Senior Director, Cybersecurity & Risk Management

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Senior Director, Cybersecurity & Risk Management

Senior Director, Cybersecurity & Risk Management

NJ
• Engineering

Since 2000, Smartlinx has been redefining how senior care organizations manage their workforce. Our modern, purpose-built solutions—from dynamic scheduling and compliance to integrated payroll and real-time analytics—give providers the agility and intelligence needed to thrive in today’s healthcare environment.

As the parent company of Bek Tek (Hosted Time) and Staffer Link, Smartlinx brings together a wide range of solutions for managing both full-time and contingent staff. Together, these capabilities give Smartlinx the most comprehensive workforce management solution set in senior care.

We’re driven by one mission: to power exceptional senior care through smarter workforce management. Join us as we shape the future of work in long-term care.

Smartlinx is at a pivotal point in its history. With recent acquisitions, the business is poised for significant growth through organic product development, new market penetration, and the integration of acquired entities. The Senior Director, Cybersecurity & Risk Management will build and lead Smartlinx’s information security function from the ground up across the combined organization. This leader will define the vision, strategy, team, and processes needed to protect the organization’s information assets while supporting the company’s entrepreneurial culture and growth ambitions.

• Define and lead the overall enterprise information security and risk management program — covering both internal IT security and customer-facing product security across the combined portfolio.
• Maintain compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and standards across all entities, including SOC 2. Conduct compliance gap analyses for Bektek and Staffer Link and drive remediation to align with Smartlinx standards.
• Leverage AI and automation to improve threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance monitoring.
• Monitor threats, manage vulnerabilities, and lead day-to-day security operations across all Smartlinx, Bektek, and Staffer Link environments.
• Own and operate the incident response process, ensuring internal and external experts are ready for rapid response to security events.
• Build, hire, and lead a unified cybersecurity security team and establish strong working partnerships with product engineering.
• Establish governance frameworks and security policies for AI and machine learning use across the organization, including AI-powered product features, internal AI tools, and third-party AI services.
• Drive security awareness through training and communications across the organization, including onboarding Bektek and Staffer Link teams on Smartlinx security standards.
• Support sales teams in responding to customer security inquiries across all product lines.
• Lead the security integration of Bektek and Staffer Link: assess inherited systems, remediate gaps, harmonize policies and controls, and rationalize overlapping tools and vendor relationships.
• Develop and execute a phased security integration roadmap aligned with business integration timelines.
• Report on the security program’s status, integration progress, and risk posture to Executive leadership.

• 10+ years of information security and risk management leadership experience.
• Experience leading security integration during and after M&A activity.
• Demonstrated ability to build enterprise-wide security programs, monitor for threats, implement preventive measures, and communicate security requirements to audiences ranging from the Executive leadership to software engineers.
• Ability to assess threats from both a business and technical perspective and develop practical, cost-effective security solutions.
• Experience developing AI governance frameworks and security policies for AI/ML systems.
• Familiarity with AI-driven security tools and automation.
• SOC 2 compliance expertise and experience obtaining SOC 2 certification is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Able…