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    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p>COMPANY OVERVIEW</p>\n<p>Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence.Our approach begins and ends with establishing trust, accountability, and transparency. Our company values of creative spirit, pride of ownership, follow-through, and a team-first attitude drive us to pursue our mission every day. Our culture supports our values by fostering innovative and critical thinking and a deep belief in living up to our promises. Headquartered in the United States, Pattern has a global portfolio of more than 35 power facilities and transmission assets, serving various customers that provide low-cost clean energy to millions of consumers.</p>\n<h2>Responsibilities</h2>\n<p><strong>JOB PURPOSE</strong></p>\n<p>The Sr. Manager, Enterprise Technology Security & Governance is responsible for leading, governing, and maturing the organization’s enterprise security, cyber risk management, and critical infrastructure compliance capabilities. This role provides end to end ownership of security operations, identity governance, vulnerability and patch management, and NERC CIP compliance governance, ensuring alignment between regulatory obligations, cyber risk posture, and operational continuity across IT, OT, and cloud environments aligned to industry-standard frameworks such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and NIST 800-53/800-82 where applicable.</p>\n<p>This is a hands-on senior leadership role requiring a blend of deep technical expertise, regulatory knowledge, and the ability to establish strong governance, policy, and accountability frameworks. The role operates at the intersection of cybersecurity, critical infrastructure operations, and compliance, serving as a key advisor to executive leadership on security risk and NERC CIP readiness. The ideal candidate has experience operating in regulated, mission critical environments—preferably energy, utilities, or renewables—and can balance security rigor with business and operational realities.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Key Accountabilities</strong></p>\n<ul>\n <li>Security & compliance governance</li>\n <li>Establish and operate enterprise governance aligned to nist cybersecurity framework (csf) and nerc cip, including control mapping, maturity assessment, and consistent execution across it, ot, and cloud environments develop and maintain a nist-aligned security maturity roadmap, using nist csf or 800-53 to assess current state, define target state, and prioritize risk-based improvements</li>\n <li>Oversee and continuously improve incident response and cyber crisis management capabilities, including tabletop exercises and post-incident reviews</li>\n <li>partner with security operations to ensure detection and response capabilities align with enterprise risk 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that improve security posture, compliance maturity, and operational efficiency</li>\n</ul>\n<p> </p>\n<h2>Qualifications</h2>\n<p><strong>Experience/Qualifications/Education Required</strong></p>\n<p> </p>\n<ul>\n <li>10+ years of experience across cybersecurity, enterprise IT, infrastructure, or OT environments, with demonstrated management of one or more of the following: </li>\n <li>Security operations, vulnerability management, and patching</li>\n <li>Identity and access management (IAM) and privileged access management</li>\n <li>Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)</li>\n <li>5+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, performance management, and development of technical teams</li>\n <li>Demonstrated experience supporting and governing NERC CIP compliance, including: \n  <ul>\n   <li>Asset and system classification</li>\n   <li>Patch management and vulnerability remediation</li>\n   <li>Access control, identity governance, and evidence management</li>\n   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