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# Senior Information Security Analyst at Planned Parenthood Federation of America

- **Company:** Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $87k–$92k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/ppfa/4f5fe0b1-b157-495d-af0e-592560cc3aef

## Job description

Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education. With more than 600 health centers across the country, Planned Parenthood organizations serve all patients with care and compassion, with respect, and without judgment, striving to create equitable access to health care. Through health centers, programs in schools and communities, and online resources, Planned Parenthood is a trusted source of reliable education and information that allows people to make informed health decisions. We do all this because we care passionately about helping people lead healthier lives. Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that supports the independently incorporated Planned Parenthood affiliates operating health centers across the U.S. Planned Parenthood Action Fund is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit membership organization formed as the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The Action Fund engages in educational, advocacy, and electoral activity, including grassroots organizing, legislative advocacy, and voter education. Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF)seek a dynamic and effective Senior Information Security Analyst. This job reports to the Director, Incident Response Threat & Vulnerability Management in the Information Security Program of PPFA. ThePPFA Information Security provides the strategy and implementation of the information security program that safeguards the data entrusted to Planned Parenthood by its patients, supporters, donors and staff.

Purpose:

This role is responsible for supporting the Director of IR & Threat Vulnerability in building and maintaining the enterprise-wide Vulnerability, Incident Response and Cyber Threat Management programs. The Senior Information Security Analyst performs all phases of the incident response life cycle: preparation, analysis, containment, eradication, remediation, recovery and post-incident activity for all incidents in support of the National Office and the Federation. Completes threat hunting in both on-premise and cloud environments.  Responsible for identifying, triaging, filtering, and documenting vulnerabilities and threats across the enterprise and working with business unit partners to harmoniously resolve security matters. The Senior Information Security Analyst will help manage the MSSP partner for alert monitoring and will be tasked with responding, if necessary, to events/incidents on a 24x7 basis. The person will also be responsible for monitoring, building, augmenting, and integrating threat detection and remediation capabilities into security operations to address emergent cyber threats to PPFA products, services, data, and infrastructure. The Senior Information Security Analyst is expected to have a thorough understanding of complex systems and stay up-to-date with the latest security standards, products, and knowledge of the evolving threat landscape.

Delivery:

- Respond to security incidents and investigations, acting as technical lead for all phases of Incident Response.
- Analyzes existing Incident Response (IR) processes and provides actionable technical recommendations to the immediate IR team..
- Maintains and updates procedures, guidelines, and playbooks to streamline security incidents under the guidance of IR leadership
- Maintain thorough documentation of cyber threats, threat vectors, threat actors, and threat trends for threat modeling activities and security incidents.
- Assist in developing policies, procedures, and playbooks for cybersecurity, intelligence, and data protection.
- Mature and continuously benchmark the PPFA incident response playbook, liaising with vendor partners, Affiliate IT Leadership, and closely partnering with PPFA business functions.
- Monitors robust alerting and reporting mechanisms performed by MSSP as well as internal capabilities to potential cyber threats.
- Collects, analyzes, and maintains metrics and threat intelligence briefs that illustrate the impact of the current threat landscape.
- Coordinates with external forensics retainer to ensure confidential and in-depth investigations promptly, disseminating and maintaining reports on a highly confidential basis.
- Maintain current understanding of malicious adversaries, threat groups, and campaigns, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and highly granular tools.
- Develop work plans for IR and Threat Intelligence, as delegated by the Director, IR & Vulnerability Threat Management and complete initiatives within and across teams to ensure timely delivery.

Engagement:

- Support the InfoSec Operations team with vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and logging and event management results that may indicate pre-incident indicators, ineffective processes, procedures, and standards.
- Work with the team on recommendations and findings, both in written reports and in presentation format, to the Information Security Team and business unit partners
- Collaborate with key stakeholders at the National Office and the Affiliates on key findings and root cause analysis improvements.
- Support executive leader communications on potential emergent threats and ongoing efforts to resolve active cybersecurity incidents and investigations.
- Partner with stakeholders to enhance incident readiness through exercises and drills, and optimize IR and Threat Intelligence capabilities
- Collaborate with strategic vendor partners and external security research communities and cultivate durable relationships with external agencies and companies to produce a pipeline of high-quality threat intelligence.
- Work across department lines in developing product vulnerability remediation and incident response.
- Partners with architectural teams to conduct proof-of-concept evaluations for emerging technologies for security stack and production environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

Reporting to the Director, InfoSec Operations IR & Threat Intelligence, these are the skills and abilities that mark a strong candidate as part of our InfoSec Operations team.

- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity or equivalent experience
- Information Security certifications preferred
- 5+ years of work experience in Cybersecurity,  threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management in an Information Security Operations capacity or in a related field
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, or CySA are highly preferred
- Experience coordinating security incident meetings, dividing responsibilities, and influencing key stakeholders to resolve security incidents.
- Experience and strong understanding of multiple forms of Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and corresponding capabilities to detect, alert on them, and share information across key stakeholders.
- Experience with Security frameworks such as NIST CSF and MITRE ATT&CK.
- Experience with Annual Threat Assessment and Control Gap Analysis.
- Experience with building and reporting on Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Key Risk Indicators (KRI) and establishing thresholds with corrective actions.
- Knowledge of the external security community’s culture and mindset.
- Ability to recognize and respond to problems with potential solutions in a highly professional, confidential and sensitive manner.
- Familiarity with Cloud and Hybrid architectures.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent analytical skills with sharp attention to detail and the ability to meet critical deadlines.
- Self-directed and can work alone or in a team.
- Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with a dynamic, fast-moving team, completing multiple tasks with poise, accuracy, and confidence.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in managing or leveraging a variety of security appliances, such as SIEM, EDR, Email gateways, etc.
- Flexibility and ability to adapt to quickly changing priorities and ambiguous situations
- A deep commitment to Planned Parenthood’s mission of promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health.

