Vice President of Information Security & Technology

Description

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Kids (formerly Episcopal Children’s Services) is a 2026 Top Workplace that honors young children’s immense potential by helping them enter school ready to learn. We cultivate lifelong learners by immersing children in enriching guided experiences and discovery-oriented approaches. Through programs like Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK), Head Start, School Readiness, Child Care Resource & Referral (CCRR), and more, our dedicated professionals work with families and caregivers throughout Florida to promote children’s well-being.

These enable us to strengthen key areas including motor development, cognitive development, social and emotional development, language and communication skills, and problem-solving skills.

Partner with us to help empower communities to rise above generational poverty with comprehensive early childhood education and holistic family support. We have career opportunities available in several counties throughout Northeast and Central Florida.

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Kids offers a competitive benefit package which includes:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 403(b) plan with 5% employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Long-term & short-term disability insurance
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Generous paid time off
• Career development
• Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Salary commensurate with experience.

The Vice President of Technology & Security serves as a strategic technology partner to executive leadership, translating agency goals into a multi-year technology and security roadmap. The Vice President provides strategic leadership and oversight of all IT and information security functions for Episcopal Children's Services (ECS4

Kids), ensuring the reliability, security, compliance, and effectiveness of the agency's technology infrastructure, cloud platforms, telecommunications, and information assets across a 24-county service territory in Florida and Georgia.

Serving as the agency's Information Systems Security Oficer (ISSO), the Vice President owns cybersecurity, data governance, business continuity/disaster recovery, vendor management, technology planning, and regulatory compliance, and protects sensitive child, family, employee, and agency information. The role develops technology policies, procedures, and security controls that align with organizational strategy, compliance requirements, and risk tolerance.

The Vice President advises executive leadership and the Board of Directors on technology strategy, cybersecurity risk, and emerging technologies, and builds the technical and leadership capacity of a lean IT team supporting more than 1,000 end users across the agency's geographic footprint. In a department of this size, the Vice President is expected to operate as a player-coach — moving fluidly between strategic leadership and direct technical engagement as operational demands require.

• Partner with leadership to anticipate technology needs, develop a multi-year technology roadmap, and identify opportunities to improve business processes, service delivery, and efficiency through technology.
• Partner with Fiscal, Grants, and Program leadership to align technology investment with agency growth, funder priorities, and grant competitiveness.
• Serve as liaison between users, departments, vendors, and technical support providers, and report on technology performance, risk, and compliance to executive leadership and the Board.

• Oversee administration, configuration, security, and integration of the agency's SaaS ecosystem, including Microsoft 365, Net Suite (ERP), Paylocity (HCM), and other critical cloud platforms used across all program operations.
• Lead evaluation, selection, procurement, contract negotiation, and lifecycle management of SaaS and technology vendors, ensuring vendors meet security, compliance, and performance obligations.
• Maintain system access controls, identity management, and MFA enforcement across all cloud platforms; ensure proper ofboarding and access revocation protocols.
• Oversee implementation, upgrades, and vendor support of…