Director, Field Security

Details

The Field Security team acts as the critical bridge between Field teams and customers, ensuring customer trust remains the top priority. The team works with Sales, Product, and Engineering to structure security initiatives that add business value and foster customer satisfaction and loyalty.

This is a hybrid role based in the New York office, with at least two days per week working from the office.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic advisor to Sales, combining deep cybersecurity expertise with the ability to engage externally with customers, prospects, and regulators.
• Articulate and own the security narrative and insights to help drive sales.
• Represent Collibra's security posture, roadmap, and philosophy as a customer-facing security leader.
• Collaborate and negotiate with internal business, product, and functional leadership to translate customer requirements and regulations into clear security objectives.
• Analyze customer needs, requirements, and expectations from product, technical, and security perspectives to optimally allocate Field Security resources.
• Handle complex, strategically important situations by forming and implementing project plans, specifications, and schedules to ensure critical outcomes are met.
• Continually evaluate the security organization's capabilities to define, develop, and implement scalable, resilient, and effective structures and controls.
• Engage stakeholders to ensure appropriate decision-making regarding security analysis, planning, and evolution.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of professional experience in information security, field security, or customer-facing technical leadership.
• Proven experience consulting with senior leadership and enterprise customers on business-critical security concerns and structural or operational implications.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, the EU AI Act, and DORA.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with comfort presenting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience establishing organizational standards and managing complex project plans in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Deep understanding of multiple security perspectives, including customer business cases, physical infrastructure, and information assurance.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, particularly when working with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work experience.
• Analytical, authentic, inclusive, adaptable, and consistent approach to leadership and decision-making.

Measures of Success

• Within the first month, gain a holistic understanding of Collibra's Field Security landscape, establish relationships with key Sales, Product, and Engineering stakeholders, and evaluate current organizational standards.
• Within the third month, consult with senior stakeholders within strategically important customers, address critical issues, and begin setting priorities for Field Security efforts.
• Within the sixth month, define and manage the Field Security strategic roadmap, implement scalable controls, and ensure security initiatives add business value and foster customer loyalty.

Compensation

• Base salary: $224,000–$280,000 per year.
• Not eligible for additional commission-based compensation.
• Compensation is based on factors including experience, skills, and location.
• Additional rewards may include bonus potential, equity for eligible roles, a monthly Flex Fund stipend, and pension or 401(k) plans.

Benefits

Collibra offers flexible benefits designed to support employees and their families, including competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Collibra is an equal opportunity employer and provides accommodations for applicants who require them.