Holt Renfrew Director of Cybersecurity, Infrastructure and Operations
- Employment
- Full-Time
- Seniority
- Director
- Compensation
- $185,000–205,000/year
- Department
- IT & Technology Systems
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2026
Holt Renfrew seeks Director of Cybersecurity, Infrastructure and Operations in Toronto to lead enterprise security strategy and technology operations.
Role & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the organization's cybersecurity strategy, roadmap, and maturity plan
- Establish security policies, standards, controls, and governance practices
- Identify emerging cybersecurity and technology risks and implement appropriate safeguards
- Build security into new technologies, platforms, and transformation initiatives
- Lead cybersecurity awareness and security culture initiatives across the organization
- Provide leadership on emerging technologies and risks, including AI security and governance
- Lead the organization's response to significant cybersecurity incidents and technology events
- Maintain and continuously improve incident response, cyber recovery, and crisis management plans
- Coordinate key internal and external partners during critical incidents
- Communicate technology and cybersecurity risks clearly to senior leadership and the Board
- Lead post-incident reviews and drive improvements to strengthen future resilience
- Provide strategic leadership across cybersecurity, networks, cloud platforms, data centres, identity and access management, and collaboration technologies
- Lead and support major infrastructure and cloud transformation initiatives
- Help shape the organization's cloud strategy, governance, and security
- Ensure technology investments are secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-effective
- Partner with technology and business leaders to align transformation initiatives with organizational priorities
- Support initiatives involving cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, disaster recovery, AI enablement, and digital transformation
- Lead technology resilience and disaster recovery strategies and programs
- Ensure critical technology services can recover effectively from cyber incidents and major disruptions
- Lead disaster recovery testing, cyber recovery exercises, and ransomware resilience initiatives
- Identify, assess, and manage cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, AI, and third-party technology risks
- Provide leadership with clear insight into technology risks and recommended actions
- Partner with senior leaders across IT and the business to support strategic priorities
- Act as a trusted advisor on cybersecurity, technology risk, infrastructure, and operational resilience
- Work closely with Legal, Privacy, Procurement, and external partners to manage technology and third-party risk
- Lead, coach, and develop high-performing technology teams
- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence
Qualifications
- Significant leadership experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure, technology operations, or related technology functions
- Proven experience developing and executing cybersecurity and technology strategies and roadmaps
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and security governance
- Experience leading cybersecurity incident response and crisis management
- Experience with cloud technologies and large-scale infrastructure or technology transformation
- Strong knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational resilience
- Experience managing technology and third-party risk
- Knowledge of identity and access management and data protection practices
- Experience leading and developing technical teams and external service providers
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to translate complex technology and cybersecurity issues into clear business risks and recommendations
Skills
Experience
Significant leadership experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure, technology operations, or related technology functions, with demonstrated ability to develop and execute enterprise-level strategies and lead through critical incidents.
Education
Not specified in the source material; a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, or a related field is typically expected for this level of executive technology leadership role.
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from CAD 185,000 to CAD 205,000 per annum.
Benefits
Competitive total compensation, generous employee discount, pension, health and dental benefits, tuition assistance, and continuous learning and development opportunities.
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