Senior Director, Cybersecurity Operations & Compliance

Department: Department

Location: Santa Clara Colocation

Compensation: $275K – $295K

Employment Type: FullTime

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop the compliance roadmap and lead SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification programs.

• Collaborate with the Identity and Access Management team to strengthen the company’s identity posture and AI governance guardrails.

• Direct the End-User Services team in deploying endpoint protection solutions, including mobile device management, conditional access, verified identity, and related security capabilities.

• Develop and operate a comprehensive threat and vulnerability management program.

• Develop and manage a comprehensive threat hunting, event analysis, and incident response capability.

• Perform detailed and complex security analysis, including malware analysis.

• Provide technical leadership for all relevant information security platforms.

• Serve as the final escalation point for threat hunting, event detection and analysis, and incident response.

• Oversee and directly participate in the administration of the firm’s SIEM and other relevant information security technology platforms.

• Lead the response to and containment of information security-related incidents.

• Ensure indicators of attack and indicators of compromise are promptly integrated into relevant systems and platforms.

• Manage threat intelligence sources, including both human-readable and machine-readable intelligence.

• Partner with IT, Legal, and Internal Audit to develop and maintain security best practices and policies for internal systems.

• Play a primary role in the selection of new information security technologies.

• Support the development of information security team members and facilitate knowledge transfer to other IT and firmwide groups.

Job Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, including 5+ years leading cybersecurity teams at the manager, director, or higher level.

• Proven experience owning enterprise cybersecurity strategy, including capital and operating budgets.

• Deep hands-on expertise across all aspects of a comprehensive cybersecurity program.

• Experience managing hybrid environments that span on-premises or colocation infrastructure and at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Deep knowledge of and experience with industry compliance programs, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, DORA, and related frameworks.

• Strong foundation in disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability architecture.

• Experience with infrastructure automation, configuration management, and modern operations practices.

• Track record of building, leading, and retaining high-performing technical teams.

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.