IT Security Manager Madison, WI

Information Security Manager

Robert Half is looking for an Information Security Manager for our partner in the Madison, WI area. This role will take ownership of a growing security program and lead a team responsible for keeping the organization's technology environment secure, resilient, and compliant.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can operate at both the strategic and technical levels. You'll help shape the security roadmap, lead day-to-day security operations, develop the team, and partner with infrastructure and business leaders to improve the organization's overall security posture.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing a team of security engineers/administrators, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Owning the security program across security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, security engineering, and GRC.
• Establishing security standards, policies, processes, and metrics and continuously improving how security is managed.
• Leading response to significant security incidents and overseeing remediation, root-cause analysis, and post-incident improvements.
• Managing vulnerability remediation, security assessments, penetration testing, audits, and compliance requirements.
• Overseeing security technologies including SIEM, EDR, firewalls, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, and related tools.
• Partnering with infrastructure and technology leadership on security architecture, cloud security, access controls, hardening, and risk management.
• Managing relationships with MDR providers and other security vendors, holding partners accountable for service levels and results.
• Identifying opportunities to automate security processes using scripting, SOAR, AI, and other emerging technologies.
• Translating business priorities and security risks into a practical roadmap of projects and improvements.
• Communicating security risks, priorities, and recommendations to technical teams and senior leadership.
• Building a security-first culture through awareness, education, and collaboration across the organization.