Bring your experience to fractional leadership, interim coverage, permanent placement, or a defined security project. Explore the four opportunity profiles below and tell us which work fits your background and availability.
We accept candidate introductions for current and future matching. These profiles are not announcements of specific funded client vacancies, and applying does not guarantee an interview, engagement, or employment. Work location and travel requirements are confirmed for each opportunity.
Part-time leadership · Independent consulting
Fractional Healthcare CISO
Provide experienced security leadership to healthcare organizations that need ongoing executive direction on a part-time basis.
What you would do
Shape security strategy, governance, and a practical improvement roadmap.
Guide risk prioritization, executive reporting, and team or vendor oversight.
Work with client leaders to keep agreed security priorities moving.
Experience that fits
Healthcare security leadership experience, clear executive communication, and the ability to lead across multiple priorities with defined availability.
Engagement model
Independent consulting through HealthcareCISO. Scope, capacity, meeting cadence, and a fixed engagement fee are agreed before work begins.
Help healthcare organizations maintain security leadership during a vacancy, transition, or defined period of change.
What you would do
Establish immediate priorities and continuity of security ownership.
Support executive decisions, team coordination, and stakeholder reporting.
Prepare a clear handover to the incoming leader or ongoing team.
Experience that fits
Experience leading healthcare security programs through transitions, sound prioritization, and the ability to establish effective working relationships quickly.
Engagement model
Time-limited consulting assignments through HealthcareCISO. Start date, duration, availability, responsibilities, and fixed compensation are agreed for each assignment.
Be considered for full-time Chief Information Security Officer roles with healthcare organizations seeking a permanent security executive.
What you would do
Own security strategy, program leadership, and executive accountability.
Build effective relationships with business, clinical, technology, and governance leaders.
Lead the security team and report priorities and progress to senior leadership.
Experience that fits
Healthcare security program leadership and demonstrated ability to communicate risk, guide teams, and connect security decisions to organizational priorities. Specific qualifications depend on the client role.
Engagement model
The selected candidate becomes an employee of the hiring client, rather than a HealthcareCISO subcontractor. Location, work arrangement, compensation, benefits, and hiring requirements are defined by the client for each actual opening.
Deliver focused healthcare security assessments, readiness work, or improvement projects matched to your expertise.
What you would do
Define and deliver agreed assessment or project outcomes.
Develop evidence-based findings, prioritized recommendations, and practical roadmaps.
Present results clearly and support an orderly client handover.
Experience that fits
Relevant healthcare security delivery experience in one or more areas such as program reviews, HIPAA security risk analysis, SOC 2 readiness, governance, or incident-response planning.
Engagement model
Independent consulting with a fixed fee per defined project. Deliverables, exclusions, timing, acceptance criteria, and compensation are agreed before starting. SOC 2 readiness is advisory; an independent CPA examination is a separate service.
Every Apply button opens our candidate application form. Select the service interests that fit you, describe your healthcare experience and availability, and include an optional PDF résumé. For permanent placement, choose the service areas that match your expertise and write “Permanent placement / full-time employment” in the additional notes. Use the availability fields to describe your working preferences.
For consulting work, HealthcareCISO contracts with the client and engages the assigned consultant under agreed written terms and practice oversight. Learn more about our consultant network and qualification process.
