Director, Infrastructure and Security

The American Lung Association has an excellent opportunity for a Director Infrastructure and Security. Working as a member of the Information Technology department you will join an outstanding group of professionals dedicated to our mission: to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research education and advocacy.

The Director Infrastructure and Security oversees the architectural and security aspects of the American Lung Associations infrastructure. This role reports to the Chief Information and Technology Officer (CITO) and ensures the design and security of the organizations IT systems and partnerships. The role will work closely with internal departments to align technological initiatives with the organizations mission and goals.

Location: The position is located at the American Lung Associations Chicago IL office and will be a hybrid of in-person and virtual work.

Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic leadership in enterprise infrastructure architecture emphasizing cloud-native design and AI-driven innovation.
• Serves as a cyber risk advisor and advocate driving security initiatives (Third Party Risk Management) assessments and innovation.
• Leads strategic resilience architecture (e.g. enterprise continuity planning).
• Accountable for emerging technology evaluation (e.g. GenAI cloud computing) and scaling innovative solutions that improve efficiency.
• Defines architectural governance for technology initiatives and ensures alignment of internal SaaS and hosted systems with enterprise strategy.
• Collaborates with internal stakeholders to align IT capabilities with enterprise risk management and security posture.
• Champions enterprise strategy aligning regulatory frameworks with architectural and security objectives.
• Defines strategic vendor partnerships and evaluates third-party architectures for alignment with security and infrastructure goals.
• Provides oversight and advises executive leadership on enterprise-level security and architectural risk events ensuring alignment with strategic resilience objectives.
• Leads continuous innovation by evaluating industry trends and integrating forward-looking security and infrastructure strategies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or a related field; Masters degree preferred or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure and security with at least 6 years serving in leadership roles.
• Proven success in defining and leveraging strategic KPIs to inform architectural and security decision-making.
• 6 years experience in leading enterprise infrastructure strategy and architecture.
• Must have a valid Drivers license and your own reliable transportation with the ability to travel within assigned area 10% of the time for meetings and conferences.
• Experience leading enterprise adoption of IT security frameworks and data privacy strategies.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills with the ability to motivate and develop staff.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Consistent with its mission the American Lung Association maintains a smoke-free workplace; all employees must abstain from tobacco use in any form including vaping.

Compensation: Exact compensation may vary based on skills experience and location. The target hiring range for this position is between $122500 and $150000 per annum.

Benefits: The Lung Association offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Paid Leave - 10 vacation days in the first year (15 days thereafter) 2 personal days and 15 sick days per year as well as 12 company-paid holidays per year. We also offer Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees.
• Insurance - Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in our medical dental and vision plans as well as voluntary plans for critical illness accident hospital indemnity short-term disability and supplemental life/AD&D insurance. Employees will be enrolled in company-paid life/AD&D and long-term disability Insurance coverage.
• Retirement Plan - Eligible employees can participate in our 401(k) Defined Contribution Retirement Plan which offers matching employer contributions (up to 4%) and year-end discretionary non-elective contributions.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

The American Lung Association is committed to employ in its best judgment the most suitable candidates for approved positions while engaging in recruitment and selection practices that are in compliance with all applicable employment laws. We are an equal opportunity employer: women minorities veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Policy Statement

It is the policy of the American Lung Association to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to their race color sex sexual orientation age marital status religion national origin alienage or citizenship status genetic predisposition or carrier status or physical and/or mental disabilities veteran status or any other status protected by law. The American Lung Association will take affirmative action to employ advance in employment and otherwise treat all individuals in the foregoing categories without discrimination in all employment practices. This policy applies in all Human Resources actions including recruitment selection evaluation promotion compensation and training.