Sr. Manager, GRC

Avnet•Chandler, AZ

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Senior Manager plays a critical leadership role within the enterprise cybersecurity organization, overseeing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) functions across a complex, global environment. This role is accountable for ensuring cybersecurity risks are identified, assessed, managed, and reported in alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and the organization’s risk appetite. The Cybersecurity Senior Manager collaborates closely with business leaders, IT, Legal, Internal Audit, Procurement, and external auditors to integrate security and compliance into everyday operations while supporting business scalability and agility.

Requirements

Typically 8+ years including 3+ years of management experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.
This position will have access to ITAR product and therefore be authorized to access product.
This position requires the employee to be a U.S. Citizen or National, or a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20), or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Nice To Haves

Multiple functional domains

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise cybersecurity and IT compliance programs, including SOX ITGCs & Application controls, PCI DSS, CMMC, and other applicable regulatory and contractual requirements.
Design, implement, and maintain continuous control monitoring processes to validate the effectiveness of cybersecurity and IT controls on an ongoing basis.
Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into practical, scalable control expectations aligned to enterprise architecture and operational realities.
Proactively identify compliance gaps, assess risk, and drive remediation plans in partnership with control owners.
Periodically assess against NIST CSF and other cybersecurity frameworks.
Own and manage the Audit Liaison function for cybersecurity and IT risk, serving as the primary interface between the company and external auditors, assessors, and regulators.
Support control owners by raising awareness of compliance requirements, assisting with controls design, and serving as primary interface between Global Audit and audited IT teams.
Support Global Audit and external auditors in audit planning, evidence collection, walkthroughs, and issue response across global teams.
Ensure audit findings are clearly understood, risk-ranked, and translated into actionable remediation plans with accountable owners and timelines.
Track and report status of remediation action plans.
Drive consistency and quality in audit responses, reducing friction and repeat findings year over year.
Lead the cybersecurity portion of contract reviews in support of all business units, evaluating customer, partner, and supplier cybersecurity requirements.
Partner with Legal, Sales, Procurement, and Business Leaders to assess contractual risk, negotiate security terms, and ensure commitments align with the company’s cybersecurity capabilities and risk tolerance.
Provide clear guidance on acceptable risk positions and required controls to enable informed business decisions without unnecessary delays.
Facilitate Technical and Organizational Measures (TOMs) review requirements of GDPR during business vendor selection process by coordinating teams to complete the non-cyber portion of the reviews and providing a risk assessment for the cybersecurity component of TOMs.
Provide the complete assessment report and final risk rating to the Business.
Provide assistance to the Business to interpret the risk rating and possible options to mitigate the risks, if required.
Answer Customer’s request for information (RFIs) by completing the cybersecurity portions of RFIs and gathering responses for other IT portions of the RFIs.
Oversee the cybersecurity components of the Third-Party Risk Management program for business suppliers, including risk assessments and due diligence.
Ensure third-party risks are identified, documented, and managed in alignment with enterprise risk management practices.
Collaborate with Business stakeholders and Contracts team to integrate cybersecurity requirements throughout the supplier lifecycle.
Collaborate with Procurement and Vendor Management teams to integrate cybersecurity requirements throughout the vendor lifecycle.
Develop, maintain, and govern enterprise cybersecurity policies and standards.
Ensure policies and standards align with regulatory requirements, industry frameworks, and evolving threat landscapes while remaining practical and business-focused.
Drive awareness and adoption of cybersecurity governance across IT and business stakeholders.
Lead the enterprise cybersecurity training and awareness program, ensuring content is role-appropriate, engaging, and aligned to real-world risks.
Test and raise awareness of phishing reporting processes through phishing exercises.
Measure program effectiveness through metrics, trends, and behavioral indicators, continuously improving the program to address emerging threats and business needs.
Promote a culture of shared responsibility for cybersecurity across the organization.
Own and manage the enterprise cybersecurity risk register, ensuring risks are clearly articulated, consistently assessed, and aligned to the company’s risk taxonomy.
Facilitate risk identification, risk acceptance, and risk treatment decisions with business and technology leaders.
Analyze risk trends and metrics to provide insights that help leadership prioritize investments and focus efforts on the most material risks.
Support executive and board-level reporting by translating technical risk into business-relevant language.
Facilitate communications between IT, Legal, Procurement, HR and business stakeholders during cybersecurity incident response
Provide customer notification requirements to the Security Operations team to maintain as part of Cyber Operations IR plans
Collaborate with Avnet Communications teams for external and internal cybersecurity communications
Collaborate with Legal and Contracts teams for interpretation of contractual, regulatory, and other legal compliance requirements during cybersecurity incidents.
Consult BISOs and Business stakeholders on the certification process, controls, scope, stakeholder identification, preparation for gap assessments, selecting an assessor and business funding.
Provide guidance to the teams to be assessed or audited.
Collaborate with BISOs, third-party assessors and stakeholders to schedule gap assessment interviews, attend gap assessment and certification assessment sessions as a facilitator/subject matter expert (SME) on GIS related topics.
Provide consultation services for assessment and implementation quotes.
Perform self-assessments of IT controls as part of approved project activities.
Manages direct managers and/or highly skilled specialists in multiple global regions who exercise significant latitude and independence.
Often oversees one or more departments or related teams.
Other duties as assigned.