Seagate Technology is a global leader in data storage solutions, operating at the intersection of cutting-edge innovation and legacy infrastructure. Our Information Technology organization is responsible for enabling secure, scalable, and resilient systems across our global enterprise. We are seeking a strategic, execution-oriented CISO to lead cybersecurity across a complex global environment spanning cloud, enterprise IT, and operational technology (OT). Reporting to the SVP, Chief Information Officer, the CISO will be accountable for defining security strategy and ensuring execution of core security capabilities, with a strong focus on risk-based prioritization, operational effectiveness, and measurable outcomes.
1. Own Security Risk Posture and Outcomes Establish and maintain an integrated, fact-based view of the organization's security risk posture that spans enterprise IT, cloud, and operational technology environments. Synthesize technical risk signals into a coherent view of business and operational impact. Ensure risk posture is translated into prioritized action aligned to actual business and operational risk 2. Drive execution across cloud, IT, and OT environments Define security and control models appropriate to each environment, recognizing the distinct constraints and risk profiles of cloud, enterprise IT, and operational technology Establish clear ownership, accountability, and decision rights across the distributed execution model, ensuring security outcomes are owned beyond the InfoSec organization across InfoSec, IT, and Business functions Influence resource and investment prioritization across IT and business to ensure security requirements are addressed at the right level Measure and report on execution effectiveness — tracking control implementation, remediation velocity, and residual risk reduction over time 3. Establish and operate a risk-based security operating model that drives consistent, prioritized, and measurable security outcomes across the enterprise Define and socialize a risk appetite and tolerance framework in partnership with executive leadership — establishing the calibration point for all security prioritization decisions Build a risk-based investment and prioritization framework that allocates security resources based on risk reduction outcomes, not tool deployment or compliance checkbox completion 4. Mature the security program from reactive to proactive across protection, detection, response, and recovery capabilities 5. Build and Lead a High-Accountability Security Organization Establish a clear expectation for ownership, delivery, and measurable outcomes Drive a culture of accountability, prioritization and execution discipline across the security function 6. Communicate clearly with Executive Leadership and Board Present clear, fact-based views of risk posture Articulate technical issues into business impact, prioritization decisions Provide transparency on progress, trade-offs and limitations Success in this role will be measured by clear, fact-based visibility into risk posture, effective prioritization of security efforts, and demonstrable improvements in control effectiveness across environments across environments.
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Location Shugart, Singapore
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