Director, Security Engineering
HealthVerity
Please note: This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days in office at our Philadelphia HQ - 1818 Market Street.
How you will help
As the security thought leader for HealthVerity, you will assist in developing long term organization-wide strategies and governance, developing plans to execute that strategy, while overseeing daily activity for your team. Working alongside our engineering and business operations groups, your team will be responsible for designing and enforcing security policies and procedures. Security is paramount at HealthVerity and is critical in every business relationship made. Your team will be leveraging state of the art tools and aligning with the highest industry standards to deliver solutions that meet the strict demands of the healthcare data processing industry. Peer review of solutions and implementations is expected as a collaborative environment. You will play an integral part in building the foundation of HealthVerity’s future.
What you will do
- Set the strategy for security across a broad range of cloud infrastructure
- Own and manage security operations, programs (e.g., policies and procedures) and strategy
- Drive security compliance through development of a culture of security
- Supporting company-wide audits; Lead security audit and assessment activities
- Develop best in class processes to identify, assess, and remediate security threats of any sort
- Establish remediation of recurring security audits and exercises
- Manage third party platform and vendor relationships
- Evolve security best practices through every facet of the company from its SSDLC to endpoint and employee behavior
- Assist in architectural designs and decisions
- Partner with senior leadership and other internal stakeholders across the organization to mature HealthVerity’s implementation of enterprise information security and risk management
- Work directly with business groups to facilitate risk assessment and risk management processes, and with your team to continue maturing our adoption and implementation of best security practices
- Represent the company on topics of security of any sort
- Evolve and contribute to broader risk management around topics like business continuity and disaster recovery
How success is defined
- Understand security threats at their very core because you have been studying them from all aspects
- Ability to distinguish between security processes that check boxes and those that harden systems and operations to threats
- You understand there’s never such a thing as perfect security and are constantly improving
- Your curiosity about the types of risks the company may face and constantly staying one step ahead of potential threats
- Being data-driven; testing and measuring every step
- You know the relevance of monitoring and measuring systems to identify bottlenecks
- You automate everything
- Keeping up to date on the latest trends and topics in security technology
- You consider NIST 800-53 and ISO27001 as good starts to security
Desired Skills and Experience
- Experience in hardening cloud architectures
- Hands on experience with automated infrastructure configuration management
- Experience in meeting security certification requirements (HIPAA, SOC, etc)
- Possessing both technical and security skills; must hold CISSP or multiple security certifications
- Must have 3 or more years of previous experience with implementing or managing a security program
- Must have 3 or more years of previous experience leading & managing security audit and assessment activities
- Understanding of Public Sector InfoSec standards and FedRAMP
Base salary for the role is commensurate with experience and can range between $175,000 - 250,000 + annual bonus opportunity.
Hiring Locations
Our main office is located in Center City, Philadelphia, where we operate on a hybrid model with in-office work required three days a week for local employees. We believe collaboration is most effective when teams come together, which is why we prioritize hiring in the Philadelphia area.
For certain roles, we also hire from hub locations—regions where we have an established presence with multiple team members working remotely. While these employees primarily work from home, we bring them together in person at lease once a year for team-building, collaboration, and strategic planning.
Due to tax and labor regulations, we can only hire from specific states. Remote work is supported in the following key hub locations and approved states:
Hub Locations:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Boston, Massachusetts
- New York City, New York
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Washington, D.C.
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Chicago, Illinois
Approved States for Remote Work:
CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, and VA.
About HealthVerity
HealthVerity is the leader in privacy-protected real-world data exchange, transforming how healthcare and life sciences organizations connect and analyze disparate healthcare and consumer data. We continue to innovate HealthVerity Marketplace, the nation's first and largest real-world data ecosystem comprising more than 75 leading data providers and over 340 million US patients. Combined with Identity Manager, the industry's most accurate and efficient solution for patient identity, privacy and governance, we support critical applications in clinical development, commercial strategy, regulatory decision-making, population health, underwriting and more. HealthVerity has raised more than $140 million to date and works closely with its data providers, partners and clients to Synchronize the Science. To learn more about HealthVerity, visit healthverity.com.
Why you'll love working here
We are making a difference – Our technology is at the forefront of some of the biggest healthcare challenges in the world.
We are one team – Our people define our culture and always will. We take time out to celebrate each other, and acknowledge the value that each of us adds towards our greater mission. Come share all you have to offer with our 200-person team.
We are learners – Every team member is continually learning, no matter if we've been in a role for one year or much longer. We are committed to learning and implementing what is best for our clients, partners, and each other.
Benefits & Perks
Our benefits package is thoughtfully designed to support and enrich the experience of our full-time employees, with eligibility limited to those in permanent positions.
- Compensation: competitive base salary & annual bonus opportunity (for non-commissioned roles)
- Benefits: We offer a 401(k) plan and stock options. Health, dental, and vision coverage start on day 1, while 401(k) eligibility and stock options follow soon after.
- Flexible location: Remote workdays and 3 days a week of in-office collaboration for team members in the Philadelphia area. Check location requirements with the recruiting team.
- Generous PTO: Take time off as needed, targeted at 4 weeks per year, including vacation, personal and sick time, plus paid parental leave.
- Parental Leave: 12 weeks paid leave for childbearing, surrogacy, and adoption; 6 weeks for non-childbearing parents.
- Comprehensive and individualized onboarding: mentorship program, departmental talks, and a library of resources are available beginning day 1 for each new team member to minimize the stress of starting a new job
- Professional development: biweekly 1:1s, hands-on leadership that is goal-and growth-oriented for each team member, and an annual budget to support professional development pursuits
We believe incorporating different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds make us stronger and encourages an environment where ageism, racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia or any other form of discrimination are not tolerated. All qualified job applicants will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. At HealthVerity, we’re working towards an innovative and connected future for healthcare data and believe the future is better together. We can only do that if everyone has a seat at the table.
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to careers@healthverity.com
Remote opportunities are not available in all areas and require team members to work from a fixed location due to tax and labor law implications - specific questions about remote positions can be discussed during the interview process with your recruiter.