Associate Director - IT Security will provide leadership and guidance to managers, supervisors, and senior professionals. He will be responsible for the performance and results of multiple related departments or areas, overseeing the implementation of advanced security measures and crucial defense strategies across the organization. Responsibilities: • Provide leadership and direction to multiple IT security departments. • Oversee the development and implementation of long-term security strategies. • Coordinate large-scale security responses and complex investigations. • Develop and enforce governance frameworks for IT security across departments. • Direct initiatives to identify and mitigate significant security risks. • Facilitate cooperation and communication across various IT and business departments. • Lead enterprise-wide security training and awareness initiatives. • Ensure strict adherence to regulatory and compliance requirements. • Present security findings and recommendations to executive leadership. • Manage budgets, resources, and security investments effectively. NHI Program Design and Delivery Define and execute the NHI program roadmap across four phases: Foundation (discovery and inventory), Govern (controls and standards), Automate (lifecycle automation and CIEM integration), and AI Identity (agent governance). Build and maintain the NHI inventory register — a continuously updated record of all non-human identities across AD, Entra ID, AWS, Azure, GCP, and CI/CD platforms. Define NHI risk classification model — tiering all NHIs by blast radius, sensitivity, and governance maturity. Produce monthly NHI program metrics for reporting — inventory coverage, orphan rate, vault onboarding %, secret age, and rotation compliance. CI/CD Pipeline and Container Identity Own CI/CD pipeline identity governance — migrating GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps pipelines to OIDC federation (keyless authentication) and eliminating stored pipeline secrets. Define and enforce pipeline identity standards — minimum permission scoping, federated credential design, and deployment identity governance. Own AKS and EKS workload identity architecture — ensuring all containerized workloads authenticate via federated identity rather than stored credentials. Deploy Secrets Store CSI driver and equivalent patterns to enable vault-injected secrets for Kubernetes workloads without credential storage. AI Agent Identity Governance Design the AI agent identity model — defining identity structure, permission scoping, accountability attribution, and lifecycle governance for AI agents operating within the enterprise. Own LLM API key governance — inventorying, vaulting, and enforcing rotation for all API keys associated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Gemini, and other LLM platforms. Govern MCP server identity and access controls — maintaining an approved MCP server registry and enforcing access via managed settings and policy. Build the AI agent audit trail — ensuring all AI-initiated actions are logged, attributed to a human authorizer, and included in compliance evidence packs. Lead shadow AI discovery — identifying corporate credentials used in unapproved AI tools and publishing the approved AI tool access policy Skills: • 15+ years of Industry experience. • Executive Leadership: Exceptional leadership abilities to guide multiple departments towards common security goals. • Strategic Management: Proficient in formulating and overseeing strategic security initiatives. • Complex Incident Handling: Skilled in managing large-scale, sophisticated security incidents. • Governance Knowledge: In-depth understanding of security governance frameworks and implementation. • Advanced Risk Assessment: Expertise in high-level risk identification and mitigation strategies. • Interdepartmental Liaison: Strong collaborative skills to unite diverse teams and departments. • Program Management: Ability to design and lead comprehensive security training programs. • Budget Management: Competence in managing security budgets and optimizing resource allocation. 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We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world. You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong. Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide. Our customers work in industries that impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the AI-powered solutions they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity. We deliver trusted, AI-powered expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology to provide expert-validated insights, automate workflows, and drive better outcomes. Today, nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI-powered solutions, reflecting our strategic focus on embedding AI into professional workflows and delivering measurable productivity gains. We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud-based, AI-powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems. Our solutions are designed to deliver impact when it matters most, especially in high-stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential. With a nearly 190-year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services to meet the changing needs of professionals worldwide, enabling them to work faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver better outcomes. For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. Wolters Kluwer has a dedicated team of experienced talent acquisition professionals who are ready to hear what makes you tick and share how Wolters Kluwer can help you achieve your goals and ambitions. Here Rasi Fawaz shares some tips on what recruiters are looking for on a resume. As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. 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