Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer

Introduction

KLDiscovery offers a fantastic opportunity for you to use your talents to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced, growing technology and services organization! KLDiscovery is a global leader in eDiscovery, compliance, and data management solutions, empowering law firms, corporations, and government agencies to tackle their most complex legal and regulatory challenges.

We are seeking an accomplished and strategic VP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to lead our global Information Security teams and shape the cyber security strategy, compliance, and risk posture across all business operations. This role ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company systems, data, and services while enabling business agility and compliance with regulatory requirements. The CISO will develop and execute an enterprise security roadmap that protects our clients, employees, systems, and sensitive data while enabling business efficiency.

Work Status: Remote, work from home opportunity.

Is This Role For You?

You will provide strategic direction, manage teams and budgets, drive multi-year maturity plans, and regularly communicate risk, priorities, and progress to senior leadership. At the same time, this role requires hands-on engagement with architecture reviews, incident response, vendor risk management, audits, certifications, and customer trust initiatives.

You will partner closely with leaders across Engineering, IT, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Operations, fostering a culture of shared responsibility for security. This includes establishing clear policies and standards, defining and monitoring key risk and performance metrics, and guiding teams through secure-by-design principles and real-world threat considerations.

A Day in The Life

Strategic Leadership

• Define and drive KLD's information security roadmap, strategy, and execution in alignment with business goals.

• Develop and maintain a security program aligned with industry frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, SOC 2) and privacy/security obligations (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, GLBA, DOJ, and client-specific requirements).

• Integrate cyber resilience and business continuity planning into enterprise risk management.

• Partner with Engineering and Product to ensure security requirements are integrated and prioritized within all roadmap initiatives.

Governance & Compliance

• Own global compliance certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC) and client audit readiness programs.

• Establish and enforce security policies, standards, and secure-by-design principles across all products and services.

Risk Management

• Lead risk assessments, gap analyses, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Oversee enterprise risk management efforts, including vendor and supply chain security, annual posture reviews, penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and contractual compliance.

• Drive vendor risk management processes and third-party security assessments.

Emerging Technology & AI Governance

• Lead the evaluation, selection, and deployment of security technologies that strengthen system, application, and data protection.

• Drive governance for AI and emerging technologies, ensuring secure and ethical adoption across business units.

Operational Excellence

• Own the incident response program, ensuring proper handling of breaches, escalation, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.

• Lead and mentor a high-performing security team supporting 24/7 monitoring, threat detection, and incident response tailored to a legal data environment.

• Lead cross-functional IT and security teams through transformation initiatives.

Metrics & Reporting

• Develop executive dashboards and reporting mechanisms for risk posture, maturity progress, and security KPIs for board-level visibility.

Culture & Awareness

• Champion security awareness training and initiatives that are approachable, practical, and relevant to employees at every level.

• Foster strong cross-functional relationships, helping teams understand the "why" behind security decisions and controls.

Budget & Resource Management

• Manage the security budget and resource strategy, balancing strong protections with business agility and client expectations.

• Identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising security or service quality.

• Establish and maintain strategic vendor relationships.

• Negotiate contracts and ensure compliance with security and performance standards.

What You Bring to the Role

Experience

• 15+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including 5+ years in a senior leadership or CISO-level role.
• Experience building and leading security programs in regulated environments; eDiscovery, legal technology, or digital forensics strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to design and scale end-to-end security programs covering governance, risk, compliance, architecture, and operations.
• Direct experience leading SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC, or similar audits and certification initiatives.
• Executive-level oversight of incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management, and third-party/vendor risk.
• Knowledge of identity security, endpoint management, encryption standards, device security, and secure system design.

Leadership & Communication

• Exceptional communication skills, capable of explaining complex security topics to executives, engineers, clients, and nontechnical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and scale high-performing teams in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
• Consultative mindset with the ability to build rapport, trust, and influence at all organizational levels.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or similar are preferred.

Driving Career Growth, Benefit Excellence: The KLD Advantage

At KLD we invest in employees and their families by placing their wellbeing first. We offer competitive total compensation that includes base pay, bonus potential, inclusive benefits, wellness programs, and perks. We use market and industry data to inform pay decisions while considering geography and labor markets, individual experience, and business needs. Individual compensation will vary, although a reasonable estimate of the current annualized base pay range for this position is $200,000 to $250,000.

• We offer a high-performance laptop computer, options for wireless headset or external speaker, up to two 24" 2K monitors, and a mobile phone for business use.
• Generous paid time off, offering various time off options to help employees maintain a work-life balance, such as vacation, paid sick leave, parental leave, paid jury leave, and more!
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision and supplemental benefits packages that include life insurance, short- and long-term disability, to promote the health of our employees.
• Remote-friendly, flexible working culture, where you can apply to work from several global locations.
• A focus on continuous professional development through various training and education reimbursement programs.
• A diverse and inclusive workplace where we all learn, grow, and achieve the greatest heights...together.
• A surrounding team of mission-driven individuals who genuinely love what they do.
• Equity incentives and company bonus programs; that way, we all share in the success of KLDiscovery.
• Free, fun, interactive and incentivized global wellness program that promotes the wellbeing of our employees plus offers a wide range of perks and discounts!
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) because we all could use a little help and support every now and then.
• 401(k) with employer match, to help our employees achieve financial success.
• KLD supports the communities where our employees live and offers a paid community service day for employees to volunteer with what resonates with them.
• To keep our furry, 4-legged family members healthy, KLD employees can opt for Pet Insurance.

Who We Are

KLDiscovery provides technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, and government agencies solve complex data challenges. With offices in 26 locations across 17 countries, KLDiscovery is a global leader in delivering best-in-class data management, information governance, and eDiscovery solutions to support the litigation, regulatory compliance, and internal investigation needs of clients. Our Nebula Ecosystem provides powerful end-to-end eDiscovery and enterprise-grade information governance. Through its global Ontrack data recovery business, KLDiscovery delivers world-class data recovery, disaster recovery, email extraction and restoration, data destruction, and tape management.

We Provide Equal Employment Opportunity

At KLDiscovery we believe that inclusion and diversity make us stronger. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees that enhances wellbeing and belonging. We welcome and celebrate individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other protected status. We are happy to support you with any accommodation request at any stage in our hiring process.

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