**Join our team and help shape Benchmark's integral cybersecurity future!
**Lead key cybersecurity governance initiatives, ensure compliance with top industry frameworks (NIST, ISO, SOX, CMMC), strengthen supplier security, and drive data privacy excellence.Work cross‐functionally with IT, Security, Legal, and business leaders to elevate our cyber maturity and protect our global operations.
**On-site: Tijuana or Guadalajara****Key Responsibilities**:**1.Cybersecurity Governance, Framework Ownership & IT Data Privacy**- Lead the development, maintenance, and oversight of cybersecurity governance structures, policies, standards, and procedures.
- Align governance activities with external frameworks and regulatory requirements (NIST, ISO, SOX, CMMC, etc.).
- Lead the governance operating committee and oversee regulatory changes and policy reviews.
- Manage the full lifecycle of cybersecurity policies and standards, ensuring approval, communication, and enforcement.
- Establish a common controls framework with clear accountability across IT, security, and business units.
**2.Regulatory & Customer Compliance Oversight**- Establish and maintain core cyber governance frameworks (NIST *******, CMMC, ISO, ITAR/EAR).
- Develop System Security Plans (SSP) and standard responses to customer cybersecurity inquiries.
- Oversee audit readiness and coordinate responses to government, customer, and third‐party assessments.
- Provide assurance documentation on cybersecurity practices.




**3.Supplier Security Governance**- Lead supplier security assessments during onboarding and on a recurring basis; ensure timely remediation of gaps.
- Define Supplier Security requirements and partner with Procurement to enforce them.
- Conduct cybersecurity training and awareness for high‐risk suppliers.
**4.Cross‐Functional Collaboration & Cyber Leadership**- Drive alignment between IT, Security Engineering, Legal, Compliance, HR, and business units.
- Strengthen cyber leadership culture by fostering ownership, accountability, and informed decision-making.
- Oversee cybersecurity training and awareness programs.
**Requirements:**- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Risk Management, or a related field.
- **5+ years of experience**in cybersecurity governance, risk, compliance, or similar roles.
- Experience working with NIST frameworks (NIST CSF, NIST SP *******, NIST SP ******).
- Experience collaborating with executive leadership on cybersecurity and enterprise risk topics.
**Skills & Competencies**:- Strong understanding of cyber governance, risk methodologies, and regulatory obligations.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of translating technical risk for executive audiences.
- Strong program and portfolio management capabilities.
- Proven cross‐functional leadership and stakeholder management.
- Familiarity with CMMC, ITAR, SOX, and global regulatory compliance.
**Preferred Certifications**:- SOX IT or Cyber Internal Auditor- **CISA, CDPSE, CRISC, CISSP, or CISM**:- CMMC Professional/Assessor (preferred)

📌 Cyber Security Governance Lead (Tijuana)
🏢 Benchmark Electronics
📍 Tijuana