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Microsoft

Director, Forward Deployed Security

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations · Director

Sponsorship not specified$143k-$275kDetected 1 day ago
Data AnalysisAI OrchestrationResearchLeadership

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64Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.
  • Forward-Deployed Security within CISO Leadership is responsible for bootstrapping and maturing security programs and addressing threats faced by Microsoft divisions with emerging, non-traditional-enterprise technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Partner deeply with engineering, architecture, product, and security leaders to identify risks, resolve planning misalignment, and drive technically sound decisions through delivery and adoption.
  • Build and improve the operating mechanisms behind security reviews, roadmap execution, risk prioritization, telemetry, and remediation so the organization can scale without adding unnecessary friction.

Requirements

  • Required/Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development - OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development - OR equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  • 1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
  • Experience leading complex technical programs across multiple organizational boundaries from problem definition through delivery, adoption, and outcome measurement.
  • Experience defining success measures and using customer, telemetry, operational, or business data to make program decisions including decisions with budget, headcount and organizational structure implications.
  • Experience managing at least one sustained security, privacy, or identity program.
  • Experience applying AI or automation to research, planning, analysis, or operational workflows and setting standards for validating and communicating the limitations of AI-generated output.

Nice to have

  • Additional or Preferred Qualifications

Skills

  • Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world.
  • We work where the problems are least standardized and the stakes are real:

Compensation

  • $143k-$275k

Benefits

  • Use customer feedback, security telemetry, incident learning, exposure data, and other evidence to guide experiments, influence investment decisions, and continuously improve the portfolio.

Company info

  • We are looking for a technical program leader to help turn complex security needs into clear decisions, executable programs, and measurable outcomes.
  • AI will be part of how the team researches, analyzes, plans, and operates, and you will be responsible for the quality, limitations, and human oversight of AI-assisted outputs used in decision making.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
  • If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the

Visa & Work Authorization

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status
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