[Hiring] Director of Cybersecurity @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

The Director of Security Incident Response (SIR) is responsible for leading the organization’s incident response program, ensuring rapid detection, containment, eradication, and recovery from cybersecurity incidents. This role provides strategic oversight, operational leadership, and continuous improvement of incident response capabilities to protect enterprise assets, data, and reputation.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Develop and maintain the enterprise-wide Incident Response Strategy, aligning with frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, and ISO 27035
  • Establish governance for incident response, including policies, playbooks, and escalation protocols
  • Serve as the primary liaison with executive leadership, legal, compliance, and communications teams during major incidents
• Operational Management:
  • Oversee 24/7 incident response operations, including triage, containment, forensic analysis, and remediation
  • Direct Incident Response and Digital Forensic teams, ensuring readiness and resilience
  • Coordinate with Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Threat Hunting, and Security Operations Center teams for proactive defense and post-incident analysis
  • Produce clear metrics and reporting of incident data and KPI's
  • Manage multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously
• Incident Handling:
  • Lead response for critical and high-severity incidents, including ransomware, data breaches, network intrusions, and advanced persistent threats (APTs)
  • Ensure proper chain-of-custody for forensic evidence and compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR)
  • Drive root cause analysis and lessons learned to strengthen security posture
• Collaboration & Communication:
  • Partner with Legal, Privacy, and Compliance Officers for breach notifications and regulatory reporting
  • Communicate incident status and impact to executive leadership and internal stakeholders
  • Represent the organization in interactions with 3rd party incident response and legal firms
  • Collaborate with Security Officers, Merger & Acquisitions, Security Architecture & Engineering, Governance and other Global Security Operation teams
• Continuous Improvement:
  • Conduct post-incident reviews and implement action plans
  • Develop and deliver training programs for incident response teams
  • Maintain awareness of emerging threats and integrate threat intelligence into response strategies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field
• CISSP, CISM, GSTRT, and other technical certifications from ISC2, CompTIA, SANS, ISACA, CSP's, etc.
• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity
• 5+ years of experience in incident response leadership of very large organizations
• 5+ years of experience managing global 24/7 SOC/IR teams and large-scale security incidents
• 5+ years of deep knowledge of incident response frameworks, forensic tools, EDR/XDR, Public Cloud, application security, networking and SIEM platforms
• 3+ years of Project management experience
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical risk into business impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated industries (healthcare, finance)
• Familiarity with cloud security and hybrid environments
• Expertise in automation and orchestration for incident response

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.