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Position Overview

We areseekingan experienced and strategicDirector of Vulnerability Managementto lead the organization's efforts toidentify, prioritize, remediate, and govern cybersecurity vulnerabilities across infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, and internally developed products.

This leader willbe responsible foradvancing a mature, risk-based vulnerability management program while partnering closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, DevOps, and Security Operations teams to embed security throughout the software development lifecycle. The successful candidate will combine strong technicalexpertise, program leadership, and stakeholder management skills to reduce enterprise risk and enable secure business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Vulnerability Management

• Own and mature the enterprise vulnerability management program across infrastructure, endpoints, cloud platforms, applications, containers, and third-party technologies.

• Establish risk-based prioritization methodologies that consider exploitability, business criticality, threat intelligence, and asset exposure.

• Define andmaintainvulnerability management standards, operational procedures,remediationSLAs, exception processes, and governance frameworks.

• Drive accountability for remediation efforts and ensuretimelyresolution of critical and high-risk vulnerabilities.

• Lead executive reporting and board-level metrics related to vulnerability exposure, remediation performance, and cyber risk reduction.

• Coordinate enterprise response efforts for critical vulnerabilities, zero-day threats, and actively exploited security issues.

Program Governance & Risk Management

• Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, Audit, Privacy, and Legal teams to ensure alignment with regulatory and industry requirements.

• Manage vulnerability exception processes and risk acceptance frameworks.

• Support regulatory examinations, customer security assessments, internal audits, and external audits.

• Develop andmaintainmeaningful KPIs and KRIs thatdemonstrateprogram effectiveness and risk reduction.

Leadership & Organizational Development

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of vulnerability managementprofessionals.

• Foster strong partnerships across Engineering, Infrastructure, Operations, and business leadership teams.

• Establish a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Provide strategic guidance and subject matterexpertiseto executive leadership on emerging threats, vulnerability trends, and secure product development practices.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, ora relateddiscipline.

• Equivalentcombination of education and relevant experience will be considered.

Experience

• Progressive cybersecurity experience, including vulnerability management, application security, product security, or related security disciplines.

• Leadership experience managing security teams, programs, or enterprise initiatives.

• Demonstrated success leading vulnerability management programs in large-scale enterprise environments.

• Experience partnering with software engineering organizations and implementing secure development practices.

• Strong background in cyber risk management, governance, and executive communications.

Technical Expertise

• Deep understanding of vulnerability management frameworks, CVSS, exploitability analysis, threat intelligence integration, and remediation prioritization.

• Strong knowledge of secure software development practices and application security principles.

• Experience with vulnerability management and application security platforms such as Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Microsoft Defender, GitHub Advanced Security,CodeQL, Veracode,Checkmarx, or similar solutions.

• Familiarity with cloud environments, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and modern software architectures.

• Ability to communicate technical risks effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Certifications (Preferred)

• CISSP

• CISM

• Relevant cloud security certifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading Product Security orDevSecOpstransformation initiatives.

• Experience implementing secure-by-design principles within enterprise software development environments.

• Familiarity with software supply chain security and emerging secure software development regulations.

• Experience supporting highly regulated industries, including financial services, healthcare, insurance, or critical infrastructure sectors.

• Experienceleveragingautomation and AI-driven security capabilities to improve vulnerability management and security operations.

Leadership Competencies

The ideal candidate willdemonstrate:

• Strategic thinking and business acumen.

• Strong executive presence and communication skills.

• Ability to influence without direct authority.

• Data-driven decision-making and risk prioritization.

• Effective stakeholder management across technical and business functions.

• A commitment to talent development, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement.

Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured through:

• Reduction of enterprise vulnerability exposure and risk.

• Improvement in remediation performance and SLA compliance.

• Increased adoption of secure development practices across engineering teams.

• Enhanced visibility and reporting of cyber risk to executive leadership.

• Successful integration of security into product and technology delivery processes.

• Positive audit, regulatory, and customer security assessment outcomes.