Director Security Partnerships- San Francisco-Adobe Systems Ltd-8-10 - TimesJobs.com

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Job Description

Adobe's central security team partners closely with product teams across the company to ensure that we are consistently meeting a high security bar. We build these relationships with a strong technical foundation in both security and software that brings business value to each of our interactions with product teams. As the Director, Security Partnerships you will lead Adobe's global security partner organization. You and your team will find the most important security problems across all of Adobe and collaborate across the business to solve the problems. You will set the strategic direction for the organization with a focus on risk reduction at scale by connecting security experts to the right problems at the right times. You will implement this vision and work closely with VPs and Directors across Adobe to ensure that security is meeting the needs of each business area.

• Develop a hardworking organization that will work closely with Adobe corporate and product teams to identify and address security risks:
• Security Culture: You and your team will set the tone for our security culture throughout Adobe. This will be critical to scaling our overall security program. We seek to enable the business by making it as easy as possible to get the right security outcomes. Your role will be to lead by example in exhibiting this culture and in how you mentor your team.
• Product Security: Working across the Adobe product portfolio your organization will identify systemic and localized risks, prioritize where we need to invest, and work closely with software engineering teams to properly address each issue. Adobe's product portfolio is large and includes desktop software, cloud services, and mobile applications.
• Corporate Security: In addition to product security, your team will partner with the business on corporate projects including endpoints, cloud infrastructure, internal tooling, and more.
• Metrics & Visibility: As the owner of security's relationships across Adobe, your team will also own telling the story of how well each business unit is doing to meet our security bar. You will lead the way for your team with your executive communication and storytelling skills. This narrative will be backed by metrics from your team and peer security teams and you will need to work to develop these metrics to tell the stories that will motivate the right security outcomes for the business.

• 10 years in Information Security, most of which in a complex, global organization
• 8 years of progressive leadership experience in application and/or product security
• 3 years in working in a security partnership role where you influenced security outcomes outside of the security organization
• Ability to build strong rapport with business leaders, engineering leaders, and customers
• Be an expert on product security, and be able to explain technical concepts in understandable ways to business leadership and our customers
• Successful track record growing talent and building hardworking security teams
• Strong problem-solving skills, analytical capability, and a pragmatic approach to business
• Skilled in telling deeply technical security stories to senior leaders using metrics
• Strong executive-level communications skills
• Comfort with ambiguity

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world! You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you're looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you.

Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We hire hardworking individuals, regardless of gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We know that when our employees feel appreciated and included, they can be more creative, innovative, and successful. This is what it means to be Adobe For All.

Locations - Location

• San Francisco, California, United States of America