On-Call Rotation: Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to monitor, detect, and respond to urgent security alerts and potential cyber incidents.

Travel: 0-10% travel, as needed.

Parenthood Federation of America is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment, and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.  Planned Parenthood is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.

## About Planned Parenthood Federation of America

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is the nation's leading nonprofit provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care, sex education, and information for millions of people worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Private nonprofit — 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (not a public company; primarily donation-funded with some patient service revenue)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (national office also in Washington, D.C.)
- **Founded**: October 16, 1916 (109 years ago)
- **Founders**: Margaret Sanger (predecessor organizations include American Birth Control League, Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau, and Birth Control Federation of America) [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us), [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Sexual and reproductive health care services, sex education, and advocacy
- **Target customers**: B2C — individuals of all genders seeking sexual and reproductive health care, sex education, and information; also policymakers, educators, and community partners
- **Mission**: To protect and expand access to sexual and reproductive health care and education, no matter what, and to provide support to its member affiliates across the U.S. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **Health Center Services**: Reproductive health care — including contraception, STI testing/treatment, cancer screenings, abortion care, and wellness exams — delivered at 600+ clinic locations across the U.S. through ~58 medical affiliates and ~101 non-medical affiliates. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us), [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america)
- **Sex Education**: The nation's largest provider of sex education, offering programs for youth and adults in schools, communities, and online. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us)
- **Advocacy & Public Policy**: Federal and state-level legislative advocacy, political organizing, and legal action to protect and expand reproductive rights; includes an Associate General Counsel role focused on advocacy and political law currently in hiring. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/ppfa)
- **Global Programs**: International partnerships through Planned Parenthood Global and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), with staff distributed across 11 countries including Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia, Brazil, and Mexico. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not applicable (nonprofit organization)
- **Key Metrics**: Annual revenue of $2.1B (enterprise-wide, including affiliates) and total funding of $276M raised across 7 prior funding rounds; PPFA national expenses were $403 million in 2024. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america)
- **Notable Partners/Collaborators**: Talent and alumni networks include Kaiser Permanente, ACLU, EMILYs List, Peace Corps, Columbia University, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the U.S. House of Representatives — indicating deep institutional ties across healthcare, advocacy, government, and academia. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america)
- **Growth Signals**: Workforce of 806 employees distributed across 11 countries; active job postings in FP&A, data strategy, IT enterprise architecture, organizing, and legal; headcount is down 3.7% year-over-year and job postings declined 9.1% monthly / 54.5% quarterly, reflecting a cautious hiring environment. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america), [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/ppfa)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Trusted national brand**: Recognized as the most trusted provider of sexual and reproductive health care in the U.S., with 600+ physical health center locations — an unmatched distribution network for reproductive care.
- **Scale and reach**: 47 affiliates across the U.S. plus international programs, giving PPFA advocacy, education, and clinical infrastructure at both local and global levels. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us)
- **Leadership in research and technology**: Described as a leader in reproductive health research and technology, with a robust scholarly output of 1,504 works, 55,590 citations, and a field-weighted citation impact of 2.3. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/jobs-and-volunteering), [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america)
- **Mission-driven talent magnet**: Consistently draws top talent from advocacy, government, and healthcare organizations (ACLU, EMILYs List, Peace Corps, Kaiser Permanente), creating a strong mission-aligned culture.

## Strategic Focus
- **Protecting and expanding access**: PPFA's top priority is defending and growing access to sexual and reproductive health care and education amid ongoing legal and political threats to abortion access nationwide. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/jobs-and-volunteering)
- **Health equity initiatives**: Dedicated national programs such as Black Health Equity and the Health Care Investment Program signal a strategic focus on underserved communities and care delivery innovation. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america)
- **Data and technology modernization**: Active leadership roles in Data Strategy, Analytics and Insights, IT Enterprise Architecture, and a Director of Identity & Access Management indicate ongoing investment in enterprise data, analytics, and security infrastructure. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america), [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/ppfa)
- **Movement and grassroots organizing**: Hiring a National Director of Organizing and Regional Campaigns Directors points to continued investment in community mobilization ahead of election cycles and legislative battles. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/ppfa)

## Why Work Here
- **Mission with tangible impact**: Employees provide and support expert, compassionate care that affects millions of people daily — described as "meaningful work" that makes a real difference in people's lives. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/jobs-and-volunteering)
- **Collaborative, mission-aligned culture**: The organization emphasizes an environment built on collaboration, open communication, and mutual respect, with "like-minded individuals" working toward a shared mission. [plannedparenthood.org](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/jobs-and-volunteering/search-opportunities)
- **Hybrid work options**: Manager-level positions and many national office roles are listed

## Other roles at Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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- [Staff Attorney](https://feeny.ai/job/staff-attorney-planned-parenthood-federation-of-america-new-york-2a479eqbpaf9) — New York, NY
- [Interim Director, Scheduling and Advance](https://feeny.ai/job/interim-director-scheduling-and-advance-planned-parenthood-federation-of-hwkpsz9d5tpw) — New York, NY
- [Associate Director, Information Security Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/associate-director-information-security-engineer-planned-parenthood-federation-9jfq346kwc7p) — New York, NY
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