What are the responsibilities and job description for the Americas Field CISO position at Veeam Software?
Responsibilities
Come join Veeam - the world leader in data protection, backup andamp; recovery! We seek a senior technical thought leader to engage and advise customers on their cybersecurity and data protection strategies and tactics. This role will play a critical function in advising customers in security best practices as well as showcasing Veeam’s strengths in helping customers prevent any business disruption in the event of a cybersecurity attack.
The Regional CISO will report to the WW SVP of Cloud Sales and is accountable for 1) engaging customer CISOs/CIOs in top opportunities to win the security decision, 2) being the regional subject matter expert on cybersecurity practices, tools and Veeam’s capabilities, 3) being the subject matter expert in advising customers on Veeam’s exciting ransomware warranty program, and validating the customer’s current capabilities, gaps and risks, 4) partnering with product marketing to outline customer- and partner-facing best-practices and playbooks, and 5) working with Veeam’s engineering organization on customer security and ransomware prevention requirements.
This role will be customer-facing and quota carrying.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
This role will join top customer pursuit teams to help win the customer’s security and technical decision to select Veeam for their data protection needs. This role will be the regional cyber security expert and be engaged in the largest, most complicated customer scenarios. The role will complement the existing technical pre-sales organization to be the L400 technical resource on cybersecurity. The role will partner with the Account Executive and the Solution Consultant / Engineer to present Veeam’s point of view on security as well as assess opportunities for the customer to improve security standards.
In addition to engaging with customers, this role will be responsible to collaborate with Veeam’s product marketing and competitive intelligence teams to produce enhanced playbooks to win the security discussion as well as Veeam’s response to competitor value props. This role will likely engage and present at Veeam customer and partner events to articulate learnings and best practices in cyber security, data protection and recovery.
Finally, this role will regularly engage with Veeam product management and engineering to provide the voice of the customer perspective on security capabilities and needs that will accelerate sales.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have a combination of these skills and experiences:
15-20 years of experience across multiple cyber security disciplines and technical expertise
Has served as CISO or deputy / divisional CISO, or run an InfoSec practice at a consultancy
Ideally has published articles and whitepapers in major InfoSec journals and also keynote speaker at industry events on InfoSec topics
Deep understanding of current application security technologies (e.g., OWASP, container security tools, DAST, SAST, SCA, web application pen tests, WAF security, API security)
Deep understanding of business process, role design, checks and balances in IT operations to make security a way of doing business
Experience performing technical architecture assessments to identify gaps or potential threat-vectors
Certifications in Information Security, e.g., GSEC, GISP, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, or other security relevant accreditations
Experience in delivering product security in one or more public clouds (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Experience in securely operating highly distributed systems with published SLAs
Qualifications
Additional Requirements
Ability to travel up to 50%
Bachelor's or advanced degree in a field of study related to Computer Science, Information Security, and Information Systems
