Cybersecurity Awareness and Social Engineering Program Lead

Location: Chicago, IL, United States of America; onsite role.

Salary: $114,700–$194,900 USD annual base pay.

Company

hirify.global provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to individuals, families, corporations, and institutions.

What you will do

• Lead the strategy and execution of enterprise phishing and social engineering simulations, including email, smishing, and vishing campaigns.
• Design risk-based scenarios informed by emerging threats, attack trends, and internal risk themes.
• Manage platforms such as KnowBe4, Proofpoint, or similar tools, including campaign setup, testing, integrations, and optimization.
• Analyze campaign results and behavioral trends to identify higher-risk populations and targeted education opportunities.
• Develop dashboards and leadership reporting on reporting rates, susceptibility, repeat behavior, and improvement over time.
• Create role-based cybersecurity education and partner with cybersecurity, technology, risk, compliance, communications, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• Cybersecurity experience and strong knowledge of phishing, social engineering, business email compromise, credential theft, smishing, and vishing.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise phishing simulation or security awareness platforms such as KnowBe4 or Proofpoint.
• Experience designing and managing end-to-end phishing or social engineering campaigns.
• Strong analytical skills, including turning campaign data into insights and recommendations.
• Ability to translate complex cybersecurity risks into clear, practical education and communications.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Experience in a large, global, regulated, or financial services environment.
• Experience with threat intelligence, security operations, email security, identity, incident response, or fraud teams.
• Experience developing cybersecurity training for executives, privileged users, technology teams, or customer-facing employees.
• Familiarity with learning management systems, BI and reporting tools, and automation.
• Relevant cybersecurity, risk, data, learning, or project management certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment within the Office of the CISO.
• Flexible and collaborative work culture with opportunities for internal movement and access to senior leaders.
• Retirement benefits including 401(k) and pension, health and welfare benefits, paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life and accident insurance, and well-being benefits.
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.
• Inclusive workplace with reasonable accommodation available during the employment process.