Principal, Emerging Technologies & Professional Practices

ISACA

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About The Position

The Principal, Emerging Technologies & Professional Practices plays a critical role in shaping ISACA’s technical content strategy and advancing the organization’s position as a global thought leader in digital trust and innovation. This individual is responsible for leading the development of practical, forward-looking content and tools that reflect current and emerging trends in cybersecurity, cloud, AI, and other disruptive technologies. The Principal serves as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor within the organization, providing internal guidance and external representation on matters related to emerging technologies. In addition, this position plays a key role in building hands-on, experiential learning environments and advocating for the inclusion of technical competencies across ISACA’s professional practice areas.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Instructional Design, or a closely related technical discipline is required
8-10 years Designing, developing, or managing technical content, including training programs, research deliverables, or credentialing materials in emerging technologies (e.g., cybersecurity, cloud, AI, blockchain).
Creating or implementing hands-on learning environments such as virtual labs or simulation-based assessments.
Working with subject matter experts or volunteer technical groups to guide content or credential development.
Supporting conferences, webinars, podcasts, or other educational events through content review, speaker support, or technical validation.
Experience using the following cybersecurity-related tools, products, and features: CyberChef, Kibana, Metasploit Framework, Nmap, OpenVAS, Security Onion, Wireshark, hashing tools
Proficiency with scripting languages e.g., minimally, PowerShell and Python.
Experience creating hands-on, lab-based activities.
Strategic and systems-level thinking with ability to translate technical trends into practical guidance
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience producing professional publications or content
Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and across global time zones
Passion for innovation, learning, and advancing the profession
Requires periodic travel (5-10%) to industry and/or ISACA events to support thought leadership and evangelism of research.

Nice To Haves

Masters degree in Cybersecurity, Technology Management, Information Systems, Digital Learning, or Educational Technology
10+ years Developing performance-based assessments or technical simulations aligned to professional certification or upskilling programs.
Utilizing learning management systems (LMS) and tools for online lab deployment (e.g., AWS CloudLabs, Cyberbit, RangeForce, or similar).
Experience securing AI solutions
Professional Association/volunteer engagement
AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, Azure Associate (ANY), CCOA, CEH, CISSP, CISM

Responsibilities

Lead development of emerging technical content for training, knowledge certificates, research deliverables, etc. that will enhance the capabilities of ISACA members and bring value to the enterprise where they are employed. This includes providing suggestions for materials and references that need to be included in content deliverables and assessing the qualifications of subject matter experts to support development and review activities.
Develop high-quality virtual laboratory environments according to supplied content and test functionality. Implement best practices and branding guidelines on various credentialing deliverables
Partner and collaborate with the Events Programming Director to inform appropriate content is included in ISACA conferences, podcasts, ISACA TV and industry articles. Evaluate conference submission proposals and review final presentations.
Acts as internal subject matter expert (SME) in the Emerging Technology Professional Practices for ISACA Global and recruits, mobilizes, manages and supports assigned volunteer groups of SMEs to ensure successful achievement of project objectives by leading and facilitating the work of the group.
Serve as ISACA technical lead for hands-on item development in assigned groups to support the achievement of ISACA objectives. Aid in research and development efforts for new tools, techniques and capabilities for inclusion in credentialing programs.
Respond to customer support tickets in a timely fashion with detailed explanations and escalate tickets to management when necessary
Participate in activities necessary to support and develop strategic alliances to increase the visibility of ISACA.