Director Cybersecurity Mergers & Acquisitions

Thomson Reuters•Richmond, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

In this opportunity as Director, Cybersecurity Mergers & Acquisitions , you will: Lead end-to-end cybersecurity due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships. Formulate comprehensive security risk assessments that identify threats, vulnerabilities, compliance gaps, and potential liabilities within target organizations. Define and drive cybersecurity integration roadmaps that align with business timelines and risk tolerance. Develop cost models and estimates for integration activities and ongoing security operations post-close. Serve as the primary cybersecurity voice in M&A deal processes, communicating risk findings and recommendations to executive leadership, boards, and deal sponsors. Build and continuously improve a repeatable, scalable cybersecurity M&A framework, including playbooks, templates, and assessment methodologies. Manage multiple concurrent transactions with competing priorities, maintaining rigor and quality across all workstreams.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership or senior advisory role.
Demonstrated experience supporting M&A transactions in a cybersecurity capacity, including due diligence, risk assessment, and post-close integration.
Broad knowledge across security disciplines, including network security, identity and access management, cloud security, application security, data protection, and governance, risk & compliance.
Experience defining cost estimates for security integration programs and ongoing security operations.
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and present complex topics with clarity.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end cybersecurity due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships.
Formulate comprehensive security risk assessments that identify threats, vulnerabilities, compliance gaps, and potential liabilities within target organizations.
Define and drive cybersecurity integration roadmaps that align with business timelines and risk tolerance.
Develop cost models and estimates for integration activities and ongoing security operations post-close.
Serve as the primary cybersecurity voice in M&A deal processes, communicating risk findings and recommendations to executive leadership, boards, and deal sponsors.
Build and continuously improve a repeatable, scalable cybersecurity M&A framework, including playbooks, templates, and assessment methodologies.
Manage multiple concurrent transactions with competing priorities, maintaining rigor and quality across all workstreams.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match
market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave
optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan