Global Head of Cyber Defense and Security Operations

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A Global Head of Cyber Defense and Security Operations who will lead the cyber defense mission for this environment and the clients who depend on it.

You will own the strategy, execution, and continuous maturation of UST's 24x7 Security Operations Center, threat detection and response, threat intelligence, insider risk, vulnerability management, attack surface operations, and incident response programs.

As the senior-most security leader in the United States, you are the primary point of contact for US executive leadership, US-based clients, and cross-functional partners in HR, Legal, Privacy, and Talent Acquisition while leading a globally distributed team headquartered in India. You will partner closely with the CISO to develop the analysis, narrative, and operational data that drive quarterly Board of Directors and Audit Committee reporting.

The role carries a strong Field CISO orientation: engaging directly with client CIO, CTO, and CISO teams to represent UST's security posture, respond to assurance inquiries, and co-navigate shared-fate security outcomes. This is not a sales role. The engagement is peer-to-peer, technical, and trust-based.

You will bring deep operational command - SOC, detection engineering, IR, threat hunting, XDR/SIEM/SOAR - combined with the executive presence to lead a global organization, influence at the C-suite level, and serve as a credible US-facing voice for a security program executed largely from India.

• Lead the global 24x7 SOC, detection engineering, threat hunting, threat intelligence, malware analysis, digital forensics, and incident response functions.
• Drive measurable improvements in MTTD, MTTR, ATT&CK-aligned detection coverage, and analyst efficiency through automation, orchestration, and continuous tuning.
• Own Security Posture Management as a continuous discipline - translating control gaps, detection coverage, and threat exposure into prioritized remediation actions aligned to UST's risk appetite.
• Own the security operations technology stack - SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, NDR, email security, DLP, deception, and threat intelligence platforms and the roadmap that keeps it ahead of the threat.
• Drive the Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) program to continuously validate detection coverage and control effectiveness against real-world attack patterns.
• Own Digital Risk Monitoring and Brand Protection - covering external threat surface, dark web exposure, credential leakage, and brand impersonation targeting UST and its clients.
• Own the end-to-end Vulnerability and Penetration Testing findings lifecycle from intake and prioritization through remediation coordination, closure validation, and reporting- partnering with Engineering, Architecture, and application teams to drive accountability and measurable risk reduction.
• Govern the Responsible Disclosure program, serving as the operational owner for vulnerability intake, security researcher engagement, and remediation coordination.
• Partner with Security Engineering and Architecture to operationalize controls…