Assistant Vice President, Information and Cybersecurity

Assistant Vice President, Information and Cybersecurity Organization:

Pattern Energy

Houston, Texas

About the job Company Overview Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence.

Our approach begins and ends with establishing trust, accountability, and transparency. Our company values of creative spirit, pride of ownership, follow-through, and a team-first attitude drive us to pursue our mission every day. Our culture supports our values by fostering innovative and critical thinking and a deep belief in living up to our promises. Headquartered in the United States, Pattern has a global portfolio of more than 30 power facilities and transmission assets, serving various customers that provide low-cost clean energy to millions of consumers.

JOB PURPOSE

The AVP, Information & Cybersecurity supports the SVP, Enterprise Technology in establishing, operating, and continuously improving Pattern Energy's cybersecurity, technology risk, operational resilience, AI governance, and critical infrastructure protection capabilities. This leader partners closely with Enterprise Technology, Power Operations, Engineering, EPC, Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Enterprise Excellence, and executive leadership to embed cybersecurity and technology risk management into enterprise operations and strategic decision-making.

Success requires balancing operational reliability, safety, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity risk reduction, scalability, and innovation while supporting secure business growth. The role is also responsible for ensuring the resilience, recoverability, and cybersecurity readiness of enterprise and operational technology environments supporting Pattern's generation, storage, and transmission assets, including executive oversight of NERC CIP governance, cyber crisis management, operational resilience, and AI security governance.

• Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk & Governance

• Develop and execute a multi-year cybersecurity, resilience, technology risk, and AI governance strategy aligned with enterprise objectives and growth plans.
• Establish enterprise governance, risk management, reporting, and investment processes that improve accountability, transparency, operational resilience, and decision-making.
• Develop cybersecurity operating and capital budgets while prioritizing investments based on business value, risk reduction, resilience, and regulatory obligations.
• Provide executive leadership and Board reporting on cyber risk, resilience, material incidents, emerging threats, NERC CIP readiness, and strategic priorities.
• Conduct cybersecurity maturity assessments, benchmarking, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote a culture of cybersecurity awareness, executive cyber literacy, and responsible AI adoption across the enterprise.

• Cybersecurity Operations & Resilience

• Lead enterprise cybersecurity capabilities including threat detection, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, identity and cloud security, incident response, cyber defense, and attack surface management.
• Ensure effective protection, monitoring, response, recovery, business continuity, disaster recovery, and cyber crisis management across enterprise and operational technology environments.
• Leverage automation and AI-enabled capabilities to improve cybersecurity effectiveness, operational efficiency, and resilience.
• Oversee third-party cyber risk management across vendors, contractors, cloud providers, EPC partners, and strategic service providers.

• Operational Technology & Critical Infrastructure Security

• Lead cybersecurity governance supporting operational technology environments including SCADA, industrial control systems, generation, storage, transmission, plant communications, and operational support systems.
• Establish standards for secure architecture, remote access, network segmentation, monitoring, asset visibility, vendor connectivity, and operational resilience.
• Support secure integration of new facilities, acquisitions, operational technologies, and enterprise growth initiatives while maintaining reliability, safety, and resilience.

• Regulatory Compliance &…