Associate Director – Strategic Platforms

MSD

Associate Director managing a platform-centric security strategy at a global health care company. Leading a team to build secure enterprise applications and AI systems at scale.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeNew Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $142,400 - $224,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive a platform-centric security strategy, ensuring that enterprise applications and AI-enabled systems are built and operated securely at scale.
Serve as a hands-on leader, translating strategy into production-grade capabilities that reduce risk, enable innovation, and protect enterprise data and intellectual property.
Lead and develop a high-performing team responsible for security across strategic platforms, including AI systems, SaaS applications, and PaaS/cloud-native environments.
Define and execute the security strategy for enterprise platforms, aligning with business priorities and risk reduction objectives.
Establish and scale SaaS security capabilities, such as SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), data governance, and third-party platform risk controls.
Drive automation and engineering-first approaches to reduce manual controls and improve scalability of protection across thousands of applications and services.
Partner with Legal, Privacy, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure alignment with regulatory and data governance requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in SaaS architecture and delivery or cybersecurity, with strong depth in cloud, platform, application, or AI security.
Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering enterprise-scale platform capabilities.
Hands-on expertise in SaaS, PaaS/cloud-native, and distributed system architectures.
Experience designing and implementing security controls within modern platforms (identity, data protection, API security, workload protection).
Strong understanding of AI/ML security risks, including data leakage, model misuse, prompt injection, and governance controls.
Experience with public cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across engineering, security, legal, and business teams.
Experience operating in large, complex enterprise environments with global scope.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
retirement benefits, including 401(k)
paid holidays
vacation
compassionate and sick days

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Hard Skills & Tools

SaaS architecturecybersecuritycloud securityplatform securityapplication securityAI securitysecurity controlsdata protectionAPI securityworkload protection

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingrisk managementinnovation enablementcommunication