Associate Director - Cybersecurity Posture, Hygiene and AI

About the role

This role builds and leads an enterprise security posture and hygiene program with a specific emphasis on configuration drift technologies and services. You are a people manager, accountable for setting direction, developing talent, and delivering sustained program outcomes. You will define the strategy, operating model, metrics, and governance needed to continuously improve control effectiveness across on-premise and cloud environments and ensure AI-enabled workflows operate within enterprise security, privacy, and data protection expectations by detecting misuse, configuration drift, and control gaps.

Responsibilities

• Builds and leads a security posture and hygiene program, including strategy, roadmap, operating cadence, governance, and direct people management.
• Manages and develops a multidisciplinary team responsible for control assessments, configuration hygiene, remediation planning, and continuous improvement, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Leverages AI as an accelerator and enabler to drive speed and efficiency in continuous control monitoring and response.
• Integrates posture and hygiene telemetry from AI-enabled tools, custom tools and workflows to detect misuse, configuration drift, and critical control deviations.
• Identifies patterns of intentional and unintentional misuse of AI-enabled tools and workflows and translates those findings into preventive, systemic control improvements.
• Develops and matures a control framework aligned to the Center for Internet Security (CIS) Top 18 Controls and associated safeguards, tailoring implementation guidance to AbbVie environments.
• Establishes a consistent methodology to assess control maturity, identify systemic gaps, and prioritize remediation based on risk and business impact.
• Partners with infrastructure, cloud, identity, network, endpoint, application, and AI engineering teams to embed secure-by-default configurations and resilient architectures.
• Buils metrics, dashboards, and executive-ready reporting that provides actionable insight into posture trends, control effectiveness, and remediation progress.
• Drives enablement by publishing standards, playbooks, and guidance that helps teams design, deploy, and operate securely.
• Continuously evolves the program by staying current on emerging risks related to AI, automation, and modern attack techniques.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 9 years of experience OR Master's Degree and 8 years of experience OR PhD and 4 years of experience
• Proven leadership in cybersecurity, with extensive experience in managing security posture and hygiene strategies within complex and diverse IT environments
• Experience implementing an AI security program across an enterprise.
• Expert knowledge of operating systems, networking protocols, systems administration, X as a service, applications, and security technologies.
• Expert knowledge and application of cybersecurity terminology, concepts, and the cyber threat landscape and attack vectors.
• Deep understanding of risk management principles and the ability to integrate these into security practices.
• Demonstrated ability to innovate and adapt in response to a constantly changing environment.
• Advanced critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills with business and technical groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and listening skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to interface effectively with clients, IT management, and staff.
• A sincere desire to learn, grow, and go beyond personal capabilities, staying abreast of the latest developments in the cybersecurity landscape.

Qualifications

• Professional cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CIS Controls, etc.) are highly desirable.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k).
• Participation in short-term incentive programs.

Pay

$141,500 - $268,500 USD