Senior Director, Security Platform Engineering & Operations

Role Overview

We want a senior cybersecurity leader to connect architecture, engineering, and operations. Their goal is to secure our cloud, AI, OT, network, and endpoint platforms across the globe. This role is crafted for someone who can lead through complexity, raise maturity, and help us build secure foundations that support innovation across AstraZeneca.

What You Will Do

Strategic Leadership and Architecture: Define and implement a multi-year strategy for developing and maintaining security infrastructure aligned to enterprise objectives. Platform Engineering and Operations: Govern the roadmap and lifecycle of core security platforms across cloud, network and OT, endpoint, and architecture tooling. Risk, Compliance and Consultative Services: Provide authoritative solution design consultations to major programs and business units.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This is a chance to lead work that protects the technology behind our science and helps accelerate innovation for patients. You will work at global scale, with modern platforms, complex challenges, and the support to make an impact. We want people who are curious, practical, collaborative, and ready to keep learning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or comparable specialisation.
• 15+ years of Significant experience in modern software development, security engineering, and platform architecture.
• Experience in agile/scrum environments and managing intricate security engineering initiatives.
• Experience with cloud security platforms (e.g. Wiz, AWS/Azure/GCP security tooling) and data security controls.
• Substantial experience with AI/GenAI security capabilities and secure design for AI-enabled environments.
• Experience deploying enterprise platforms (Docker, SaaS, cloud-native) including web and mobile security controls.
• Experience with OT/ICS security standards (IEC 62443, NIST 800-82) and industrial security tools (e.g. ClarOTy).
• Experience with SIEM, endpoint, network security, and DLP tooling.
• Familiarity with modern test management and vulnerability management tools (e.g. X-Ray for Jira, Vectr, Censys).
• Leadership & Business Experience: Substantial experience leading sophisticated, large-scale global IT/security engineering projects and programs.
• Significant experience managing geographically dispersed teams across multiple regions and time zones.
• Proven experience managing budgets, vendors, and resources for complex security engineering operations.
• Experience managing managers and developing engineering leadership talent.
• Experience co-working with cross-functional global leadership and senior stakeholders including C-suite.
• Experience working in quality and compliance environments; application of policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Demonstrated experience anticipating, assessing, and managing project and security risk.
• Experience driving large-scale change and transformation initiatives through and with distributed teams.
• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills across diverse internal and external audiences.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• Healthcare
• PTO
• Retirement
• Learning budget
• Parental leave
• Wellness
• Visa/relocation
• Remote flexibility
• Stipends
• Bonus/commission
• Paid holidays