Cybersecurity Manager

Crowe•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Crowe is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager to join their growing team of professionals. This role focuses on evaluating cybersecurity and resilience capabilities and supporting the maturity of programs across clients’ environments. The Manager will work directly with client stakeholders to understand cybersecurity and operational resilience needs, collaborate with engagement team members to plan and execute assessments, enable sustainable cybersecurity and resilience programs, and deliver actionable findings and recommendations to enhance security posture, regulatory compliance, and business continuity.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of total professional experience.
4+ years of hands-on experience delivering cybersecurity or IT risk assessments.
Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity operations and controls, data protection principles, and HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule requirements.
Demonstrated ability to independently manage engagements from planning through reporting with limited oversight.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in documenting observations and explaining results to diverse audiences.
Bachelor’s degree.
One or more relevant professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, HCISPP, or equivalent).

Nice To Haves

Experience assessing or advising on HIPAA compliance, cybersecurity programs, business continuity and disaster recovery, operational or cyber resilience initiatives.
Prior experience at a public accounting or advisory firm delivering cybersecurity, privacy, or resilience services to healthcare or life sciences organizations.

Responsibilities

Planning and executing cybersecurity and resilience assessments across technology and operational domains, including data protection and information governance, HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule assessments, third-party and vendor risk management, incident response, cyber resilience, and disaster recovery, business continuity and operational resilience, and infrastructure and application security controls.
Assessing the design and operating effectiveness of cybersecurity and resilience controls against applicable regulatory requirements and industry frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, etc.).
Supporting integrated assessments that evaluate how cybersecurity controls enable broader business and operational resilience objectives.
Acting as a strategic advisor to client security and risk functions, helping to build, enhance, and operationalize cybersecurity programs across domains such as governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and business resiliency.
Serving as an extension of client teams to lead or support program execution activities, including control implementation, metrics/reporting, issue remediation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Mentoring and supervising junior consultants; contributing to team development and internal knowledge-sharing.
Preparing clear, thorough documentation, reports, and deliverables independently and on schedule.
Communicating assessment scope, procedures, findings, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical client stakeholders.
Maintaining engagement quality and responsiveness throughout the delivery lifecycle, ensuring client confidence and satisfaction.