Director, Information Security Program
Req #: | 170545 |
Department: | UW MEDICINE IT SERVICES |
Job Location: | Downtown Seattle, Harborview Medical Center, Health Sciences Center, Northgate, Other Location, Sand Point, Seattle Campus, South Lake Union, UW Medical Center |
Job Location Detail: | Work location will be split between the IBM Building and the NJB Building in downtown Seattle |
Posting Date: | 08/01/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with education and experience. |
Shift: | First Shift |
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UW Medicine’s Information Technology Services (ITS) department is a shared services organization that supports all of UW Medicine. UW Medicine is comprised of Harborview Medical Center (HMC), Northwest Hospital & Medical Center (NWH), Valley Medical Center (VMC), UW Medical Center (UWMC), UW Neighborhood Clinics (UWNC), UW Physicians (UWP), UW School of Medicine (SOM) and Airlift Northwest (ALNW). In addition, UW Medicine shares in the ownership and governance of Children’s University Medical Group and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (a partnership between UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research and Seattle Children’s). ITS is responsible for the ongoing support and maintenance of the infrastructure and applications which support all of these institutions, along with the implementation of new services and applications that are used to support and further the UW Medicine mission.
Under the direction of the UW Medicine Chief Information Security Officer, the Director, Information Security Program (‘Director’) will oversee Information Security and Identity and Access Management (IAM) programs and proactively plan and collaborate with other technology and business leaders to ensure that Information Security and IAM program strategies are in line with UW Medicine strategy and business needs. The successful execution of this position's duties is significant for the overall protection of UW Medicine's reputational, operational, financial, and strategic interests. The Information Security program must also be compliant with UW’s and UW Medicine's policy, applicable laws, and regulations.
The position also collaborates with key stakeholders across the UW and UW Medicine campuses, such as ITS, UW Office of the CISO, and other business units or departments, to ensure effective and timely communication regarding information security incidents and emerging cyberthreats to UW Medicine.
In overseeing the information security and IAM programs, the Director will ensure acceptable quality and responsive services through management and delivery of risk, vulnerability, and threat assessments, incident response, proactive monitoring, and account lifecycle processes. The position will ensure adherence to best practices and proven methodologies to promote mature information security and IAM operations. The successful candidate will provide leadership for the Information Security and IAM teams.
The Director is a mature, experienced leader with excellent interpersonal skills, is a good listener and possesses excellent written and oral communication skills. The incumbent must be technically conversant, yet able to translate technology concepts for people with non-technical expertise. The person in this position must be trustworthy, discrete, have high standards, and be very self-motivated. Flexibility, ingenuity, dedication, enthusiasm, and energy are key attributes. The Director must have strong technical knowledge and skills to work collaboratively in a dynamic, demanding, and multifaceted environment. The Director must be a team player for whom the ownership of ideas is less important than the result of the collaborative effort.
The incumbent must be experienced with, and sensitive to, the information security needs of healthcare, research, and education. The Director must possess a keen intellect and have a fundamental affinity for dealing with complex issues, where many criteria matter to varying degrees to individual constituencies.
Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of information security and IAM compliance requirements and legal developments pertaining to information security standards and best practices are critical for the success of this position.
The individual is expected to demonstrate extensive and comprehensive knowledge and experience with:
ITS is a growing shared services department that implements, deploys and manages highly complex system applications and applications to meet and exceed key IT initiatives that support UW Medicine entities. The need to provide and deploy security engineering services is to ensure that appropriate and effective security controls, techniques and solutions are identified and implemented ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive data. Additional applications and systems are supported through UW Medicine research affiliations such as the Fred Hutchinson’s Cancer Research Center, NIH and other grants, contracts, clinical affiliations and other School of Medicine activities; as well as medical training programs with other institutions such as the Veterans Administration and Madigan Army Medical Center. This position is needed in order to meet federal regulatory requirements under HIPAA, ISO, PCI and other security standards, as well as to ensure the security of systems. Failure to meet regulatory requirements may result in fines, sanctions, loss of public credibility, and other business risks.
Responsibilities include:
Program Management and Operations (60%)
Information Security and IAM Strategy (40%)
This position serves as the Director for the Information Security and IAM teams comprised of two direct report managers and a team of 28 professional staff and contract classified staff FTE technology professionals. The incumbent is expected to provide strong leadership of a team of technical experts in order to provide information security and IAM solutions for UW Medicine. This includes managing the day-to-day work of the team and ensuring that benchmarks are reached on schedule and work product is properly defined and consistently delivered. This position also has project leadership responsibilities for major information security projects and initiatives, as well as strategic information security projects with large infrastructure dependencies.
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Who are we and what do we do?
UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, to provide outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and to prepare tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.
Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, your experiences, perspectives and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.
The University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 / 206-543-6452 (tty) or click here to send an email.
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Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.
The University of Washington is a leader in environmental stewardship & sustainability, and committed to becoming climate neutral.
The University of Washington is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 / 206-543-6452 (tty) or dso@uw.edu.