Executive Manager - Squad Cyber Technical Lead

Righttalentrightnow; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Righttalentrightnow in Abu Dhabi seeks an Executive Manager – Squad Cyber Technical Lead to head the delivery across AppSec, AI Governance, Continuous Security Validation and Compliance & Evidence Management. The role provides technical leadership for DevSecOps, cloud security and AI/LLM security in a highly regulated banking environment, ensuring alignment with 2LoD policies and inspection readiness.

You will chair the Security Champions Guild, drive governance dashboards and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Extensive cybersecurity engineering and technical leadership experience in regulated environments.
• Hands-on DevSecOps, AppSec, and cloud security expertise.
• Experience with Azure and AWS cloud security.
• Knowledge of AI/ML security and governance.
• Experience in banking or highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with 3LoD/1LoD model and 2LoD collaboration.
• Strong understanding of regulatory security frameworks and assurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery across AppSec, AI Governance, Continuous Security Validation, and Compliance workstreams.
• Maintain adherence to security policies, controls, SLAs, and regulatory requirements.
• Own the cybersecurity tooling ecosystem (SonarQube, Snyk, IRM, Security Agent, cloud tools).
• Drive tooling integration and security architecture across the technology landscape.
• Establish end-to-end security evidence and attestation framework.
• Act as the 1st Line of Defense (1LoD) counterpart to 2LoD Risk/Compliance and AI Centre of Excellence.
• Chair the Security Champions Guild and drive security adoption across engineering teams.
• Prepare monthly DevSecOps Governance dashboards for 2LoD stakeholders.
• Ensure regulatory and audit readiness with a focus on CBUAE requirements.
• Drive security controls across cloud, application, AI/ML, and DevSecOps environments.

Skills

Cybersecurity Leadership

DevSecOps

Application Security

Cloud Security

AI/ML Security

LLM Governance

Regulatory Compliance

3LoD/1LoD

Security Governance

Security Tooling

2LoD Collaboration

Tools

SonarQube

Snyk

ServiceNow IRM

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

AWS Security Hub

OPA

Claude

Codex

Security Agent

Job description

ID 5374

Posted 28 Days ago

place Job Location Abu Dhabi (Work From Office)

work Job Type Contract

Job Description

We are seeking an Executive Manager – Squad Cyber Technical Lead to lead the delivery of a cybersecurity squad across four key workstreams: Application Security (AppSec), AI Governance, Continuous Security Validation, and Compliance & Evidence Management.

The role will ensure delivery is aligned with 2nd Line of Defense (2LoD) approved policies, defined SLAs, regulatory requirements, and CBUAE inspection-readiness. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across DevSecOps, cloud security, and AI/LLM security within a highly regulated banking environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee delivery across AppSec, AI Governance, Continuous Security Validation, and Compliance Trail workstreams.
• Ensure adherence to approved security policies, controls, SLAs, and regulatory requirements.
• Own and manage the consolidated cybersecurity tooling ecosystem, including tools such as SonarQube, Snyk, ServiceNow IRM, Security Agent, Claude, Codex, OPA, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and AWS Security Hub.
• Drive vendor consolidation, tooling integration, and security architecture across the technology landscape.
• Establish and maintain an end-to‑end security evidence and attestation framework, including the DefectDojo Attestation Power BI reporting chain.
• Act as the 1st Line of Defense (1LoD) technical counterpart to 2LoD Risk/Compliance and the AI Centre of Excellence.
• Chair the Security Champions Guild and drive collaboration, knowledge sharing, and security adoption across engineering teams.
• Resolve cross-workstream priorities, dependencies, risks, and technical challenges.
• Prepare and present the monthly DevSecOps Governance Dashboard to 2LoD stakeholders.
• Ensure continuous regulatory and audit readiness, with a strong focus on CBUAE requirements and inspection preparedness.
• Drive implementation of security controls across cloud, application, AI/ML, and DevSecOps environments.

Required Experience & Expertise

• Strong experience in Cybersecurity Engineering and technical leadership, with proven expertise across:
• DevSecOps and Application Security
• Cloud Security across Azure and AWS
• AI/ML and LLM Security & Governance
• Security validation, compliance, and assurance
• Significant experience within banking or other highly regulated industries is essential.
• Hands‑on experience implementing and operating security controls in a 3 Lines of Defense (3LoD) model, particularly within 1LoD.
• Proven ability to work effectively with 2LoD on security policies, risk, assurance, controls, and independent testing.
• Strong understanding and practical experience with applicable regulatory and security frameworks, including:
• CBUAE Decree-Law No. 6 of 2025
• CBUAE Enabling Technologies Guidelines
• CBUAE AI/ML Guidance Note
• ISO/IEC 42001
• Experience managing cybersecurity tooling, security integrations, evidence management, and governance reporting.

Mandatory Certifications

• CISSP – Mandatory
• One of the following:
• CCSP
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate
• CISM or ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer
• Certified DevSecOps Professional (CDP) or equivalent certification

Desirable Certifications

• SABSA
• GIAC GCSA

Skills

Cybersecurity Engineering DevSecOps Cloud Security

Executive Manager - Squad Cyber Technical Lead