Chief Security Strategist

Security Leadership Role

This is a leadership role where you will be responsible for managing the security team in India. Your primary responsibility will be to manage day-to-day operations and support regional teams to execute information security programs and processes.

The ideal candidate should have excellent leadership skills and experience in managing information security teams. He/she should also have strong communication and collaboration skills to work with global Information Security leadership and regional executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with global Information Security leadership and functional peers to implement a comprehensive information security strategy aligned with the company's business objectives.
• Collaborate with regional executive leadership to ensure adequate resourcing and support for information security team operations and initiatives.
• Provide executive-level support for regional security risk assessment and treatment activities as well as security operations.
• Support global security governance and reporting activities, including regular updates to regional senior management on the state of information security practices most relevant to the region.

Team Management and Oversight:

• Lead and mentor the information security team with an emphasis on coaching and developing teams, managers, and key individual contributors.
• Maintain alignment and operational consistency between the Global Information Security team and the regional information security team on information security policies, processes, and practices.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and learning across the information security teams.
• Ensure effective coordination and communication between information security teams as well as between the information security team and regional stakeholders and teams to maintain productive, positive working relationships and deliver a cohesive security posture.

Application & Cloud Security:

• Provide oversight and executive-level support for adoption of security best practices in software development and cloud security, including secure architecture design, software and infrastructure threat modeling, vulnerability management and remediation, and full-stack security hardening.

Security Operations:

• Provide technical oversight and executive-level support for the design, implementation, and maintenance of security controls for the company's SaaS platform and corporate computing resources.
• Provide technical oversight and support for effective 24/7 security monitoring, incident response, threat hunting, and threat intelligence capabilities.

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Provide oversight and executive-level support for activities to achieve and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulations relevant to the company's global SaaS operations (e.g., ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2, PCI, GDPR, CCPA, and others).
• Provide oversight and support for third-party vendor risk assessment and risk treatment activities.
• Oversee and contribute to the development and maintenance of information security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines, as required.

Security Assurance:

• Provide oversight and executive-level support for customer assurance support activities related to security and which are geared to establishing and maintaining customer trust in the company's security posture and practices.

Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as a key executive representative and liaison between the Global Information Security and regional information security team as well as between other departments and divisions.
• Collaborate with Sales, Legal, and Product teams to address customer security concerns and requirements.

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