Paranoids Senior Director, Cyber Engineering at Yahoo! Inc. in Champaign, Illinois

Job Description:

It takes powerful technology to connect our brands and partners with an audience of nearly 900 million. Whether you're looking to write mobile app code, engineer the servers behind our massive ad tech stacks, or develop algorithms to help us process trillions of data points a day, what you do here will have a huge impact on our business-and the world. Want in?

Yahoo's Information Security Organization (aka The Paranoids) is undergoing a transformation! We are looking for a seasoned leader with strong technical and people skills to lead our Cyber Engineering team (~35 FTEs). In this role, you will lead security architecture, data, devops, software development, and operations teams responsible for securing the Paranoids and Yahoo's products and services. The Cyber Engineering team's customers span a variety of internal and external teams. Internally, you will support cyber leadership and your colleagues that span the core information security capabilities: Incident Response, Product Security, GRC, etc. Externally, you will support key groups across Yahoo such as the platform engineering teams, AI/ML researchers, and our flagship product teams: Mail, Sports, Finance, etc. Your team's mission is to operate like a true engineering team by rapidly designing, architecting and building solutions - based on the priorities of the business, customers and Paranoids' needs - that are highly performant, scalable, robust and have a clear value proposition! You will also partner with Engineering leaders across Yahoo's evolving business pillars to ensure that products and tools are developed in a secure manner.

This leader must exhibit a passion for data and information security, while representing the steadfast importance of fighting for Yahoo's users and consumers. The leader will have proven people leadership skills, a customer centric focus, analytical problem-solving skills, and the ability to quickly make recommendations and data-driven decisions on the business's security posture.

What a successful candidate will bring to this position

• Facilitate the integration of separate engineering teams into a larger Engineering horizontal that spans the entire information security organization.


• Lead awesome security engineering teams that support developer tools, artifact stores, CI/CD solutions, packaging and deployment solutions, code repositories, and developer practice standards.


• Thoughtfully balance the needs of the Paranoids organization today, against our future trajectory. Lead the Paranoids in partnering closely with their customers.


• Focus on customer and business outcomes and emphasize differentiated industry leading technology platforms.


• Improve our existing platforms and help drive innovation, while keeping in mind the sensibilities of Yahoo's engineering community.


• Foster and grow the engineering culture across existing teams, emphasizing empathy, collaboration, innovation, and quality.


• Partner with internal and external customers to design and develop the Paranoids future state for data management and analytics.


• Create and own the forward-looking strategy for Cyber Engineering that emphasizes speed and the customer experience.


• Partner with leaders across Yahoo engineering to ensure roadmaps and large enterprise-wide projects are visible and communicated to all.

A Lot About You:

• A strategic leader who can motivate and inspire change.


• Experience leading cross-functional and global engineering managers and teams.


• Experience "managing-up" across key leadership such as CISO, CTO, and CIO.


• A proven track record of understanding and prioritizing business and customer requirements and delivering complex software projects.


• Ability to prioritize multiple projects at once and thrive in a fast-paced environment.


• An awareness and understanding of core information security capabilities such as data security, product security, detection engineering, etc...


• Experience guiding colleagues through the core SDLC process and implementing best security practices from industry.


• A heightened sense of ownership and focus on driving business value for Yahoo.


• Recruit, lead, inspire and engage in a high-performing team, encouraging a dynamic of collaboration, growth, risk-taking and professional development.


• Relationship driven, builds trusting relationships in a dynamic environment with a broad range of colleagues, executive stakeholders and business partners.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field or equivalent work experience


• 10+ years of progressive experience in technology in multi-disciplinary environments


• Demonstrable experience managing a technical cyber security team and capability within a large environment


• Strategic and detail oriented approach with a desire to drive towards tight-knit teamwork and alignment


• High personal integrity and discretion


• Use of a data driven approach to improve upon the security posture of the business


• Excellent written and verbal communications skills capable of effectively reaching all levels of the business

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (or similar field), or MBA, or relevant work experience


• 10+ years of combined experience in leading teams that leverage the SDLC.


• 5+ years of experience with data and security architecture.


• 1+ years of experience with Gen AI and implementing across tools and processes

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form ( www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html ) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion ( www.yahooinc.com/diversity/ ) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $180,310.00 - $392,430.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don't require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you'll be given notice to make arrangements.

If you're curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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