About the Role
Wolters Kluwer is seeking an experienced IT Security Manager to join the Customer Trust & Assurance team. This role will serve as a security partner to sales and business development, lead customer engagement on security, privacy, and compliance, and translate technical posture into credible narratives to build confidence and enable growth.
Responsibilities
- Scale and build upon existing programs including the customer trust center, providing customers with self-service access to relevant security, privacy and compliance information.
- Act as a trusted technical and security advisor, engaging customer security teams and IT leaders to align on their cybersecurity & Business needs.
- Serve as internal subject matter expert on security for the GTM team, supporting sales and account managers in client facing discussions and presentations.
- Oversee and guide various internal teams to address customers' security, compliance, and privacy needs, including leading the handling of questionnaires, audits, and calls with customers and prospects.
- Represent the company externally in security and technology conversations, shaping best practices and positioning our solutions as industry-leading.
- Bridge the gap between technical value and business outcomes, aligning security messaging with sales and marketing strategies to drive adoption of our products.
- Work closely with the engineering, legal, risk, cyber, and compliance teams to ensure our security responses are accurate and reflect our latest technical and regulatory standing.
- Maintain and update a knowledge base of our security posture, including security policies, certifications (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001), and compliance documentation.
- Identify trends in customer security inquiries to help improve our documentation and proactive communication strategies.
- Support third-party risk and due diligence processes, helping customers efficiently evaluate our security posture.
- Provide insights on emerging cybersecurity trends and customer expectations to contribute to the product roadmap.
- Develop and standardize security sales playbooks, equipping sales teams with messaging, objection handling, and case studies.
- Attain subject matter expert (SME)-level knowledge of the features and functionalities of Wolters Kluwer products and infrastructure.
- Lead the education and training of the sales organization on Wolters Kluwer’s security, compliance, and privacy posture.
- Mentor and guide junior team members in developing their expertise.
- Lead the review of security clauses in contracts and provide expert advice on Wolters Kluwer’s security, compliance, and privacy measures.
- Take a leadership role in supporting customer compliance audits by providing necessary documentation, evidence, answering auditor questions, and ensuring that all security, compliance, and privacy measures are thoroughly documented and adhered to.
- Coordinate with relevant teams to ensure audit readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in computer science, information security, management information systems or similar.
- At least 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity or information security, with broad, horizontal exposure across multiple security domains.
- Experience in customer facing roles (minimum 5 years) acting as a trusted advisor to senior security, IT, or business stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, data protection, privacy, and compliance, including hands on familiarity with areas such as access control, encryption, network security, identity and access management, and incident response.
- Strong understanding of major security and regulatory frameworks including NIST CSF, NIST 800 53, SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA, GDPR, and related risk assessment and internal control methodologies.
- Demonstrated success supporting and leading internal and external audits and certifications.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and regulatory concepts into clear, concise, and professional messaging for both technical and non technical audiences.
- Proven ability to influence, collaborate, and build strong relationships with cross functional teams, senior leadership, customers, regulators, and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills, including the ability to mentor, motivate, and develop team members.
- Strong cross functional mindset with experience working closely with engineering, legal, compliance, risk, and sales teams.
- Highly analytical with strong problem solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to interpret regulatory requirements and assess their impact on business objectives.
- Proven capability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously, meet deadlines, and drive continuous improvement.
- Experience leading or contributing to security, compliance, or trust related programs, with solid project and program management skills to plan, prioritize, and execute initiatives effectively.
- Experience in developing and implementing scalable Customer Trust Programs.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, AIGP, AAISM, or equivalent.
- Experience with cloud services and cloud technologies (e.g. AWS and Microsoft Azure).
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Information Security
- Customer Trust
- Assurance
- Security
- Privacy
- Compliance
- Sales
- Business Development
- Questionnaires
- Assessments
- Audits
- Access Control
- Encryption
- Network Security
- Identity and Access Management
- Incident Response
- NIST CSF
- NIST 800 53
- SOC 2
- ISO 27001
- DORA
- GDPR
- Risk Assessment
- Internal Control Methodologies
- Communication
- Influence
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Problem Solving
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Cloud Services
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity or information security
- Minimum 5 years of customer facing experience
Education Level
- Bachelors degree in computer science, information security, management information systems or similar
Salary/Compensations
- $118,300.00 - $207,400.00 USD
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
- 401(k)
- FSA/HSA
- Commuter Benefits
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Vacation and Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave
About the Company
- Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life.
Equal Opportunity
- To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts.
- Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style.
- We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant.
- To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process.
- Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.
- Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
