Director, Enterprise Data Security - USA Remote

Director, Enterprise Data Security (Cybersecurity Leadership)

The position reports to the Vice President, Cyber Defense, and is a cybersecurity leadership role within the Danaher Information Security team that includes architecture, engineering, cloud security, and the security operations center.

This fully remote position is based in the US.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver continuous improvements to the enterprise data security, data lifecycle management, and insider risk management program.

Measure program maturity, prioritize initiatives, and increase program effectiveness.

• Partner with Data Governance, Legal, HR, Privacy, and related functions to maintain consistent standards and processes.
• Align with cybersecurity threat detection and operations processes, leading teams responsible for day‑to‑day detection, triage, and escalation of data loss prevention and insider risk alerts.
• Develop and sustain a robust data loss prevention program that spans exfiltration vectors including email, device, and cloud.
• Grow and develop the skills of resources operating and deploying the technical implementations of the data security programs.

Essential Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, data protection, insider risk, threat management, investigations, or closely related domains with an additional 3+ years leading teams (people leadership), including managing managers and/or leading multiple related teams/workstreams.
• Ability to engage, motivate, and influence peers to implement technical controls and share enthusiasm of security priorities, controls, and technologies.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating insider risk / insider threat capabilities in a cross-functional model involving Legal, HR, Privacy, and Security stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience with data protection and insider risk technical controls and telemetry (e. g., UEBA, DLP, CASB, endpoint and cloud signals) and using them to drive measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience establishing program governance (use cases, escalation/triage workflows, reporting) with appropriate privacy protections and transparency expectations.
• Experience developing and executing departmental plans/priorities and allocating resources based on organizational objectives and availability (planning, execution, and results ownership).
• Prior experience with industry leading tools such as Crowdstrike, Zscaler, Microsoft Purview, Palo Alto, Dtex, Gurucul, etc.
• Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements
• Ability to travel – Around 15%, overnight, some international travel outside of home territory.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Operating distributed review and investigative processes with a “hub and spoke” model (e. g., centralized coordination with distributed company / business unit teams).
• Experience creating or scaling enterprise awareness / guidance for insider risk hygiene and safe data handling.
• Experience with data protection capabilities in Microsoft 365 including but not limited to data labels, Conditional Access Policies, and Purview Information Protection; Crowd Strike Data Loss Prevention module.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field; relevant certifications (e. g., CISSP, CISM, GIAC) or equivalent industry credentials.

Benefits

Danaher offers a comprehensive benefits package including health care, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Compensation

The annual salary range for this role is $170k - $210k. This range may be modified in the future. The position is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact: 1‑202‑419‑7762 or applyassistance@danaher. com.

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