Hampton North are partnered with a th, mission-driven technology company operating in a regulated environment that is hiring a Director Information Security to lead execution across security engineering and operations.

This is a builder/operator role, ideal for someone who enjoys turning strategy into execution, scaling teams, and driving technical outcomes in a fast-moving environment.

You’ll act as the operational leader for security, allowing the CISO to focus on broader strategy while you own delivery, maturity, and day-to-day execution.

What you’ll own

Security engineering + security operations execution
Incident response leadership (Incident Commander during events)
Detection & response maturity (SIEM, SOC partnerships, threat hunting)
Building scalable operating models driven by metrics and automation
Secure enablement of AI adoption
Hiring and scaling the security team throughout 2026
Driving cross-functional alignment across Engineering, IT, Product Security, GRC, and Legal

What they’re looking for

Senior security leader with deep technical roots (not purely GRC or vendor management)
Experience running security operations and engineering teams
Proven success scaling teams and raising the performance bar
Comfortable operating in “wartime” environments — aggressive timelines, high ownership, fast pace
Strong background across modern security architecture (IAM, cloud security tooling, detection engineering, incident response)

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