Vera Therapeutics, Inc. · 2 months ago
Director, IT and Cybersecurity Operations
Brisbane, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$168K/yr - $256K/yr
10+ years expVera Therapeutics is a late clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for serious immunological diseases. The IT and Cybersecurity Operations Director will lead the Help Desk team and the cybersecurity operations center, ensuring the reliable and secure operations of the company's IT core systems and infrastructure.
BiotechnologyHealth Care
Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day system operations:
Help Desk team
Field Depot and Field Help Desk team
Cybersecurity Operations Center
Ensure the reliable and secure operations of company’s IT core systems and infrastructure, including desktops, servers, printers, network, telecommunications and conference room AV
Ensure new employees and contractors have a positive onboarding experience and that proper off-boarding steps and controls related to IT and business functions are taken (e.g. SOX, GxP controls and processes)
Define and maintain functional OKRs and metrics for core tech and cybersecurity systems
Identify opportunities for changes to reduce operating costs while maintaining a positive user experience
Maintain IT budget and support budget processes
Perform capacity planning and management exercises to ensure performance is in line with organizational needs
Foster a cybersecurity aware culture. Act as an evangelist for security awareness. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed cybersecurity best practices into all IT organizational processes
Support the adoption of an ITSM solution
Support relationships with our business partners to ensure business requirements are captured and addressed
Contribute to core technologies and cybersecurity strategic roadmap and support and lead the selection and adoption of new technologies that will be part of our set of Core Tech and Cybersecurity technology stacks
Maintain relationships with key Core Tech and Cybersecurity partners ensuring agreed upon SLAs are met
Lead incident response activities (cyber and operational) including root cause analysis, remediation recommendations, and complete lessons-learned documentation
Oversee Vera’s Disaster Recovery program, ensuring integrity and reliability of system backups, restorability, and IT disaster preparedness
Enable teams to ensure timely delivery of project initiatives, achieved through a combination of experience driven planning, hands-on work, and external vendor management
Perform third-party security and privacy risk assessments for new solutions being brought in to support the business, Core Tech and Cybersecurity
Develop and maintain SOPs and work instructions related to Core Tech and Cybersecurity process and technology
Develop and maintain solution architectures that ensure key security and business systems are appropriately secured and monitored (e.g. AWS, Azure monitoring)
Develop clear, concise communications for stakeholders regarding new initiatives, IT policies, rollouts, threats, and incidents
Support compliance requirements such as SOX, GDPR, GxP by working with IT and business partners to understand and implement required technical controls
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or related field
10+ years of experience with a demonstrated increase of responsibilities and scope including leading and managing a team of direct reports (FTEs and contractors)
Strong ability to prioritize work efforts balancing business needs, risk, user experience, etc
Proven experience running Microsoft 365 environments and common tool sets, help desk services and team management, user onboarding and device deployment, ITSM and change management
Proven experience with incident response, vulnerability management, identity provider, data security / data loss prevention, SIEM, PAM
Strong understanding of network, cloud management and cloud security concepts, including VPNs, SASE, firewalls, identity and access management (IAM), and secure architecture for cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
Familiarity with cloud-native security services such as AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, Azure Security Center
Experience developing and maintaining IT and security policies (e.g. BYOD) procedures, and configuration baselines
Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, CIS, or ISO 27001
Ability to support incident investigations, perform root cause analysis, and contribute to remediation and prevention measures
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences and work effectively across teams
Experience documenting policies and procedures
Self-motivated with a strong ability to operate in a start-up environment
Strong project management skills and ability to work to deadlines successfully managing multiple business-driven initiative
Company
Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.23BKey Investors
Oxford Finance LLCAbingworth
2025-12-09Post Ipo Equity· $261M
2025-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $75M
2024-10-28Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
David L. Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Kerry Cooper
Senior Vice President Medical Affairs
Recent News
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