Incident Response Coordinator

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ABOUT THE POSITION

The Cyber Defense Team protects Columbia Sportswear Company from evolving cybersecurity threats and works closely with technical and business teams to respond to incidents that could impact our associates customers operations or brand. As our Incident Response Coordinator youll serve as the central point of coordination throughout the incident response process helping ensure incidents are managed efficiently stakeholders remain informed and response activities stay aligned during high-pressure situations. Youll partner closely with cybersecurity professionals technology leaders legal privacy HR and business stakeholders to drive communication documentation preparedness and continuous improvement across our incident response program.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Coordinate cybersecurity incidents from intake through closure ensuring response activities remain organized timely and aligned with established incident response procedures.
• Serve as the central communication hub during active incidents facilitating bridge calls providing stakeholder updates and maintaining visibility across technical and business teams.
• Manage incident documentation timelines decisions actions and post-incident records to ensure accuracy completeness and audit readiness.
• Partner with incident responders and technical teams to track response actions support investigations and drive accountability through incident resolution.
• Facilitate lessons learned reviews and help drive continuous improvement of incident response processes playbooks procedures and program documentation.
• Organize and coordinate tabletop exercises and readiness activities that strengthen the organizations ability to respond to cybersecurity events.
• Track and report incident response metrics and trends helping leadership evaluate program effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with Legal Privacy HR Communications and other key stakeholders to ensure incident response activities align with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.

YOU ARE

• A calm and composed professional who can maintain focus organization and clear communication during high-pressure situations.
• An exceptional communicator who can translate technical issues into concise updates for business leaders and stakeholders.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with a passion for documentation process execution and operational excellence.
• A collaborative partner who builds strong relationships across technical and non-technical teams to drive results.
• Someone who continuously looks for opportunities to strengthen processes improve preparedness and make programs better over time.

YOU HAVE

• 5 years of experience in cybersecurity information security IT operations technology program coordination incident management or a related field.
• Experience coordinating complex cross-functional activities that require strong stakeholder management communication and accountability.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity incident response principles processes and industry best practices.
• Experience developing maintaining or improving operational processes documentation procedures or program artifacts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company were proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical social/emotional financial career and community. Benefits that can protect your familys financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical dental vision life Insurance disability flexible spending accounts health savings account and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident critical illness hospital indemnity and legal services). In addition Columbia offers EAP which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

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