Sr Director, Threat Defense

NBCUniversal’s Cyber Defense team is seeking a highly experienced and dynamic leader to oversee the strategic and tactical operations of our Cyber Threat Hunting, Intelligence, Detection Engineering, and Security Automation services. These services are tentpoles to our operations and play a critical role in our overall Cyber roadmap. This role requires a balance of strategic planning, hands-on technical skills, collaboration, & the ability to confidently balance & support multiple large programs and projects Your leadership style should inspire trust, drive change, & foster a culture of high-performance, execution, ownership, and accountability. This senior level position will challenge you to showcase your dependability and communications to meet deadlines and ensure completeness of tasks. A qualified candidate will need to lead and manage the following core responsibilities: Be accountable and responsible for the successful detection of threats against the global NBCU portfolio. This includes immediately addressing active and emerging threats. The identification, tracking, & dissemination of emerging threats, adversary TTPs, and prioritize findings that drive defense capabilities in real time. Build key relationships in the industry to drive intelligence sharing Utilize Hunting services to identify active threats, assess security posture, remediate gaps, and act as ambassador of Cyber Defense. Enable operations to mature and meet the growing volume of data & threats through automation & orchestration while ensuring the availability and trust of the platform and service. Represent leadership in critical programs and projects in a manner that focuses on balancing the right solutions & risk with building trust and collaboration. You will be placed in challenging situations where you will need to be the singular voice of motivation, reason, & influence to drive progress. Provide leadership and mentorship to the cybersecurity team, promoting professional growth and a commitment to excellence Additional Responsibilities: Closely partner with business leaders & cyber partners to strategically deploy new technologies, improve existing security posture, and remove roadblocks from solutions. Create processes that mature and automate functions within the entire Defense organization. Manage vendor relationships in a way to accelerates our needs, but holds them accountable for service delivery, communications, and meeting expectations. Closely partner with Vulnerability Management and Attack Surface Management to proactively defend, alert, and monitor active threats. Expert understanding of Threat Operations Lifecycle Strong ability to understand, translate, & champion core business and cyber strategies across various levels Create and deliver monthly metrics and threat-based stories that highlight relevant threats to NBCU, secure posture, and seeing around the corner. Navigate complex issues while maintaining a clear, connected, and influential vision and strategy Provide after-hours support during critical cyber incidents, critical deadlines, and executive level requests.