Director of Cyber Defense Operations , ITC

This role provides strategic and day-to-day leadership to a team of Cyber Analysts and Engineers focused on managing operational cyber defence activities, improving operational efficiency, and reducing risk across a vast technical environment. The team operates at both tactical and strategic levels and collaborates with a global capability across the organisation, including technical resources, business stakeholders, and lawyers. The role is focused on Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, and Attack Surface Management, and partners closely with Cyber Security Engineering, Data Protection, Windows Client/Server Platform, and Cloud Security/Automation teams.

• Lead a diverse, cross-functional global cyber defence team, operating at tactical and strategic levels and collaborating with technical, business, and legal stakeholders.
• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership to Cyber Analysts and Engineers managing operational cyber defence activities, improving operational efficiency, and reducing risk across Nike's technical environment.
• Lead research and analysis of current and emerging threats and vulnerabilities, enabling the Security Incident Team to detect and respond to incidents, and managing the attack surface.
• Focus the team on Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, and Attack Surface Management.
• Partner across Information Security, Technology, and the Business to reduce cyber risk, including with Cyber Security Engineering, Data Protection, Windows Client/Server Platform, and Cloud Security/Automation teams to assess, analyse, and optimise operational tasks, functions, and processes.
• Drive process improvement and derive recommendations to eliminate incidents before they occur.
• Solve complex problems, such as supporting response to high-risk vulnerabilities or detecting emerging threats, and deliver cutting-edge intelligence to inform Nike's response to all types of cyber threats.
• Develop and execute vision, mission, roadmaps, and budgets to mature the Security Technology Management program.
• Ensure alignment between business strategy and direction, support strategic technology planning by identifying, tracking, and experimenting with new and potentially disruptive technologies, create compelling strategic visions for Information Security Management
• And translate business trends and strategies into technical services and solutions for Information Security planning and business imperatives.
• Provide active direction, periodically review team results, and identify and execute adjustments to ensure achievement of team goals and planned outcomes while contributing to the overall business strategy.

• 10-15 years of dedicated experience in cyber threat intelligence, security operations, or incident response, with a proven track record in an enterprise or global environment.
• 5 years of experience leading global cyber security teams.
• Expert knowledge of Incident Detection and Response, Threat Intelligence, and Attack Surface Management.
• Ability to identify both tactical and strategic solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly experienced in the cyber defence field.
• Belief in a business risk balanced approach.
• Ability to excel in a highly-matrixed, people-focused environment.
• Formal education or experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field of study.

• Comfortable in managing and communicating deliverables and making responsible business decisions.
• Team player.
• Unquestionable ethics and ability to manage sensitive material.
• Comfortable with change and ambiguity.
• Drives progress over perfection and is excited by innovative and ambitious ideas.
• Values work-life balance and views ad-hoc changes to evening or weekend plans as a collective opportunity to excel.
• Entrepreneurial, customer-oriented focus with a strong interest in satisfied stakeholders.
• Comfortable explaining complex issues in non-technical terms.
• Ability to build and motivate high-performing teams and individuals and help them grow to their potential.

• Nike's India Technology Centre (ITC)