SVP, CISO, Infrastructure & Architecture

PRIMARY FUNCTION

The SVP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Infrastructure and Architecture is responsible for enterprise security, risk strategy, software architecture, and Azure cloud cost governance for Pediatric Associates (PAFC). The CISO owns the security mandate, builds and leads the team, sets the security and architecture roadmaps, and ensures secure-by-design delivery, operational reliability, and unit-cost efficiency across PAFC's digital ecosystem, including patient and provider portals and data platforms.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This list may not include all the duties that may be assigned.

• Enterprise Security & Architecture Leadership : Own enterprise security and reference architectures across all subsidiaries (clinical, corporate, and data environments). Be accountable for overall risk posture, platform performance, scalability, and compliance.
• Executive Advisory : Provide senior leadership, CEO, and Board with clear, metrics-driven guidance on security, platform architecture, reliability, scalability, and cost.
• Risk Communication : Deliver regular briefings to senior leadership and the Board on security posture, threat landscape, cost exposure, and mitigation plans. Ensure risks are translated into business impact and prioritize remediation.
• Operational Standards : Direct day-to-day enforcement of security and architecture standards : identity, network, endpoint, data protection, EHR / portal integrations, APIs, runtime services. Mandate measurable uptime, scalability, and performance benchmarks.
• Security Program Maturity : Assess maturity of security and architecture capabilities. Own the roadmap. Secure leadership buy-in and drive execution.
• Third-Party & M&A Risk : Lead third-party risk management and M&A security diligence. Ensure rapid integration of acquired practices into a unified, secure, and scalable architecture.
• Cloud Cost Governance : Enforce tagging, ownership, budgets, and alerts for all cloud resources. Lead periodic cost and performance reviews with Engineering & Infrastructure. Optimize spend through reservations, auto-scaling and storage lifecycle. Tie cloud cost explicitly to platform performance, scalability, reliability, and risk reduction.
• Organization Building : Build and scale a high-performing team spanning Governance, Risk, Compliance, DevSecOps, and Cloud / Platform Security. Establish and enforce a Detection & Response strategy and ensure resilient Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery capabilities. Define clear ownership, accountability, and measurable outcomes across all domains.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Hire, lead, and develop leaders and individual contributors across Security, Architecture, and Engineering / Operations.

QUALIFICATIONS

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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS