Platform Security – Managing Director

State Street

Senior cybersecurity leader driving platform-aligned security model, ensuring cyber accountability across cloud, SaaS, and AI platforms at State Street.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeQuincy • Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $282,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the vision, strategy, and mission accomplishment of the entire Platform Security organization.
Partner with technology product owners to embed security ownership within platform teams, ensuring accountability for securing cloud, SaaS, and AI-enabled platforms in real time.
Drive the design, deployment, and operationalization of security controls directly within platforms, enabling continuous enforcement rather than periodic review-based oversight.
Lead security strategy for frontier technologies, including LLM-enabled SaaS, APIs, and autonomous agents, addressing dynamic risks associated with real-time data access, transformation, and third-party dependencies.
Establish and scale a federated security model where cyber risk ownership shifts from centralized cyber teams to technology product lines, while ensuring alignment with enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
Collaborate closely with Fusion & Security Operations, enterprise security architecture, and technology infrastructure teams to ensure cohesive, end-to-end protection across the ecosystem.
Define clear accountability models, performance metrics, and governance structures that ensure platform teams effectively manage security risk and meet regulatory and policy obligations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15 years or more leading large-scale cybersecurity or platform engineering functions in complex, global environments with at least 5 years of cyber security related leadership experience preferred.
Proven ability to successfully drive and develop teams that work remotely and across multiple geographic time zones.
Deep expertise in cloud, SaaS, and modern application architectures, with strong understanding of embedded security controls
Demonstrated leadership in driving operating model transformation and organizational change at the enterprise level
Strong working knowledge of emerging AI/LLM technologies and associated cyber risk implications
Strong knowledge of cyber security threat actors particularly their tactics, techniques, procedures, tradecraft, and noteworthy attacks.
Exceptional communications skills (oral and written) with a history of successfully engaging with groups such as Boards of Directors, executive management teams, and senior business leaders both internally and externally.
Understanding of technology systems such as networks, applications, servers, cloud, authentication, and emerging technologies.
Experience working with information security teams such as fusion centers, security operations centers, vulnerability assessment, vulnerability threat management, security incident management, cyber “hunt,” and big data analysis.
Managed or worked closely with public and private sector law enforcement agencies and external audit organizations with a strong understanding of their roles, responsibilities, and capabilities.
Must be a self-starter, self-motivated, and able to work independently with little oversight while managing a large, globally distributed team.
Able to develop and operate within a set financial budget.

Benefits

Comp & perks

our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
access to our Employee Assistance Program
incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards

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Hard Skills & Tools

CybersecurityPlatform EngineeringCloud ArchitectureSaaS SecuritySecurity ControlsRisk ManagementVulnerability AssessmentIncident ManagementBig Data AnalysisCyber Threat Analysis

Soft Skills

Exceptional CommunicationTeam LeadershipSelf-MotivatedRemote Team ManagementOrganizational Change Management