Director, IT Security - IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance

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Job Title: Director, IT Security - IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Job Code: 47359

Job Location : Melbourne, FL (On-Site)

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description :

The Director, IT Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) is responsible for leading L3Harris information security governance, risk management, and compliance programs. This role establishes and maintains the frameworks, policies, standards, and control processes necessary to protect information assets, support business operations, and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, contractual, and industry security requirements. The Director partners closely with cybersecurity, IT, legal, privacy, internal audit, enterprise risk, and business leadership to strengthen the organization’s security posture and reduce risk exposure.

Essential Functions:

Lead the strategy, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the IT Security GRC program.

Establish and maintain information security governance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, and control objectives.

Lead compliance programs aligned to frameworks such as CMMC, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF, PCI‑DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and other industry standards.

Direct security risk management activities, including risk identification, assessment, treatment, exception management, and reporting.

Oversee the development and maintenance of the information security risk register and remediation tracking processes.

Ensure compliance with applicable information security laws, regulations, contractual obligations, and industry standards.

Partner with cybersecurity and IT teams to evaluate and strengthen technical, administrative, and operational controls.

Provide oversight for security audits, assessments, certifications, customer questionnaires, and regulatory examinations.

Lead third-party security risk management, including vendor assessments and ongoing monitoring of external service providers.

Develop and report key risk indicators, compliance metrics, dashboards, and executive-level updates for senior leadership and board stakeholders.

Oversee policy exception processes, risk acceptance workflows, and corrective action tracking.

Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident remediation from a governance and compliance perspective.

Monitor the regulatory and threat landscape to identify emerging cybersecurity risks and compliance impacts.

Drive security awareness, policy communication, and compliance training initiatives across the organization.

Collaborate with legal, privacy, HR, procurement, and business stakeholders to align security governance with enterprise objectives.

Manage GRC technologies, workflows, evidence repositories, and documentation to ensure audit readiness and operational efficiency.

Build, lead, and develop a high-performing GRC team.

Present security risk, compliance status, and strategic recommendations to executives, auditors, customers, and regulatory bodies.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 15 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.

Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in information security, IT audit, cybersecurity compliance, risk management, or related disciplines.

Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing teams and enterprise-level programs.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Strong knowledge of information security governance, risk management, internal controls, and compliance methodologies.

Experience with major security and control frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, CMMC, ISO 27001, SOX ITGC, GDPR, Essential 8, Cyber Essentials, or similar standards.

Experience supporting internal and external audits, regulatory assessments, and certification initiatives.

Demonstrated ability to translate technical security risks into business terms for executive audiences.

Strong working knowledge of third-party risk management and vendor security review processes.

Experience with GRC tools, workflow automation platforms, and control/evidence management systems.

Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Master’s degree preferred.

CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional

CISM – Certified Information Security Manager

CRISC – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control

CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor

CGEIT – Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor

CMMC CCP/CCA – CMMC Certified Professional/Assessor

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