IT Security Strategy Lead

IT Security Strategist

The IT Security Strategist is responsible for shaping and guiding the strategic direction of enterprise security. This role focuses on proactive protection of systems, platforms, and data through architectural foresight, market intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration. It does not manage day-to-day security operations but instead defines how the organization secures its digital assets in alignment with business goals.

This role complements the broader enterprise architecture team structure, which includes Solution Architects, Data Architects, and Lead Software Engineers. It fills a critical gap in strategic security leadership and aligns with the evolving needs of the organization.

This role requires learning the security landscape at Schreiber and developing roadmaps that support mitigating risks and filling gaps in our security program. The ability to learn the business quickly, work across departments and have the ability to communicate to senior leaders on our strategy is critical for selection.

What You'll Do :

• Strategic Security Planning : Develops and maintains a forward-looking security strategy aligned with enterprise architecture, security architecture and business objectives.
• Thought Leadership & Market Intelligence : Monitors global cybersecurity trends, threat landscapes and regulatory changes. Provides strategic insights to leadership on evolving risks and mitigation strategies.
• Architecture & Design Collaboration : Partners closely with security, enterprise, solution and data architects to embed security into design patterns and technology roadmaps.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Act as a liaison between technical teams and executive leadership to translate complex security concepts into actionable business language. Present security reviews, vulnerabilities and risks to the executive team quarterly with support.
• Governance & Policy Development : Contribute to the development of security policies, standards and guidelines. Support governance frameworks that ensure compliance and resilience.
• Infrastructure and Security Operations Collaboration : Partners closely with our security operations and infrastructure teams to implement security policies based on the strategy and roadmap as well as support investigations and incident mitigation as needed for more complex tier 3 issues.

What You'll Need to Succeed :