vendors and partners including our outsourced Security Operations Center, auditors, and other
  • Enhances the security posture by adopting a cybersecurity framework that is applicable to the organization
  • Oversees IT business recovery plans and processes to meet enterprise requirements
  • Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA)
  • Direct incident response and manage security breaches from detection through recovery
  • Participates in and leads internal audits, develops appropriate criteria needed to assess the level of new/existing applications and/or technology infrastructure elements for compliance with enterprise security standards
  • Performs security risk assessment and mitigation. Inspects system and network data for computer and network usage policy compliance, system integrity and incident response
  • Develops a targeted cybersecurity awareness training program for all employees, contractors and approved system users, and establishes metrics to measure the effectiveness of this security training program for the different audiences
  • Leads the development and documentation of information security policies, standards, best practices and guidelines
  • Develops and implements ongoing test plans to ensure compliance with standards and processes (selecting sample, verifying documentation and other requirements)
  • Researches, designs and advocates new technologies, architectures and security products
  • Maintains an expert awareness of information security issues, incidents, problems, utilities, legal requirements and solutions for all major information system platforms
Desired Qualifications
  • Master’s degree preferred
  • Certification preferred as CISSP/ISSEP, or in forensics, information security, intrusion detection, etc
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