Vice President, Information Security & Infrastructure at Hayward in Charlotte, NC

Job description

Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE "HAYW") is one of the leading manufacturers of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation, lighting, safety, flow control and energy solutions at our company owned facilities. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, and Rhode Island, Georgia, as well as Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China. Position Summary The Vice President, Information Security & Infrastructure is the enterprise executive responsible for defining and leading the company's global cybersecurity, technology infrastructure, cloud, end-user technology, and data protection strategy. This leader establishes the vision, operating model, architecture, policies, standards, and governance needed to protect company information assets while delivering secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective technology services that enable business growth, operations, and innovation. The VP will lead security across Hayward’s entire technology ecosystem, including Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), IoT, manufacturing environments, and connected products, driving a unified approach to cyber risk, resilience, and security governance. This leader advises executive leadership and the Board of Directors on the company's cyber risk, posture and resilience; leads enterprise-wide security controls, threat protection, identity and access management, security awareness, vendor risk, incident preparedness, disaster recovery, and business continuity; ensures the organization can demonstrate compliance with applicable regulations, public-company controls, and recognized industry standards; and drivers infrastructure, cloud services, network services, and end-user computing and support. The role is accountable for the security, availability, performance, and operational effectiveness of Hayward's technology environment and end-user experience. Responsibilities: Enterprise Security Strategy & Executive Leadership Define and execute the global information security strategy, multi-year roadmap, operating model, and investment priorities aligned with business goals and risk appetite. Serve as the senior enterprise advisor on cybersecurity risk, presenting clear recommendations, performance indicators, emerging threats, and material exposures to executive leadership and the Board of Directors. Integrate security into enterprise technology strategy, digital products, business transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and global operations. Balance risk mitigation with innovation, customer experience, operational effectiveness, and competitive advantage. Establish enterprise accountability, decision rights, and governance forums for cybersecurity and information risk. Security Architecture, Engineering & Operations Lead the development of technical security architecture specifications, standards, and patterns across business environments, infrastructure, cloud, web, application, and digital platforms. Oversee global capabilities for security monitoring, threat detection, vulnerability management, penetration testing, endpoint and network protection, security event correlation, and incident response. Ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets through effective preventive, detective, and corrective controls. Drive secure-by-design practices across technology delivery, software development, infrastructure, and product development. Guide evaluation and implementation of security technologies, including firewalls, VPN, Security Information and Event Management platforms, identity solutions, and cloud security controls. Cyber Risk, Governance & Compliance Build and lead an enterprise