Chief Information Technology Officer jobs in Columbia, MO

Job Location: Harry S. Truman State Office Building; 301 W. High St., Jefferson City, MO 65101

Why you’ll love this position:

The Chief Information Security Officer is a key member of the State of Missouri IT leadership team and is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of the State's information security program, facilitating information security compliance, and establishing and implementing appropriate policies to manage information security risk. We are seeking a strong, knowledgeable leader to provide vision, strategy, and broad-based planning in the area of information security.

• Provides regular reporting on the current status of the information security program to enterprise risk teams, senior leaders as part of a strategic enterprise risk management program, thus supporting business outcomes for all executive departments.
• Develops, socializes, and coordinates approval and implementation of security policies.
• Works with the Division of Purchasing to ensure that information security requirements are included in contracts.
• Understands and interacts with related disciplines, either directly or through committees, to ensure the consistent application of policies and standards across all technology projects, systems and services, including privacy, risk management, compliance and business continuity management.
• Provides clear risk mitigating directives for projects with components in IT, including the mandatory application of controls.
• Leads the information security function across the State of Missouri to ensure consistent and high-quality information security management in support of the business goals.
• Determines the information security approach and operating model in consultation with stakeholders and aligned with the risk management approach and compliance monitoring of non-digital risk areas.
• Manages the budget for the information security function, monitoring and reporting discrepancies.
• Manages the cost-efficient information security organization, consisting of direct reports. This includes hiring, training, staff development, performance management and quarterly performance reviews.
• Develops, implements and monitors a strategic, comprehensive information security program to ensure appropriate levels of confidentiality, integrity, availability, safety, privacy and recovery of information assets owned, controlled or/and processed by the organization.
• Works effectively with executive departments to facilitate information security risk assessment and risk management processes.
• Facilitates a metrics and reporting framework to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, facilitates appropriate resource allocation, and increases the maturity of the information security, and reviews it with stakeholders at the executive and board levels.
• Builds and nurtures external networks consisting of industry peers, ecosystem partners, vendors and other relevant parties to address common trends, findings, incidents and cybersecurity risks
• Liaises with external agencies, such as law enforcement and other advisory bodies, as necessary, to ensure that the organization maintains a strong security posture and is kept well-abreast of the relevant threats identified by these agencies.
• Ensures that security is embedded in the project delivery process by providing the appropriate information security policies, practices and guidelines.
• Monitors the external threat environment for emerging threats, and advises relevant stakeholders on the appropriate courses of action.
• Develops and oversees effective disaster recovery policies and standards to align with the enterprise business continuity management (BCM) program goals.
• Coordinates the development of implementation of incident response plans and procedures to ensure that business-critical services are recovered in the event of a security event; provides direction, support, and in-house consulting in these areas.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in business administration or a technology-related field, or equivalent work- or education-related experience
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO) or other similar credentials
• Demonstrated experience and success in senior leadership roles in risk management, information security, and IT or OT security.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience successfully executing programs that meet the objectives of excellence in a dynamic business environment.
• Experience with contract and vendor negotiations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills, and the ability to communicate information security and risk-related concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences at various hierarchical levels, ranging from board members to technical specialists.
• Strategic leader and builder of both vision and bridges, and able to energize the appropriate teams in the organization.
• Ability to lead and motivate the information security team to achieve tactical and strategic goals.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Excellent analytical skills, the ability to manage multiple projects under strict timelines, as well as the ability to work well in a demanding, dynamic environment and meet overall objectives.
• Project management skills: financial/budget management, scheduling and resource management.
• A master of influencing entities and decisions in situations where no formal reporting structures exist, but achieving the desirable outcome is vital.
• Training, certification, and/or education in continuous process improvement programs such as Lean Six Sigma as well as completion of Missouri Way, Leadership Academy, and similar programs is preferred.

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here.

If you have questions about this position please contact:

Recruiter@oa.mo.gov