Security Governance Specialist

Nexiva • Wilmington, NC

2d • $80 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role owns the measurement and reporting layer of the security program. The focus is turning security activity into clear metrics, trends, and business risk insight. The person will map the organization's practices against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, identify where formal control plans exist versus where gaps remain, and build the reporting that lets executives see risk before it becomes an incident. This is a senior IT security governance resource (SME) that will come in and do a discovery of their current state and goals and then recommend the required solution. This is a heavy IT security governance position.

Requirements

• 10+ years in security governance, risk, compliance (GRC), or security program management.
• Strong working knowledge of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and how it applies to business control plans.
• Experience building metrics, dashboards, or reporting programs, ideally in Power BI.
• Comfortable working with data pulled from SQL based sources; does not need to write complex queries, but should understand the data structure.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present risk and metrics to executive audiences in plain business terms.
• Experience working in a Microsoft centric IT environment.

Nice To Haves

• Candidates must have good tenure and/or long projects.
• Candidates with recent local projects required.
• Local only
• USC Only (Native)

Responsibilities

• Build and own a security metrics program that tracks control coverage, risk trends, and program maturity over time.
• Map current security practices to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and clearly document where formal control plans exist and where they do not.
• Translate technical security data into business language executives can act on.
• Design and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports that give leadership ongoing visibility into security posture.
• Identify emerging risk trends early and flag them before they turn into incidents.
• Partner with security, IT, and business stakeholders to build remediation and mitigation plans for identified gaps.
• Establish recurring reporting cadences and executive briefings on program health.
• Recommend and track key risk indicators (KRIs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) tied to the security program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed