Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

About this role

Holman is a family-owned, global automotive services organization anchored by our deeply rooted core values and principles that have enabled us to continue Driving What’s Right throughout the last century. Our teams deliver the Holman Experience by treating our customers and each other as we would like to be treated, and creating positive, rewarding relationships all around.

The automotive markets Holman serves include fleet management and leasing; vehicle fabrication and upfitting; component manufacturing and productivity solutions; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; and retail automotive sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States.

Holman is currently accepting applications for the position of Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer.

Primary Tasks:

Security • Lead teams spanning application security, infrastructure security, identity and access management, security operations, compliance, data privacy, and security engineering • Deeply integrate into the business to understand strategic priorities, ensuring security, compliance, and privacy are embedded into every initiative from inception • Represent Holman's information security posture to the Board, Executive team, vendors, customers, and internal stakeholders, serving as the primary voice on all security matters • Advance and execute Holman's security roadmap with inputs from enterprise risk, evolving threat landscapes, changing regulatory requirements, and business objectives • Champion AI-enabled transformation to accelerate operational efficiency, while serving as a key organizational partner in defining and enforcing governance guardrails that manage AI-related risks across data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance • Oversee Enterprise Product Security that partnering with Product, Data, and Development teams to proactively mitigate threats and enforce secure development standards • Partner with technology leadership to implement modern cloud security standards, policies, and processes to enable and accelerate Holman’s cloud expansion • Oversee penetration testing programs and compliance reporting, translating findings into actionable guidance for engineering and operations teams • Ensure risk controls are implemented, monitored, and maintained across the full system lifecycle • Evangelize security-first practices, policies, and procedures across the organization — particularly among product, engineering and development teams — maintaining updated documentation and processes to address production vulnerabilities • Lead business continuity and disaster recovery strategy and execution, partner with business and enterprise risk teams to define risk tolerance, and oversee periodic testing and validation of processes • Monitor the evolving security and threat landscape, communicating trends and implications to Executive leadership to maintain organizational alignment • Continue to evolve and tune enterprise identity management solutions to streamline user experiences while mitigating threats, leverage job data to automate access to systems and data, provide guidance and expertise to product teams on enterprise expectations for federated identity solutions in our products and services

Infrastructure • Own the strategy, architecture, and operational reliability of Holman's enterprise infrastructure, spanning on-premises, colocation, and cloud compute and storage environments • Drive technology lifecycle and capacity planning across infrastructure domains, ensuring systems are modernized and scaled to support business growth • Establish a cloud center of excellence in partnership with cloud and application teams to align infrastructure architecture with modern delivery patterns and security standards • Manage infrastructure vendor relationships, SLAs, and contract renewals, ensuring performance commitments, risk posture, and commercial terms are aligned

• Partner with product, data, and development teams to establish strategies and roadmaps to optimize spend between cloud and premises compute and storage • Own enterprise network architecture and operations, including WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, perimeter security, and internet connectivity across all Holman locations • Manage carrier and ISP relationships, ensuring network reliability, performance, and cost efficiency at scale • Lead strategy and execution across end-user computing, Microsoft 365, end-user AI, and productivity platforms — driving automation, empowering users, reducing overhead, and creating an optimal user experience • Drive modernization initiatives, aligning connectivity strategy with Zero Trust and cloud-first architectural principles

• Lead the migration from legacy telephony environments toward modern cloud-based UCaaS and CCaaS solutions, ensuring continuity and end-user experience throughout the transition, and enabling the business to evolve customer interactions to improve efficiency and customer experiences

Leadership & General • Serve as a core member of the technology leadership team, contributing to the broader vision and strategy for the IT employee experience • Build and retain a high-performing teams by fostering a culture of continuous learning, clear career development, and accountability. • Champion solutions designed with the end user in mind — reducing friction without compromising control and ensuring security enables productivity rather than hindering it. • Own financial planning, FinOps, and multi-year forecasting, ensuring investments are prioritized against risk reduction objectives and aligned with broader business goals. • Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned

Required Education & Experience: • Bachelor's degree or significant work experience in a related field • 15+ years' experience at a senior management level, with multiple levels of reporting relationships strongly preferred • 5+ years of deep,

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