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Location

Schaumburg, IL | United States

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Job description

ISACA is a professional association and learning organization powered by a passionate community of more than 170,000 members and technology professionals around the world, who work in digital trust fields such as information security, governance, assurance, risk, privacy, and quality. For more than 50 years, ISACA has equipped these individuals and enterprises with the knowledge, credentials, education, training, and community to progress their careers, transform their organizations, and build a more trusted and ethical digital world. Come join an organization with an inspiring mission, a pay for performance culture, and top-shelf benefits plans.

The VP of Innovation will support ISACA in driving the ISACA Innovation Program Strategy, which includes leveraging prior experience and industry best practices in technology, strategic visioning, foresight, strategic thinking, and planning to research and inform ISACA’s point-of-view on trends and how they are being driven by emerging and accelerating technology.

In this role, the VP of Innovation will develop and articulate high-level implications of disruptive and emerging technologies to ISACA, its constituents, and the professions it serves in the short, mid, and long term. Using a variety of identified signals such as research, customer insight, trends, and experience, work with business units across ISACA to recommend opportunities for the development and innovation of products such as content, training, and credentialing; participate in research and product development activities and coordinate activities among ISACA departments.

The VP of Innovation will create and manage the annual output of ISACA’s innovation work, evangelize the implications of research with key stakeholders, identify, strategize, develop, and drive transformative initiatives, and champion the role of innovation by aligning overall business strategy with innovative thinking. The VP will work cross-functionally for external evangelism and will be responsible for defining and fostering a culture of innovation across the organization.

 

· Identifies disruptive technologies and how they will impact ISACA, its constituents and the professionals ISACA serves. Partner with appropriate development teams to create meaningful offerings in these spaces.
· Strategizes with Product development teams to transform general ideas into workable solutions
· Monitors research and development of other organizations to spot trends in innovation and supplement research findings in the company’s industry.
· Inform ISACA’s leadership team of emerging or disruptive technology, its impact and recommend when and how to act
· Develops and implementing strategies and plans that support the organization’s innovation efforts

· Hires, trains, develops, and evaluates direct reports ensuring staff maintain and have opportunity to develop knowledge and skills necessary to drive ISACA’s success as well as their own.

REQUIRED FIELD OF STUDY:

· Bachelor’s Degree in technology, or related discipline from an accredited university

 

MINIMUM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

· 8+

 

DESCRIPTION OF MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

· Experience with emerging technologies

· Understanding of implications of emerging technology such as:

• Quantum Computing

• Artificial Intelligence (LLM, Generative, ML)

• DLT/Blockchain

• IOT

• Web 3

· Consulting experience

· Engaging technical and board-level executives

· Understanding of emerging technology in organizations and society

 

 

 

 
PREFERRED FIELD OF STUDY:

· Master’s in technology or business-related discipline from an accredited university

 

PREFERRED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

· 12+

 

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

· International

· Professional Association/volunteer engagement

· Data Analysis Tools

· Knowledge of ISACA ecosystem

 

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS REQUIRED:

· Must be resourceful and apply critical thinking skills in solving problems, managing multiple tasks, and juggling priorities.

· Strong data analytical skills including working knowledge of Data Analysis tools

· Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to draft professional reports and papers.

· In-depth knowledge of information security design and engineering concepts, practices, and technology obtained through formal training and work experience.

· In-depth knowledge of the technical/business environment and the corporate processes and procedures.

· Seasoned expert with extensive industry knowledge.

· Technical leader viewed as a thought leader for innovation.

· Analytical and problem-solving skills

· Influence skills

· Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration

· Able to manage ambiguity.

· Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to multiple, interdependent, complex problems.

· Communicates abstract concepts in simple terms.

· Fosters strong internal and external networks and works with and across multiple teams to achieve business objectives.

· Anticipates trends and responds by implementing appropriate changes.

· Customer centric focus

 

 

 

 

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