Vice President, Technology Operations & Security

The VP, Technology Operations & Security is a cornerstone executive leadership role responsible for the integrity, performance, and modernization of Cambria’s technical ecosystem. Reporting directly to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), this leader serves as a foundational member of the AI Transformation Office (AITO) and the Technology Leadership team. This role leads the Cyber Security and IT Infrastructure & Operations teams, acting as the primary architect and manager of our critical systems infrastructure - the secure, high-performance environment required for Cambria’s digital teammates and agentic practices to scale.

The position requires a leader with exceptional executive maturity and poise, capable of providing clear-headed, objective guidance during critical operational events.

• Serve as a key executive stakeholder in the AI Transformation Office, ensuring all AI and agentic initiatives are built on a secure, governed, and performant substrate.
• Act as a critical strategic partner to the Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Unified Product Engineering, and Data Intelligence teams to ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Interact directly with the C-Suite and Board-level leaders, demonstrating the ability to communicate complex technical risks and recovery efforts with transparency and composure under scrutiny.
• Lead the organizational shift toward a unified technical team (merging GTM and Core IT teams) and promote a "Digital Teammate" culture.

• Head of Global Security:
  Serve as the ultimate authority on enterprise risk management, threat intelligence, and global Security Operations Center (SOC) performance.
• Own and govern the 4-Ring security architecture that protects Cambria’s proprietary data and models, establishing the enterprise standard for safe AI enablement.
• Maintain a posture of "Security by Design," balancing the high-velocity requirements of AI innovation with a proactive and robust defense strategy.

• Lead and mentor a diverse IT Operations organization, including Cybersecurity, Service Desk/Help Desk, Systems & Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Network Engineering, and Executive Support.
• Ensure 99.9% availability for manufacturing-critical systems, holding the team accountable to rigorous service levels.
• Act as the ultimate escalation point for critical infrastructure or security crises, leading war rooms and providing objective communications to executive leadership.
• Oversee the lifecycle of global compute, storage, and networking (Nutanix, AWS, VMware) while transitioning the organization toward a modernized, automated substrate.
• Drive ruthless prioritization to eliminate redundant legacy systems and administrative churn while simplifying the technology footprint to reduce tech debt.
• Direct the comprehensive financial planning for IT Operations, including annual budget development, quarterly forecasting, and strict expense control.

• Proven executive maturity, with the ability to remain objective and steadfast during high-pressures outages or security threats while maintaining a focus on long-term stability.
• Demonstrated success acting as a partner to peer executives in Product Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Data Science, and Digital Transformation.
• Extensive experience managing hybrid-cloud architectures (e.g., Nutanix, AWS, VMware) and driving successful technology footprint simplification strategies.
• Proven experience managing data centers and cloud instances to consistently meet and exceed SLAs.
• Skilled in strategic vendor management (system, network, telecom, software, cloud) ensuring strong partnerships and cost-effective service delivery.
• Demonstrated success hiring and mentoring System and Network Engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence through automation and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing WAN, Wireless, Firewall, VPN, Proxy, and Intrusion Prevention.
• Deep technical mastery of modern security frameworks.
• Thorough understanding of the security challenges, governance requirements, and data protection protocols…