Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is a leading enterprise service company whose Cloud & AI organization secures digital technology platforms, devices, clouds, and internal environments. The Director, Forward Deployed Security will turn complex security needs into executable programs, shape a portfolio of security initiatives, and build operating mechanisms for governance, risk prioritization, remediation, and adoption. The role partners with engineering, architecture, product, and security leaders while applying AI and automation responsibly to improve decision-making and execution.
Responsibilities
Turn ambiguous security needs into well-scoped programs with explicit goals, priorities, dependencies, owners, success measures, and decision paths
Ensure alignment with CISO-mandated governance processes, including quarterly risk reviews, third-party risk, and PIR governance
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
Use customer feedback, security telemetry, incident learning, exposure data, and other evidence to guide experiments, influence investment decisions, and continuously improve the portfolio
Apply AI and automation to research, planning, analysis, and workflow orchestration while setting standards for validation, traceability, escalation, and responsible human judgment
Establish patterns for security program management across forward-deployed divisions, setting clear objectives and improving execution quality
Skills
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
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 partnering with engineering and architecture teams on system design, technical tradeoffs, dependencies, and delivery risks
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
Leading a portfolio of security, cloud, infrastructure, identity, data, AI, or developer-platform programs across multiple divisions
Managing managers or building a technical program-management function
Designing mechanisms for technical reviews, risk prioritization, roadmap delivery, remediation programs, or product and service health
Experience managing a cross-functional roadmap with product deliverables, engineering platform constraints, and financial/revenue stakeholders
Applying Responsible AI practices, evaluation methods, and human oversight to AI-assisted products or operational workflows
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company Overview
Microsoft provides computer software, consumer electronics, cloud computing platforms, and digital enterprise systems. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.microsoft.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
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