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Rutgers University

Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

🇺🇸 Hybrid - New Brunswick, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $218K - $333K

💻 Cybersecurity

🗓️ December 5th, 2025

CISSP FERPA

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is hiring an Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer. This role leads the university’s cybersecurity program, driving strategic governance, compliance, and policy implementation to protect information assets. The position requires collaboration with senior leadership, vendor partners, and internal teams to manage security risks, crises, and awareness programs.

Highlights

  • Lead and develop a comprehensive institutional cybersecurity program aligned with senior leadership guidance.

  • Manage enterprise information security governance, compliance, policies, and protocols to ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

  • Engage university leaders and partners to integrate information security into business processes and vendor relationships.

  • Oversee security advisory groups, threat response teams, and crisis management related to cybersecurity incidents.

  • Ensure compliance with regulations including HIPAA, FERPA, PCI-DSS, and FISMA.

  • Partner with executive leadership to manage functional areas such as Risk Management, Identity and Access Management, Security Operations, and Training.

  • Direct education and awareness programs across the Rutgers community, including phishing and fraud detection training.

  • Provide leadership on budget and management of the cybersecurity team and regularly report security status to university authorities.

  • Drive innovative security approaches in research settings and maintain strategic external partnerships like BTAA CISOs and University Hospital.

  • Requires a bachelor’s degree with 8-10 years of progressive leadership in cybersecurity, strong communication, policy development, and advanced computing skills; Master’s degree and CISSP preferred.

  • Salary range: $217,528 to $332,818 annually, with a comprehensive benefits package.

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