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Director, Information Security

2 months ago


Houston, United States Varsity Tutors LLC Full time

Nerdy is looking for a seasoned and highly skilled Director of Information Security to join our team. This role is pivotal in safeguarding our organization's information assets, developing and implementing robust security strategies, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in information security, risk management, and team leadership.

About Nerdy:

Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) is a leading platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Nerdy’s comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats—including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, and adaptive self-study. Nerdy’s flagship business, Varsity Tutors, is one of the nation’s largest platforms for live online tutoring and classes. Its solutions are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. Learn more about Nerdy at nerdy.com.

What You Bring:

  • 10+ years of security experience developing and leading company-wide security, risk management, and other related programs.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent required.
  • Demonstrated success as a security leader in a consumer-facing business of substantial scale and complexity.
  • In-depth understanding of all related compliance issues in a consumer business including Privacy, GDPR, CCPA, SOX, NIST, etc.
  • Demonstrated understanding of the use of data and analytics in breach detection, monitoring and forensics of the security environment.
  • Deep expertise in audit and assessment methodologies, procedures, and policies that relate to information networks, systems and applications.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, especially in the areas of presentation and interaction with people at all levels across the organization.
  • Ability to inspire investment from the broader population of employees to ensure active participation and championing of key security initiatives.
  • Background in software engineering at product development companies, preferably SaaS or PaaS and experience in start-ups as well as larger enterprises.
  • Experience with modern cloud infrastructure such as AWS and GCP.
  • Experience with automation to scale yourself and the team to identify, audit, and remediate.
  • Decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one.

What You Will Do:

  • Define the functional strategies and specific objectives around policies and procedures to support overall company security to assure the safety of physical and digital assets from internal and external threats.
  • Maintain and present documentation as it relates to cloud security operations, processes, standards, architectures, and provide guidance for security remediation to business and engineering partners.
  • Define the types of security education and training needed, partnering with HR to ensure compliance.
  • Champion Nerdy’s security strategy collaborating with the organization's key partners to establish the vision ensuring the mitigation of risk and the protection of internal data, customer data, and intellectual property.
  • Drive oversight of all activities related to security compliance, focusing specifically on Information Security and Risk Management across departments.
  • Mentor and inspire the security team to continually develop skills, capabilities and partnerships across the organization.
  • Represent the security posture to Nerdy’s leadership team.
  • Stay abreast of current and emerging security threats and design security architecture to mitigate them.
  • Ensure alignment between security architecture frameworks and standards and overall business strategy.
  • Manage the Security and IT teams.

Benefits:

  • Total Compensation Package including Competitive Salary and Equity (Restricted Stock Units) in the company.
  • Healthcare Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life).
  • 401k Company Matching Plan.
  • Maternity, Paternal, and Adoption Leave.
  • Remote Position.
  • Flexible PTO.
  • Free Learning Membership for you and your household (1-1 tutoring hours, unlimited use of on-demand services, and access to our online classes).
  • Unique opportunity to help transform how the world learns

Nerdy is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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