
Associate Director – Global Vulnerability Management
IDEXX
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Westbrook • Maine • New Hampshire • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Define and execute IDEXX’s global vulnerability management strategy, roadmap, and operating model aligned with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls
- Advise the CISO on vulnerability posture, enterprise risk trends, and risk-reduction strategy
- Establish vulnerability lifecycle workflows from discovery through remediation validation, including escalation paths, exceptions, and governance
- Develop vulnerability management policies, standards, and remediation SLAs
- Define and track KPIs, KRIs, and program success metrics to measure effectiveness, velocity, and maturity
- Lead, mentor, and grow a global team of vulnerability management professionals, security engineers, and analysts
- Build sustainable organizational capabilities and a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Manage staffing, performance, career development, and vendor/partner relationships to support program scale and effectiveness
- Lead enterprise-wide vulnerability identification, assessment, prioritization, and remediation across infrastructure, applications, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), endpoints, containers, OT/IoT, manufacturing, and laboratory environments
- Establish risk-based prioritization models incorporating exploitability, threat intelligence, asset criticality, and environmental context
- Own and mature vulnerability management platforms (e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, Wiz, Snyk) to ensure accuracy, coverage, and scalability
- Drive automation, cloud-native capabilities, CI/CD integration, and shift-left practices to improve remediation efficiency and developer enablement
- Integrate vulnerability data into orchestration platforms, ticketing systems, and security dashboards
- Partner with IT Operations, Cloud Infrastructure, Engineering, DevSecOps, and business technology leaders to embed remediation into enterprise workflows
- Assess and improve remediation capacity through training, tooling enhancements, and automation
- Develop and deliver operational, technical, and executive-level vulnerability reporting and dashboards
- Communicate vulnerability posture, trends, and recommendations to the CISO, security leadership, and governance forums
- Analyze vulnerability data to identify systemic issues, recurring patterns, and opportunities for proactive risk reduction.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience
- 7+ years of cybersecurity experience, including 5+ years leading enterprise vulnerability management programs
- Deep expertise deploying and operating vulnerability management platforms at scale (e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, Wiz, Snyk)
- Strong knowledge of cloud security and cloud-native vulnerability management across AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Proven ability to build and mature vulnerability management programs, establishing processes, workflows, and operational cadence
- Demonstrated success partnering with IT Operations, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to drive remediation outcomes
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical vulnerability data into business risk for executive and technical audiences.
Benefits
- Health / Dental / Vision Benefits
- Day-One 5% matching 401k
- Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more!
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Hard skills
vulnerability managementrisk managementcloud securityautomationCI/CD integrationdata analysisremediation strategiesKPI trackingvulnerability lifecycle managementsecurity reporting
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcontinuous improvementteam developmentstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in CybersecurityBachelor’s degree in Information Systems