SVP/CISO Cyber and Product Security

Location: Waukesha, WI, USA

Company

hirify.global develops energy technology and power solutions focused on protecting homes, strengthening businesses, and supporting a resilient and sustainable energy future.

What you will do

• Define and execute a multi-year enterprise cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, operating model, organizational design, and budget aligned with business objectives.
• Lead global security operations, cybersecurity engineering, governance, risk and compliance, product and IoT security, and OT/ICS security across manufacturing and distribution facilities.
• Own product security for connected products, energy technology platforms, and IoT ecosystems, including secure-by-design practices, secure development lifecycles, PSIRT, coordinated vulnerability disclosure, and product security compliance.
• Establish IT/OT convergence governance, network segmentation and access standards, incident response readiness, and security controls that balance risk reduction with production uptime and safety.
• Direct enterprise response to material cyber incidents and communicate with executive leadership, the Board, legal counsel, insurers, regulators, customers, and external partners.
• Build and develop a high-performing global security organization while overseeing vendors, managed service providers, third-party cyber risk, security reporting, awareness, and accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree focused on Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field.
• 15 years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including at least 10 years in senior security leadership roles and prior experience as a CISO, Deputy CISO, or equivalent head of security in a Fortune 500 or comparable global enterprise.
• Experience leading cybersecurity in industrial, manufacturing, or similarly complex global environments, including OT/ICS security and product or IoT security for connected products.
• Experience building, scaling, and retaining high-performing global security teams and maturing enterprise security programs against measurable outcomes.
• Experience presenting to Boards of Directors, audit committees, and executive leadership, including cyber risk reporting and material incident communications.
• Experience leading responses to significant cyber incidents with external counsel, forensic partners, insurers, law enforcement, and regulators.
• Deep working knowledge of NIST CSF, ISO 27001, IEC 62443, MITRE ATT&CK, and SEC cybersecurity disclosure requirements.
• Executive presence, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to translate complex technical risk into business terms for Boards, customers, and non-technical leaders.
• Strategic and operational depth across IT, OT, cloud, identity, application, and product security, plus business acumen in large security budgets, vendor negotiation, and cyber insurance strategy.
• Sound judgment under pressure and the ability to influence without direct authority in a matrixed global organization, align stakeholders, and drive accountability across functions.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or Business Administration.
• CISSP, CISM, or equivalent executive-level security certification.
• Experience in a publicly traded company subject to SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules.
• Experience securing energy technology, power generation, or connected consumer and industrial products.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in an office environment in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
• Occasional travel is required.
• Work includes collaboration with executive leadership, the Board, product engineering, manufacturing, operations, legal, compliance, customers, regulators, and external partners.
• Physical requirements include regular standing and walking, computer-based work, and occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.