Senior Manager – Private Equity and Venture Capital Cybersecurity

CFGI

Cybersecurity Consulting Senior Manager at CFGI leading high-impact advisory engagements in private equity and venture capital. Delivering cybersecurity due diligence and risk assessment throughout the investment lifecycle.

Posted 4/24/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead cybersecurity advisory engagements across the PE/VC deal lifecycle: pre-acquisition due diligence, post-close 100-day security planning, portfolio company maturity uplift, carve-out/stand-up, and exit readiness assessments.
Conduct and manage cybersecurity due diligence assessments for buy-side and sell-side transactions: identify material risks, quantify cyber exposure, and deliver findings in deal-team-ready formats (red/yellow/green risk summaries, indemnification inputs, rep & warranty considerations).
Design and operationalize cybersecurity governance models (policies, standards, risk appetite, committees, reporting KPIs/KRIs) scaled appropriately to portfolio company size and PE ownership model.
Build and mature enterprise risk programs: risk assessments, risk registers, control libraries, and control testing approaches.
Develop and implement security policies, standards, and procedures aligned to common frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001/27002, CIS, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP).
Support regulatory readiness and compliance initiatives relevant to PE portfolio company sectors (e.g., SEC cyber disclosure rules, SOX ITGC for pre-IPO/public-co readiness, HIPAA for healthcare portfolio companies, PCI DSS, NYDFS 500, GDPR/CCPA where applicable).
Develop investment-grade cybersecurity roadmaps and remediation plans tied to PE value-creation timelines; track progress against milestones and communicate status to operating partners and deal teams.
Advise on cybersecurity integration and separation activities for M&A transactions: network segmentation, identity/access migration, data classification, Day 1 security controls, and TSA/ITSA cybersecurity workstreams.
Perform vendor/third-party risk assessments and implement scalable TPRM operating models appropriate for PE-owned businesses.
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders (Legal, IT, Security, Compliance, Product, HR) to drive outcomes and adoption.
Translate complex technical, regulatory, and privacy requirements into business-oriented recommendations.
Deliver executive-ready artifacts tailored to PE/VC audiences: LP/board cybersecurity reporting, deal-team risk summaries, portfolio-wide security heatmaps, 100-day plan progress updates, and audit committee materials.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership; confidently present findings and influence decisions.
Contribute to go-to-market development: offerings, templates, accelerators, methodologies, and points of view.
Support business development through proposal writing, SOW development, client presentations, and solution shaping.
Mentor and develop consultants and managers; lead teams across multiple engagements while maintaining quality and delivery rigor.
Partner with other CFGI service lines (Accounting Advisory, CFO Advisory, Technology Enablement) to deliver integrated solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Eight plus years of relevant experience in cybersecurity consulting, GRC, risk management, or compliance with meaningful direct experience serving private equity sponsors, venture capital firms, or PE-backed portfolio companies (level will map to experience).
Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
Demonstrated expertise across the PE/VC cybersecurity advisory lifecycle: pre-acquisition cyber due diligence (buy-side and sell-side), post-close 100-day security planning and portfolio company stand-up, and integration and carve-out cybersecurity workstreams.
Framework implementation and operationalization: NIST CSF, ISO 27001/27002, SOC 2, CIS Controls.
Familiarity with privacy and regulatory requirements common to PE portfolio company sectors (HIPAA, GDPR/CCPA, SOX ITGC, PCI DSS); deep privacy program build-out expertise is not required.
Experience performing or leading: cybersecurity due diligence assessments for M&A transactions, rapid maturity uplift and 100-day security roadmap delivery, integration or carve-out cybersecurity workstreams, enterprise/security risk assessments, control design/testing, policy and standards development, compliance/regulatory readiness programs (especially SOX ITGC, SOC 2, HIPAA for portfolio companies).
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a track record of producing executive-level deliverables.
Proven ability to lead teams, manage timelines/budgets, and deliver in a client-facing environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Benefits
Career growth trajectory

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Hard Skills & Tools

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Soft Skills

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