Director, Information Security
About The Position
AGFA HealthCare is seeking an operational Director, Information Security to define and execute the company’s global cybersecurity vision across all business units and geographies. This role provides enterprise-wide security leadership with primary operational focus on cloud-native and SaaS platforms, while maintaining oversight of legacy on-premise environments. The leader is accountable for measurable security outcomes, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of healthcare data and systems, strengthening regulatory posture, and reinforcing trust in AGFA HealthCare’s imaging and informatics platforms. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines strategic partnership at the enterprise level with execution-oriented ownership of security operations.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with 5+ years leading enterprise security programs or functions; proven leadership in high-growth or highly regulated environments.
- Demonstrated success designing and operating security programs aligned to leading frameworks and sustaining regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
- Expert ability to identify, prioritize, and communicate risk; proven track record translating complex technical concepts into actionable insights and decisions for executive, Board, and technical audiences.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills; experienced at influencing product, engineering, IT, legal, compliance, and operations stakeholders.
- Advanced knowledge across core security domains: endpoint protection, monitoring/telemetry, DLP, IAM/zero trust, vulnerability/patch management, incident response, cloud and infrastructure security, authentication/authorization, and sensitive data protection.
- Experience leading incident response, resiliency programs, and crisis management, including executive and Board-level reporting.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced security certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, AWS Certified Security).
- Background in medical imaging or healthcare IT.
- Familiarity with AI/ML security considerations.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and direction for security operations across AGFA HealthCare, including cloud and on-premise environments.
- Establish, scale, and continuously improve SOC capabilities, ensuring effective detection, response, and recovery aligned with business needs and risk profile.
- Oversee threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and incident response with a focus on automation and continuous improvement.
- Partner with CloudOps and DevOps teams to integrate DevSecOps practices into CI/CD pipelines.
- Optimize and scale security tooling, including AWS-native services and endpoint protection platforms.
- Ensure compliance with global security and privacy standards across cloud and on-premise environments.
- Oversee risk assessments, privacy impact analyses, and security reviews.
- Maintain and evolve the incident response program in partnership with Legal, Privacy, ISP, and Quality and Regulatory teams.
- Define and execute AGFA HealthCare’s enterprise information security strategy in alignment with business goals, healthcare regulations, and patient safety priorities.
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the board on cyber risk posture, emerging threats, and security investment priorities.
- Serve as an executive customer-facing security leader, engaging directly with clients to articulate the company’s security strategy, build trust, address risk and compliance concerns, and support sales efforts by positioning security as a strategic business enabler.
- Lead the development and evolution of governance frameworks, policies, and standards supporting HIPAA, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and SOC 2.
- Embed security by design across products, platforms, imaging workflows, and the full data lifecycle, including third-party and embedded solutions.
- Partner with Marketing and commercial teams to articulate AGFA HealthCare’s security posture and trust narrative to the market.
- Champion a strong culture of security awareness, education, and accountability across R&D, CloudOps, and customer-facing teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefit package.
- Career development and growth.
- Training and career development programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
