Head of Security Platforms

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale
, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy.

The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family
. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

As a member of the IT Management Team, you are responsible for managing, developing, and leading a team of employees. Your role includes leading the specific functional responsibilities of your team, which involves overseeing team performance and deliverables. However, your role as a leader within our organization requires more than the management of resources and day-to-day operations. As a steward of the company, you are charged with the development and execution of your team's strategic vision and plan and ensuring that your team's actions align with the larger goals of the company and the IT Division.

Costco Wholesale is undergoing significant global expansion, and we are intentionally shaping our security capabilities to support sustained, scalable, and profitable growth. As a key leader in the Office of the CISO, you will play a central role in operationalizing our cybersecurity strategy and ensuring it directly enables business outcomes. You will translate high-level strategic objectives into clear, actionable delivery plans - turning maturity assessments, program insights, and organizational priorities into consumable, reportable roadmaps that guide execution across the enterprise.

The Director will partner closely with Finance to support budgeting, investment planning, and resource optimization, ensuring we identify not only risks but high-value opportunities that strengthen our security posture and accelerate business growth. This role is critical to driving disciplined governance, structured execution, and a culture of accountability. You will lead the maturation of our metrics and data-visualization capabilities, ensuring we have the clarity and insight needed to make informed, data-driven decisions  will also help champion agile planning and delivery practices across the organization, enabling teams to move with greater speed, alignment, and adaptability.

As AI continues to reshape the cybersecurity landscape, you will be a driving force in elevating AI fluency across the organization - helping teams understand how to responsibly leverage AI, where it can unlock operational advantage, and how to navigate the associated risks. In this role, you will serve as an extension of the CISO's leadership, helping ensure our strategy is executed with precision, transparency, and a forward-looking mindset that positions Costco's Information Security and Compliance organization for long-term success.

As the primary conduit between your employees and senior leadership, your role in communicating and modeling the values and guiding principles of our company culture is of vital importance. All members of IT Management should strive to consciously and consistently foster a culture of engagement, trust, and "open door" communication.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to work for", simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

• INTEGRITY:
  When achieving benchmarks and goals, use methods/strategies that are consistent with the Code of Ethics and the Standard of Ethics for Directors. Always leads by example. Appropriately handles employee concerns and follows through to resolution.
• MEMBER SERVICE:
  Provides and ensures staff provides an exceptional member experience.
• ADMINISTRATION:
  Ensures proper department coverage (writing schedule and break aids if needed). Understands department budget, able to research and explain budget variances.
• MANAGING PERFORMANCE:
  Coaches and mentors' employees to provide support and guidance. Has regular open and honest conversations with employees to discuss work performance and career development. Identifies learning opportunities to strengthen employee knowledge, skill, and ability.
• COMMUNICATION:
  Regularly shares information with employees via meetings and one-on-one conversations. Successfully navigates difficult conversations with employees, members, and suppliers.…