Senior Director of Security Vendor & Technology Strategy
salesforceMillbrae, CA
Senior Director of Security Vendor & Technology Strategy
salesforceMillbrae, CA
yesterday
Occupations
Security ManagersSecurity Management SpecialistsComputer and Information Systems ManagersAbout the role
We are seeking a Senior Director to lead the rationalization of our security vendor and technology portfolio and bring strategic discipline to how we invest in, build, buy, and manage security capabilities
This leader will turn a sprawling landscape of security vendors into a coherent, defensible portfolio and establish the frameworks and operating processes that govern go-forward decisions and vendor engagement across the organization. This is an individual contributor role
Rationalize the current portfolio of security vendors, identifying overlap, consolidation opportunities, and gaps to reduce complexity, cost, and risk
Develop a security economics practice that drives cost clarity on tools, including unit costs for vulnerability identification and remediation
Build repeatable decision frameworks and lightweight tooling that guide investment, divestment, build, and buy decisions across the security stack, and design a disciplined vendor engagement process for our multifaceted vendor relationships
Partner with security, procurement, finance, and business leaders to align technology strategy with organizational priorities and budget, and establish governance, metrics, and reporting to track portfolio health over time
Benefits:
Medical Care
Life Insurance
Retirement Savings
Employee Assistance Programs
With 9 standard holidays and four floating holidays, you get a total 13 paid days off each year
You understand the security tooling landscape and how capabilities map to organizational risk You’ve built decision frameworks and translated them into repeatable, defensible processes You have 10+ years of extensive experience in security technology strategy, vendor management, or a related domain, including leading portfolio rationalization or large-scale consolidation efforts You Bring strong cross-functional leadership and executive communication skills You’ve maintained a decision log capturing investment rationale, analysis of alternatives, and non-investment influencing factors for cross-organization reference You have direct experience negotiating or managing “as customer, partner, competitor, and/or supplier” vendor relationships specifically
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JOB OVERVIEW
Experience level
Manager
Location
Millbrae, CA
Occupation
Security Managers
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services
Posted
yesterday
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