Company:Driven Brands

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Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Driven Brands (NASDAQ: DRVN) is the largest automotive services company in North America, providing a range of consumer and commercial automotive needs, including paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, oil change, maintenance and car wash.

With over 4,500 centers in 15 countries, Driven Brands is the parent company of some of North America’s leading automotive service brands including Take 5 Oil Change, Take 5 Car Wash, Driven Glass, Meineke, Maaco, CARSTAR, and more.  Our network services over 50 million vehicles annually and generates more than $5 billion in system-wide sales each year.

Our culture inspires high performance and innovation, enabling our employees to go further, faster in their careers. With amazing people and great brands, we confidently look forward to exciting growth ahead, and believe in following the values that support this vision.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) will lead a dynamic and diverse team to safeguard the organization's information assets. The CISO is responsible for the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of customer, business partner, employee, and business information, ensuring compliance with the organization's information security policies. A critical component of this role involves collaborating with executive management to establish acceptable risk levels for the organization. The CISO will develop, implement, and maintain a corporate-wide information security management program to ensure robust protection of information assets.Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Leadership: Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive enterprise data privacy, risk management, and IT security programs across a multi-location environment. Make informed strategic decisions with a thorough understanding of execution requirements.Hands-On Execution:  Engage with infrastructure and technical teams to ensure strategic plans are effectively executed and operationalized. Follow through on commitments by working closely with teams on the ground.Governance and Compliance: Enhance and oversee the governance of the enterprise information security roadmap, framework, and policies, ensuring consistent application across all technology projects, systems, and services.Risk Management: Partner with business units to facilitate risk assessment and management processes, integrating security into business operations.Cross-Disciplinary Interaction: Collaborate with related disciplines through committees to ensure policy and standard consistency.Organizational Leadership: Lead and develop the enterprise's information security organization, raising awareness of risk management concerns across the organization.Technology Governance: Participate in business technology governance and planning, providing current security practices and future vision for technology and systems.Communication and Reporting: Prepare and deliver communications, documentation, and presentations for diverse audiences, including end users and the Board of Directors.Vendor Management: Oversee and contribute to responses to IT security information requests from partners and customers, managing vendor partners in the delivery of IT security systems and services.Compliance Assurance: Implement systems, processes, and tools to ensure the protection of the organization’s assets, ensuring compliance with respective policies.Enterprise Risk Management: Provide risk management across all IT systems as an input to Enterprise risk management.Data Privacy Compliance: Develop and implement processes to ensure business units and the overall enterprise comply with data privacy regulations, including consumer personally identifiable information (PII).QualificationsProfessional Certifications: Professional security management certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM).Experience: 8-12 years of experience in risk management, information security, and IT roles.Framework Knowledge: Familiarity with common information security management frameworks, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and NIST.Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of personal integrity.Leadership and Innovation: Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams, demonstrating innovative thinking.Vendor Management: Experience with contract and vendor negotiations and management, including managed services.Project Management: Specific experience in Agile (scaled) project management and process development or other best-in-class project management practices.Cloud Expertise: Experience with Cloud computing/Elastic computing across virtualized environments.Data Privacy: Understanding of and experience designing and managing systems and processes supporting compliance with data privacy regulations.Franchise Experience: Experience operating in a franchise environment is a plus.Skills & RequirementsDetailed Execution:  Strong ability to dig into the details and ensure strategic decisions are effectively executed on the ground.Team Collaboration: Able to work in a team environment and collaborate with business leaders on key IT initiatives and other company projects.Adaptive Working Style: Flexible working style, able to be hands-on or strategic based on business needs.Relationship Management: Effective relationship management at all levels of the organization.Ethics and Integrity: High ethical standards and integrity.Leadership Skills: Proven experience as an IT director or similar role with excellent organizational and leadership skills.Communication Abilities: Outstanding communication abilities across all organizational levels.

Position Location:

South Carolina

Compensation Range:

$167,000.00 - $309,200.00

Compensation Frequency:

Annual

Base pay offered may vary depending on actual location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Supplemental pay types may include commissions or bonus incentives, depending on the role. Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.drivenbrandsbenefits.com